Cingular Launches BroadbandConnect 3G Network
$60--promotion price--a month?
kin said:
Okay, I can see business users being okay with their company ponying up the $60 a month for this service, but what about everyone else? Unless you are a hard-core laptop-in-the-coffee-shop person, I can't imagine that anyone could afford (or want to afford) this.
What's the big idea about price? You're practically paying the same for Cable or DSL. Besides...the air cards are aimed at professionals. The folks that CAN afford it.
It'd be like paying for both Premium Cable and Satellite TV---you're essentially paying double for the same thing, even though you get a little extra by having both (Satellite goes down, you've got Cable; you've got Cable, but you've also got stuff unavailable on cable, like NFL Sunday Ticket, on Satellite).
And everybody that's responded seems to agree that its mainly for business ("paying the price for mobility"--I hope you're using it for your profession rather than just always being able to post to phonescoop).
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kin said:...
Yea, but cable and/or DSL is a lot faster. I use Verizon DSL and it is 3Mbps (down) / 768Kbps (up), Cingular's 3G service is 400-700 Kbps (presumably, both ways). So its not really a replacement.
It'd be like paying for both Premium Cable and Satellite TV---you're essentially paying double for the same thing, even though you get a little extra by having both (Satellite goes down, you've got Cable; you've got Cable, but you've also got stuff unavailable on cable, like NFL Sunday Ticket, on Satellite).
And everybody that's responded seems to agree that its mainly for business ("paying the price for mobility"--I hope you're using it for your profession rather than just always being able to post to phonesc
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I'm predicting we'll be seeing a data price war coming on very soon, which will lower those costs quickly enough.
Why did Verizon lower their price from $80 to $60 a few short months after launch? Simple. Not enough interest in an overpriced product...
RUFF1415 said:
You're correct in that they need the money to meet the cost of the network itself, but if more people are willing to pay $60 as opposed to the few that were willing to pay $80...well let's just say they'll be making that money back a whole lot faster.
Why did Verizon lower their price from $80 to $60 a few short months after launch? Simple. Not enough interest in an overpriced product...
Actually they didn't lower the price, its still $79.99/mo for Broadband. Now if you have a Verizon Wireless voice line and agree to a 2 yr data plan for unlimited THEN you can get it for $59.99. They also have a plan for $59.99/mo unlimited on the 1x system only.
trevor83 said:...RUFF1415 said:
You're correct in that they need the money to meet the cost of the network itself, but if more people are willing to pay $60 as opposed to the few that were willing to pay $80...well let's just say they'll be making that money back a whole lot faster.
Why did Verizon lower their price from $80 to $60 a few short months after launch? Simple. Not enough interest in an overpriced product...
Actually they didn't lower the price, its still $79.99/mo for Broadband. Now if you have a Verizon Wireless voice line and agree to a 2 yr data plan for unlimited THEN you can get it for $59.99. They also have a plan for $59.99/mo unlimited on the 1x system only.
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RUFF1415 said:
They're price matching Verizon. If you think $60 is a lot, think about $80 back when Verizon first launched EVDO.
I'm predicting we'll be seeing a data price war coming on very soon, which will lower those costs quickly enough.
Yeah, but umts/hspda is gonna have to be in'a lot more places than 15-20 cities b4 that happens, which is gonna delay the price war 'til well into '06.
Dsl is gettin' really cheap, cable is gettin' really fast.. so payin' $59 fo' wireless broadband is a pretty big speed or price premium ta pay for mobility. So i think that price has to come down b4 a lotta peeps jump onboard. Even $49 fo' unlimited data would be huge.
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