Verizon Wireless released a press release today headlined “Verizon offers small businesses unlimited wireless.”

Unlimited wireless you say? Sweeeeeet!

Oh wait…never mind. You have to subscribe to its “Freedom for Business” unlimited long distance service to be eligible. If you do subscribe, you can only get unlimited calls to phone numbers on the same carrier. Oh, and if you want to make calls to landlines, you can do so for no more than five of them at $4.99/month per landline.

What a let down (not that I’m surprised). The offer could very well be a great deal for many small business owners, I’m not debating that. But fine print like that always makes me angry. Angry enough to say “no thanks, I don’t need your stupid deal.” With so many stipulations I think it’s harder to do the math and figure out if you’re actually getting a deal. At that point it doesn’t even seem like a deal anymore; it seems more like homework. Maybe I’m too simplistic, but as a consumer I get annoyed with that kind of marketing. Am I alone in my thinking? How do the rest of you feel about it?

And if anyone with Verizon would like to offer a defense, I encourage you to do so.

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