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By Tom McKay
Verizon has decided to abruptly cut off wireless internet to some
8,500 rural customers in 13 states, saying their heavy data use had made it impossible to profit off of the accounts - even though many of the users had purchased unlimited plans.
"Approximately 8,500 customers - using a variety of plans - were notified this month that we would no longer be their service provider after October 17th, 2017," Verizon corporate communications director Kelly Crummey told BGR. "These customers live in 13 states (Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah and Wisconsin) and in areas outside of where Verizon operates our own network."
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