Can someone give me some insight on this???
AT&T is consistently rated at or near the bottom of every survey that I have seen in almost all areas, call quality, dropped calls, failure to connect calls, etc., yet they produce results like this. I am at a loss to explain this! Are there that many uneducated wireless subscribers out there??
Have at it guys/gals!!!! :-)
See, the issue here isn't iPhone (though that does its effects). Phones aren't even the big issue here. And as far as plans go, since AT&T is almost entirely toe-to-toe the same as Verizon in most of it's pricing, their limited data plans can't be much of a draw.
No, I think the real issue here is a mix of brand loyalty, passion, and justification.
Let me give you an alternate example.
Many people have religious preferences. But a large number of people I've encountered from the east coast to the Rocky Mountains and on to the west coast, a lot of religious people take their religious beliefs to new heights. They will defend their beliefs and their ch...
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It is not the way I run my life. I don't make purchases or sign contracts without first doing my research. People and companies change. I have been with Verizon for about 8 years now and I am satisfied with their service and selection of phones. If however, down the line s...
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I've seen people as passionate about cars, gaming systems, bands, and more. But wireless, for me, takes the cake. When you've been yelled at, spat on, hit with a flying phone, pushed, called most anything imaginable, ganged up on by parent/kid combinations, been told you were a liar and a cheat, had your mother insulted, had your safety threatened, and even been told you were going to hell by someone passionate about their wireless service, you start to see things in a different light.
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I will say that I am amazed by the number of people who were unaware of how poorly AT&T rates an satisfaction surveys. Ran into that si...
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I'm pretty open-minded, myself. I encouraged my own brother to go with Boost Mobile, given his circumstances, and I have a fairly good mix of family and friends on multiple carriers. If it works best for someone's situation, and they understand the pros and cons of each carrier, they're in a good position to make a logical decision. Alas, others in the family tell me all the time how wrong I am...
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http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news ... »
Record First-Quarter Subscriber Gain. AT&T posted a net gain in total wireless subscribers of 1.9 million, the highest first-quarter total in the company's history, to reach 87.0 million in service. First-quarter net add growth reflects continued rapid adoption of smartphones and a host of connected devices such as eReaders, global positioning systems and alarm monitoring systems. Connected devices in service increased by 1.1 million in the quarter to reach 5.8 million, and retail postpaid net adds totaled 512,000 to reach 65.1 million.
First quarter last year they added 512,000 real (pos...
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nextel18 said:
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/264793-verizon-commu ... »
Verizon exec Mr. Shammo said:
Our first quarter Wireless results once again demonstrate our ability to effectively manage growth and sustain profitability. We had a very strong quarter of device sales, with 906,000 retail postpaid customer net additions. In a period of less than eight weeks, we activated 2.2 million iPhones and in two weeks, we activated more than 260,000 of our first 4G LTE smartphone, the HTC ThunderBolt, at the premium price of $249.99.
906,000 versus 62,000 represents over 1,450%...
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hrmles1 said:
AT&T is consistently rated at or near the bottom of every survey that I have seen in almost all areas, call quality, dropped calls, failure to connect calls, etc., yet they produce results like this. I am at a loss to explain this! Are there that many uneducated wireless subscribers out there??
https://www.phonescoop.com/carriers/forum.php?fm=m&f ... »
The phone subscribers care about those metrics.
The GPS, Kindle, tablet, and vehicle tracking services don't. No one using any of these "connected devices" cares if their connection gets dropped for 15 seconds once a day.
Accordingly, AT&T's "subscriber" growth is not "phone users" growth.
If a shoddy da...
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The Iphone 3GS pricing at $49.99 for a 2 year upgrade is one of the key factors of increasing sales of this great device.
Problem is now, AT&T is having their margins decline by a nice margin. (a problem investors dont like)
Now as far as to why AT&T increased their iphone sales are with a few reasons:
1. Differentiate
a. The ability to use your phone and surf at the same time is something special and customers are starting to see this as a huge benefit
2. Speeds
a. The AT&T network when it comes to a speed standpoint is much better and if you take a look at DATA ARPU it has been increasing. I think Ralph said that data revenue has increased over 3000% in a specific period. All because of the Iphone and smart phones being enabled on AT&T’s fast data network
3. Price
a. The 3Gs is $49.99 for a 2 year upgrade is a key because a lot of consumers don’t want to pay out t...
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hrmles1 said:
Forgive my ignorance but what has Verizon done that can be considered anti-consumer??
- They were the biggest opponent against Number Portability prior to their about-face.
- They originally did not require data on smartphones, then started to force it as a requirement.
- The Motorola v710 fiasco. The box stated OBEX as a Bluetooth profile available, Verizon had that profile disabled.
- Replaced Mobile Web (used minutes) with purchasing Megabytes.
- $1.99/mb lawsuit (they erroneously billed customers $1.99 even if they didn't use any data).
- People did not like the "VZW UI" being enforced on almost all handsets.
- $9.99 required data on most phones (the selection for non-data ph...
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“however those speeds are inconsistent and often unavailable when there is no 3G signal†I don’t really understand this. It is the same thing with Verizon’s data speeds and others. If there is no 3g service it will default to edge or 1x. AT&T’s edge is faster than 1x.
“Verizon's speeds may be slower but they are more consistent overall and more widely available.â€Â
I am not sure I agree with this. i would refute it but too tired...
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There were upgrade policy changes that offset the higher subsidies on the iphone 3GS.
but this didnt "One blemish: wireless operating profit margin dipped from 30% a year earlier to 25.8% as the company built up promotions and other marketing efforts."
i know their upgrade policies 🙂 but margins like that decreasing isnt very good.
deepskyblue said:
ARPU (average rate per user) and profit are both up.
It looks good because they're only giving the numbers they want to reveal.
Postpaid subscriber ARPU (average monthly revenues per subscriber) up 2.4 percent to $63.39, the ninth consecutive quarter with a year-over-year increase
Rising ARPU is good, but when the postpaid subscriber base stops growing, there are problems.
2% growth per customer coupled with 70% declines in the growth of the profitable segment...
There were some industry "analysts" that projected huge postpaid subscriber loss.
I'd be a little curious as to what you thought this quarter would look like prior to these numbers being released.
they were lucky to get a net adds in subscribers 🙂.
i thought personally they would be positive net ads. a lot of the analysts dont know what they are talking about. they thought with the iphone going away that AT&T will be in losses. i mean that could happen but not yet. next qt will be very interesting. Iphones! Verizon VS AT&T.
funny thing is, both companies lose when it comes to margins.