--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> I think you have a contradiction here:
>
> - Verizon is "bad" because they tried to rip you off
> - All other providers are giving the same product
>
[WS:] You got all backwards, Jordan. I said that Verizon tried to rip me off by adding unauthorized extras that I did not order. That is not that much different from someone getting a hold of my credit card number and ordering stuff without my knowledge.
Other providers demanded a higher fee for their services, whose benefits to me are basically the same as those of Verizon's services. That may be a ripoff, but there is nothing illegal or even unethical about it. I do not have to pay if I do not like the price. Verizon wanted me to pay whether I liked it or not. That is fraud.
PS. I take yours and Doug's point about encryption.
Wojtek