Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
seasoned_geek
Enthusiast - Level 3

I have been serious, just waiting for you to get serious.

You travel in teams of 6, yippie. If you all have dumb phones the odds

of any of you having a functioning dumb phone when it is needed is low.

There are jobs where having multiple people simply isn't an option. Only

one person fits in a tractor cab. Even if you have a cab with a "seat

for the banker" there is nothing for them to do but be in your way,

blocking your view, helping to cause a problem.

http://will.illinois.edu/news/story//farm-accidents-increase-in-illinois-over-past-year

"For the past decade, agriculture has been the deadliest industry in the

country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, beating out

mining and construction in deaths per 100,000 workers."

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
Tidbits
Legend

Deep down you know service is more important than the here device. If the device was so important you wouldn't be here trying to make your case to convince Verizon to get more "rugged" phones. You'd be with Sprint with their service  as they have the phones you could wish for. Also GSM variants you can go with AT&T and T-Mobile even if their service is bad also right? Sorry I will have faith in the network and my coworkers like me enough to call if I need help over letting me die because we decided on rugged phones with no reception.

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
seasoned_geek
Enthusiast - Level 3

>>Thats not bad management in most buisness places but maybe you know

something smart people dont know

I know they are required to provide/support them for their government

contracts and that they used to let us purchase them as well. The

GZ'one I had from Verizon survived sliding off the peak of a roof (two

story if I remember correctly) slammed into an iron patio table and

landed on the concrete. Worked just fine. The girl who cut my hair

last week had an Apple dumb phone, had being the operative word. She

dropped it down 4 (count them 4) carpeted stairs in her home and it was

a puddle of parts at the bottom. For whatever reason she was waiting on

her replacement.

I don't care if Verizon doesn't sell the phone. I'll pay cash to

whoever as will the other non-trolls here. There is physically no

phones available. Sonim makes amazingly rugged phones FOR EVERY OTHER

CARRIER. According to their chat support (which may or may not be a

reliable thing) they aren't allowed to make ones compatible with Verizon

networks.

I physically went shopping to every military grade phone manufacturer I

could remember or find. The two pathetic excuses sold by the Verizon

web site are the only ones allowed to support a Verizon network or so

I'm told.

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
Tidbits
Legend

Sorry statistics are so varying to can make it look like anything you want. Construction is greatly regulated compared to agriculture. Maybe your industry may need to revamp their safety measures

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
seasoned_geek
Enthusiast - Level 3

>>Sorry I will have faith in the network and my coworkers like me

enough to call if I need help over letting me die because we decided on

rugged phones with no reception.

Guess it will really suck for you to find out your co-workers don't like

you that much

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
Tidbits
Legend

It would such worse having a working phone but no reception dying on the floor... Can you hear me now? Your industry needs better safety regulation if you have to rely on yourself to call for help.

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
seasoned_geek
Enthusiast - Level 3

Well, at least now we all know you are an off-shore Verizon employee and

not an actual customer.

Probably the other troll is as well.

Pick up a book on grammar this holiday season and read it. "It would

such worse" isn't the correct grammar in ANY language.

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
Tidbits
Legend

Care to wager I am not an employee and yet alone ever applied to work for Verizon?

You don't know how many times I tell people to switch. I have openly stated numerous times I like t-mobile as my personal line and use Verizon as my business line  on these very boards. I expect people to go where they get what they want. Sorry but what you say is different than you actions say.

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
Tidbits
Legend

Also auto correct with the Xperia Z3 is much to be desired. You should try it sometime and see what I mean. Sorry that you are a grammar checker when sense prevails.

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Re: Why, why, why is Verizon determined to drive me away by dropping all pretense of having any RUGGED basic phones?
seasoned_geek
Enthusiast - Level 3

>>Sorry that you are a grammar checker when sense prevails.

It's not just grammar. You have no command of the English language.

Just like calling tech support. Nice that you have nothing better to do

with your life than come on here and praise a company which supposedly

isn't your employer.

Merry Christmas to the third world!

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