So my cell phone service is with AT$T (not a mistype). I wanted a xoom. But I didn't want to port my existing number to Verizon, I just wanted to activate the xoom on a new account. So I went online to sign up so I could pay/access my account online. Guess what? They send you your password via TEXT MESSAGE. Guess what the xoom doesn't do? TEXT MESSAGES. Who's great idea was this? I'm currently on hold with a Verizon wireless guy who says he's seen this before. He's going to go get a phone, activate it on my plan, send the text message, get the password, give it to me, then take the phone back off my plan. And according to him, all this is for "security purposes". Seriously? Security? Not very secure if he's adding and removing phones to my plan at will. Or that Verizon didn't think their activation process through to something that CAN accept text messages. *sigh*
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