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My honeymoon with Verizon is finally over. I knew this would happen when we entered that sacred bond--the two-year-contract. I knew I was locking myself into CDMA, but I was vulnerable. I'd just broken off a rocky relationship with AT&T three weeks before our two-year anniversary. OK, OK, the truth is I cheated. I'd been flirting with Verizon for a few months before I finally ordered a Droid 2--when I should have been spending time reviewing my contract with AT&T, and thinking of the good times with my HTC Tilt.
But I was having a hard time conjuring those memories--too many dropped calls, spotty coverage, no 3G within a hundred miles of my house... I knew in my heart it was over, so why draw it out any further?
Broken screens and broken hearts in a landscape of harsh beauty.
(Credit:Flickr user Jennifer Gaillard)
So I welcomed Verizon into my life. AT&T was not happy. She sent me a cold, heartless letter asking for $60 and hired a third-party survey company to call and ask, essentially, "Was it you? Or was it me?" I told the scripted voice on the other end of the line about the lack of broadband in our relationship, the coverage problems, and the rest, but I also found myself reminiscing about the good times I had long since buried.
There was an especially delightful trip to Mexico, a romantic month spent driving through Sonora and Baja--the sunsets and 3G coverage were truly beautiful. As we drove together through barren deserts, AT&T stayed with me, and with a stronger signal than we had in more populated areas of New Mexico.
I hope Verizon doesn't read this. She's been so good to me the past six months, and I know it's not her fault, but now that I'm heading to Latin America again, all I can think about is AT&T. Verizon may offer a vast network in the United States, but because she's a CDMA carrier, her coverage abroad is much less extensive than that of AT&T or T-Mobile. Using a Verizon CDMA handset, you can roam to various locales around the world, but Argentina is not one of them.
Thus, Verizon's reassuring omnipresence won't be with me at all when I step off a plane in Buenos Aires tomorrow morning. Last night while I was packing, I got that old HTC Touch out of a bottom drawer. I looked at it tentatively. AT&T's sim card was still there. The good times came flooding back--Cabo, Ensenada, Nogales...
But that's not the way things turned out. And Verizon, sweetheart that she is, is trying her best. She said she'd gladly send me a loaner phone for South America, but there would be no data plan available and international roaming would be 5 bucks a minute, more than 10 times what AT&T offered on previous trips. I said, "No thanks, my love," which certainly confused the call center employee. But I didn't care.
It's important for Verizon to know how I feel now more than ever, because I know what's going to happen: within 48 hours I'll be sitting in a tiny office in Argentina buying a prepaid sim from some Latin temptress of a regional carrier. MyDroid 2 will be in my pocket, but only the Wi-Fi will be turned on. I never thought I'd be a cheater, but I guess I should have listened to my mom when she told me I deserved the best, even if it means leaving a string of broken hearts in my wake.
Perhaps it's finally time to unlock...my heart. If you've got any tips for a hot Latin American GSM fling, let me know; I might as well embrace my depravity.
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But I was having a hard time conjuring those memories--too many dropped calls, spotty coverage, no 3G within a hundred miles of my house... I knew in my heart it was over, so why draw it out any further?
Broken screens and broken hearts in a landscape of harsh beauty.(Credit:Flickr user Jennifer Gaillard)
So I welcomed Verizon into my life. AT&T was not happy. She sent me a cold, heartless letter asking for $60 and hired a third-party survey company to call and ask, essentially, "Was it you? Or was it me?" I told the scripted voice on the other end of the line about the lack of broadband in our relationship, the coverage problems, and the rest, but I also found myself reminiscing about the good times I had long since buried.
There was an especially delightful trip to Mexico, a romantic month spent driving through Sonora and Baja--the sunsets and 3G coverage were truly beautiful. As we drove together through barren deserts, AT&T stayed with me, and with a stronger signal than we had in more populated areas of New Mexico.
I hope Verizon doesn't read this. She's been so good to me the past six months, and I know it's not her fault, but now that I'm heading to Latin America again, all I can think about is AT&T. Verizon may offer a vast network in the United States, but because she's a CDMA carrier, her coverage abroad is much less extensive than that of AT&T or T-Mobile. Using a Verizon CDMA handset, you can roam to various locales around the world, but Argentina is not one of them.
Thus, Verizon's reassuring omnipresence won't be with me at all when I step off a plane in Buenos Aires tomorrow morning. Last night while I was packing, I got that old HTC Touch out of a bottom drawer. I looked at it tentatively. AT&T's sim card was still there. The good times came flooding back--Cabo, Ensenada, Nogales...
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I shouldn't be having these thoughts. If I only had just waited a few months for the Droid 2 Global, then at last we could all just be happy... World roaming with Verizon Wireless
Roam where you want to: Smartphones for globe-trotters
On Call: Traveling abroad with your cell phone
But that's not the way things turned out. And Verizon, sweetheart that she is, is trying her best. She said she'd gladly send me a loaner phone for South America, but there would be no data plan available and international roaming would be 5 bucks a minute, more than 10 times what AT&T offered on previous trips. I said, "No thanks, my love," which certainly confused the call center employee. But I didn't care.
It's important for Verizon to know how I feel now more than ever, because I know what's going to happen: within 48 hours I'll be sitting in a tiny office in Argentina buying a prepaid sim from some Latin temptress of a regional carrier. MyDroid 2 will be in my pocket, but only the Wi-Fi will be turned on. I never thought I'd be a cheater, but I guess I should have listened to my mom when she told me I deserved the best, even if it means leaving a string of broken hearts in my wake.
Perhaps it's finally time to unlock...my heart. If you've got any tips for a hot Latin American GSM fling, let me know; I might as well embrace my depravity.
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