No, see... it makes sense: they lose money on folks who don't leave, so they've added the extra termination fees and reduced customer service as a ploy to drive customers away and drive up profits!

But my guess is that this is just the first step; at some point, you'll pay them up-front to avoid signing a contract in the first place...

It's not a free market, and folks getting upset over the dissemination of phone and plan prices aren't making it any freer.

Another commenter already pointed out that other network providers offer better better deals... The hard part is getting this information to consumers in a form that's clear and easy to understand, when the providers themselves seem dedicated to obfuscation.

I donno, man... White Castle pizza is pretty bad...

But, if you're doing that sort of app design work then you should expect some troubles and understand you might need to tweak and adjust to accomplish your goal

"Social debugging"?

Of course, if all you want is to get answers without participating in enriching the knowledge base, then you must pay for the points that you aren't earning.

All I want to do is see what the link I received from Google or a co-worker is about. Yet one tries to mislead me, and the other plain doesn't work.

I'm more than willing to "give back" to sites and communities that don't play stupid games and waste my time. And CodeProject, Stack Overflow, and countless other newsgroups, forums, and Q&A sites manage to pull this off without trying to trick or guilt-trip their users...

The day EE no longer shows up in search results will be a day to rejoice.

Actually, ya gotta use both. They check the referrer, and put the real answers after the ads/fake answers if the referrer is Google.

If you bookmark a page and visit it later, the answers are gone.

The advertising?

Don't get me wrong, OpenDNS is a nice enough service... But opting out of the advertising is a PitA.

Also, Google's nameserver addresses are easier to remember. Can you remember the number 8? Good, you can now use Google's DNS anywhere.

See, this is why I still visit Slashdot - the subtle sarcastic humor!

Shucks... Still in my 20s, and I don't trust the machine. Sounds like a savvy old gal to me!

Really? Really? You can't name one app that uses JavaScript and HTML... wow. Gotta say, I'm impressed - using any website via telnet is rough, but composing /. POST requests is a whole new level of dedication!

Eh... Comparing phone prices - and especially phone *plan* prices - between US and UK carriers might be fun, if you're bored.

But it's not terribly useful for most people actually looking to buy one.

Well, you were kinda right *both* times... it was 57C before "curing" and 54C after curing. The diamond dust mixture was 38C immediately.