Verizon extends deadline for Downeast residents to change their plans [telecom]

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ELLSWORTH - In September, Verizon Wireless notified 213 customers in Maine, primarily in Washington County, that they would lose their service with the cell phone carrier because it was costing the company too much money to provide that service.

This was because the company was routing its service through a Portland-based company called Wireless Partners, and it was losing money on customers who were using a lot of data. Verizon gave its customers until Oct. 17 to switch to a different carrier, at which point their service would be cut off.