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2:45am text from Verizon????

OK, so I get my expected "you've used 75% of your data plan" text. But it comes in a 2:45am, waking me up. Are these guys absolutely friggin' nuts? Don't tell me I should turn off my alerts before I go to sleep. I leave them on so if something IMPORTANT comes up, I can be advised. Who do I complain to about this? If Verizon is going to do crap like this, I'm headed for another provider.

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Snn5

That's when the towers sync up with Verizon to let them know the days usage. Doubt it will ever change.

pherson

Either turn your alerts off, or deal with it. When the system calculates is when it calculates. They won't change it just because you want them to. What if all the customers did that. You have options, use them.

pherson

And just as a FYI there's no little person in a cubicle playing Dr evil in sending you messages.

Danl99

Uh, well, the system is programmed by the little persons in the cubicles. It can't be that hard for them to tell it not to wake people at 2:45am. If they want to look like Dr. Evils, they're doing a good job of it. C'mon folks. I don't get phone calls from my utility company at 2:45am telling me that they've sent me my monthly bill because they've done the processing on that bill at that time. There is NO excuse for doing this. Yep, Dr. Evil is sitting there saying "Hey, our towers sync up at 2:45am. We'd better let all our subscribers know, at that very moment, what they've found!" OK, maybe not Dr. Evil. How about Dr. Clueless.

spradlen

You could check the appstore for something related to a sleep mode if your phone doesn't have a native app. This way you can have the app keep your phone on silent mode from whatever time to whatever time. I use my droid minis native sleep mode app because of other random notifications that I get throughout the night and its great.

Tidbits

Wouldn't you be mad if they didn't notify you as soon as possible before you end up getting overages? Who's to say at 2:45 you ended up using 75% and at 9am you used 90% because of some rogue app and then by 10am you have overages charges. Most people would be up in arms about it... It guess they are in a catch 22

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