{"id":650688,"date":"2013-04-04T18:29:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T22:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/?p=157176"},"modified":"2013-04-04T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T22:29:53","slug":"verizon-ceo-reportedly-open-to-eliminating-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650688","title":{"rendered":"Verizon CEO Reportedly Open To Eliminating Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/131736-verizon-will-open-evolution-2-0-store-in-grand-central-station\/verizon_wireless_logo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131751\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131751\" alt=\"Verizon\" src=\"http:\/\/img.talkandroid.com\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Verizon_Wireless_Logo.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With T-Mobile generating buzz after announcing its new <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/guides\/carrier-guides\/can-t-mobile-no-contract-simple-choice-plans-actually-save-you-money\/\">Simple Choice Plans<\/a>, it appears other wireless carriers are taking notes. During a company event Wednesday in New York City, Verizon CEO\u00a0<em>Lowell McAdam<\/em> said he&#8217;s open to the idea of ditching contracts. McAdam has been monitoring what T-Mobile customers have been saying and even said that if Verizon customers started asking for no-contract plans, he&#8217;d consider getting rid of them. However, as the saying goes, &#8220;Actions speak louder than words&#8221;. While no-contract plans sound great, there is a potential downside. With T-Mobile&#8217;s new plans, removing contracts means customers have to pay anywhere from $5 to $20 per month per device over 24 months to make up for the lack of a contract.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a  href=\"http:\/\/redirectingat.com\/?id=3031X597718&#038;xs=1&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmag.com%2Farticle2%2F0%2C2817%2C2417404%2C00.asp&#038;sref=rss\">PCMag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Come comment on this article: <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/157176-verizon-ceo-reportedly-open-to-eliminating-contracts\/\">Verizon CEO Reportedly Open To Eliminating Contracts<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><small>Visit <a  rel=\"dofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/\">TalkAndroid for Android news<\/a>, <a  rel=\"dofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/guides\/\">Android guides<\/a>, and much more!<\/small><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/AndroidNewsGoogleAndroidForums\/~4\/Xt23tqBI-68\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With T-Mobile generating buzz after announcing its new Simple Choice Plans, it appears other wireless carriers are taking notes. During a company event Wednesday in New York City, Verizon CEO\u00a0Lowell McAdam said he&#8217;s open to the idea of ditching contracts. McAdam has been monitoring what T-Mobile customers have been saying and even said that if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7705,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7705"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}