And yes, publicity regarding this discount has been fairly poor.

In fact, I believe that the mandated Verizon contract has gone  
through its entire cycle (now that the IRS is messing things up)  
without mention on the Procurement Services contracts web page.

On Feb 27, 2009, at 1:16 PM, Pratt, Lisa A wrote:

> Yes, you get a 15% discount on  your primary line and better equipment
> pricing:
>
> http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/employee/ 
> emaildomainauthentication.js
> p?lid=//global//business//employee+discounts
>
> Thanks.
> Lisa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Technology Discussion at UVM [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Helen Read
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 1:02 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Smartphones
>
> At 10:17 AM 2/27/2009, Lisa Pratt wrote:
>> We have helped to set up quite a few Verizon Wireless contracts for
>> College of Medicine folks through the UVM Government Contract and
>> have found that both the phones and the service is much cheaper
>> through that contract than it is as a personal phone.  This is true
>> even with the 15% discount we get as UVM employees on our personal
> accounts.
>
> Wait a minute, wait a minute. UVM employees get a 15% discount? Is
> this for any cell phone account with Verizon Wireless, or is this
> specifically smartphones / data? I'm a Verizon Wireless customer, and
> this if the first I've heard of this.
>
>
> Helen Read
> Senior Lecturer
> Department of Mathematics & Statistics
> University of Vermont

Andrew Hendrickson
CAS, IT Administrator
UVM, College of Arts & Sciences
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Burlington, VT
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