Is an NSA collection center.
"Verizon offers rewards, if you agree to be tracked" by Peter Svensson | Associated Press July 22, 2014
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless is launching a loyalty program this week for its 100-million-plus subscribers. There’s a twist, though: To earn points for every dollar spent, subscribers must consent to have their movements tracked so the company can help target ads that match their interests.
Verizon is the first wireless carrier to roll out a comprehensive rewards program, and it’s expecting big benefits because nearly every adult now has a cellphone, the industry is past its days of heady growth. New customers have to be lured from other carriers, and defending the customers you have against such overtures is paramount....
Looks pretty cutthroat and not a healthy business model at all. Just another $aturated indu$try on its way out.
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