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Nobody Want's to Copy Cingular's ROLLOVER
With all the new trends, carriers copying each others promotions, it's funny that no one has tried to copy Cingular's rollover. So many companies bank on the fact that 85% of there customers will go over their anytime minutes over the length of their contracts. That's why ROLLOVER is the best value in wireless. 🙂
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Cingular has the lockdown and exclusive patent for "Rollover" that's why no other wireless company can use it.
It similar to when Verizon picked up "Push to Talk" Nextel's exclusive patent for 2 way was up Verizon signed a deal to use it.
It similar to when Verizon picked up "Push to Talk" Nextel's exclusive patent for 2 way was up Verizon signed a deal to use it.
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Cingular also has the push to talk in their network, its just no known about as much. Ya Cingular has the Patent for Rollover so chances are that when the 7 year period is up or whatever my first guess is that Verizon is going to be the first to add it. Seeing as Everything else when it comes to plans is identical to Cingular without the Rollover.
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Market research has shown that Rollover only accounts for about 7% of the reason someone would chose one carrier over another. If you have rollover minutes you are paying too much for your plan. Besides Cingular takes all of your rollover minutes away as soon as you change plans. So how great of a deal is rollover again???
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Show me that study that shows that 7% figure. Also Cingular DOES NOT take away all their rollover mins when changing plans.
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Well, I want you to send me the study that shows that Cingular has the fewest dropped calls. You can't because they won't release the data. You are right you wont lose all your minutes but, you will lose the amount back to the anytime minutes available in the plan.
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I changed my plan from 39.99 to the family 59.99 and i did not lose my rollover. i had about 1500 rollover and now have almost 2000. i changed my plan 3 months ago. The rep that i spoke to did say i may lose them but that usually does not happen and it didn't. Even if i did go back to only 550 rollover its not that big of a deal.
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well let me inform you of something. verizon updated their plans i think... february last year, then cingular copied. I really doubt that verizon would copy the rollover feature because they dont need it. If you are on the right plan there is no need for rollover. fact is a huge percentage of people do not use their rollover minutes they just keep accumlating and dont get used. bottom line, verizon is doing fine they way they are.
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The Rollover is great but I don't know about best value. You have to sign up for 2 years for something that expires after one year. (Unused Anytime Minutes expire after the 12th billing period.)And if you change your plan or add a line they expire as well. (If you migrate a single line to a FamilyTalk plan or should a subscriber join your FamilyTalk plan for which your line is the primary line, any accumulated rollover minutes for all lines included in the new FamilyTalk group's Rollover Minutes in excess of the monthly anytime minutes for such group shall expire upon such change.) And Cingular does have the patent to it just like Cricket (Leap Wireless) has the patent to "unlimited local wireless plans" and that's part of why no other provi...
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On your 13th month of billing, you will lose your first months of rollover minutes first, if you havent already used them. So you can still continue to add minutes while some expire.
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