AT&T: Device Subsidies Likely to Go Away
But lets be realistic
This isn't going to lead to reduced costs for consumers. One way or another ATT will be raking in more dough at the expense of its customers.
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I'll wait until I see actual numbers on what customers are spending on average per year for both device and service. My guess is the price goes up.
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Fair enough. I think margins will go up. But i think price will go down. I mean the steps they are taking now with lowering the price as a first step is very good in the right direction.
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Not if it still costs more money. If device manufacturers follow suit, then maybe ill change my tune.
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The fact of the matter is that the price of wireless service has been rapidly declining for decades.....back in the 1980's when they first introduced only the rich could afford to have a cell phone, your defined region of coverage was minuscule, and you got hit with massive roaming charges, about which you had no warning, and often you paid for service by the minute anyway....i remember back in the early 90's all my friends with cell phones had horror stories of running up hundreds or thousands of dollars a month in charges, and not being able to pay it off, and carriers being stingy and not being willing to work with customers to try to lower their bill....these horror stories kept me off owning a cell phone for years......both in real doll...
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I get what you're saying, but you're exaggerating. Sure that stuff was true back in the 80's, or even the 90's. But I was a Verizon customer for over 10 years before switching to Sprint and my bill never went down a single cent. Furthermore, my nights and weekends were still at 9:00 PM.
I made the switch just after their 4G service launched. I had called them repetitively to get any indication if they would try to be competitive with Sprint's pricing, and the answer was a resounding, 'No.' I waited for their 4G rollout to see what would happen and they cancelled their Unlimited data plans. It was clear at that point that I was going to have to switch carriers if I was going to be able to afford a service with a data plan.
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I made the switch just after their 4G service launched. I had called them repetitively to get any indication if they would try to be competitive with Sprint's pricing, and the answer was a resounding, 'No.' I waited for their 4G rollout to see what would happen and they cancelled their Unlimited data plans. It was clear at that point that I was going to have to switch carriers if I was going to be able to afford a service with a data plan.
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I'm not exaggerating, in 2009, my average monthly bill with at&t was around $96 a month.....today I have more features and better service and I pay only $79 a month....I
Since 2009, cheaper data plans have been introduced, which I immediately jumped on, cutting my monthly data bill in half.....
And on top of that, since then at&t has practically eliminated overages for minutes and texts....sure it is still theoretically possible to go over your minutes, but with the at&t A List....introduced in summer 2009, the top 5 numbers you call are now free....and in 2011 they introduced unlimited mobile to any mobile provided you have unlimited texting (which most customers do)......since 90% of the phone calls I make are to other cell phones, ...
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Since 2009, cheaper data plans have been introduced, which I immediately jumped on, cutting my monthly data bill in half.....
And on top of that, since then at&t has practically eliminated overages for minutes and texts....sure it is still theoretically possible to go over your minutes, but with the at&t A List....introduced in summer 2009, the top 5 numbers you call are now free....and in 2011 they introduced unlimited mobile to any mobile provided you have unlimited texting (which most customers do)......since 90% of the phone calls I make are to other cell phones, ...
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>>I'm not exaggerating, in 2009, my average monthly bill with at&t was around $96 a month.....today I have more features and better service and I pay only $79 a month....I
You know their pricing structure always sucked when I sold their services. I even sat down and did the math on rollover minutes once and the savings weren't justified by the additional cost in most instances. But I really haven't followed their pricing in years, so I guess anything is possible. When I read this statement of yours, I actually started looking for a history of their plans and pricing but I couldn't find anything. I suppose I'll have to take your word on this one, but something inside me is screaming, "there's a catch".
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You know their pricing structure always sucked when I sold their services. I even sat down and did the math on rollover minutes once and the savings weren't justified by the additional cost in most instances. But I really haven't followed their pricing in years, so I guess anything is possible. When I read this statement of yours, I actually started looking for a history of their plans and pricing but I couldn't find anything. I suppose I'll have to take your word on this one, but something inside me is screaming, "there's a catch".
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