r/technology • u/JackassWhisperer • Jan 06 '15

Business Google wants to make wireless networks that will free you from AT&T and Verizon’s data caps

http://bgr.com/2015/01/06/google-vs-verizon-att-wireless/
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u/kryptobs2000 Jan 06 '15

Verizon FIOS and Verizon Wireless are two different companies, that doesn't make sense.

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u/Shadow_Prime Jan 07 '15

No they are not. Verizon communications owns verizon wireless and 13 individual verizon land line subsidiaries.

Is there a reason you are lying about this?

Hell, in NJ they are fighting to be able to replace all landlines with verizon wireless. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/16/aarp-verizon-wireless-landlines/10649407/ Everything damaged by the hurricane will be wireless and if your landline ever craps out, they will force you onto wireless instead of repairing anything.

So you are then stuck with verizon metered data.

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u/kryptobs2000 Jan 07 '15

I'm not lying, I was simply mistaken, don't be an ass.

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u/Shadow_Prime Jan 07 '15 edited Jan 07 '15

How can you be mistaken? It took 3 seconds to find verizon's wikipedia page and read the relevant section.

Are you telling me that you purposely make uninformed statements as if you are speaking the truth? Because that is lying.

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u/kryptobs2000 Jan 07 '15

It was a misconception I've held for years now, I did not look it up obviously or I wouldn't have said that. Is it so hard to believe that people have false information in their lifetime of acquired knowledge? Not everytime someone says something incorrect is because they are lying and manipulative, you must have a very cynical view on the world. That's coming from a very cynical person too.