AT&T Follows Verizon's Lead, Launches Unlimited Calling
That didn't take long
This is a good game of follow the leader. When AT&T changes, Verizon changes.... When Verizon changes, AT&T changes. Where's the competitive advantage?
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LordObento said:
Where's the competitive advantage?
Sprint! The NUKES are on the way! 😁
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it's nothing more than price gouging. where's the real savings? $100 per line!?!? i guess good money buys good crack cocaine. which is what it takes for them to come up with these ridiculous prices. they dont even give you unlimited messaging and media net. you have to pay even more for that and then factor in the insane taxes they charge. makes me wanna throw my cell phone into a pit of fire. they just wanna try to imitate regional carriers like Metro Pcs. I swear if Att or Verizon offered a sensible unlimited plan like 2 lines unlimited everything for $100 then i would bite. what they are doing now is just demented. the fact that they can publish something like this, like they're proud of this, it just outrages me. its like they're mockin...
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The savings applies if your currently on any plan higher then the $99.99 plan. And to alot of people thats a great deal. But people who do not use their phone for business may think its a bad deal. Personally I am looking forward to this.
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bojmir said:
The savings applies if your currently on any plan higher then the $99.99 plan. And to alot of people thats a great deal. But people who do not use their phone for business may think its a bad deal. Personally I am looking forward to this.
Right, but its very smart or slick depending on AT&T's part, quite of few people have mid range minute plans, $50-60 for minutes, and a nice cache of rollovers. I bet quite a few will now opt for this unlimited plan, need it or not, they immediately lose all their rollovers (well they aren't needed) and Ma Bell gets another $35-50 off of these customers. I bet like 2:10 will be a loss what they would have got from them. And they will make out on the oth...
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Um... it costs money to provide phone service. Considering that customers with the old 6000 minute plan will be dropping from $200 to $100 per month, I think that's a fair deal.
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Yeah that must be why they has a net loss 106,000 customers last quarter and their coverage looks like an interstate map.
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Well at $0.001 per min cost (or less) to either of these companies, they are still raking it in. Granted you have to remember their operating, development and repair & maint costs are going up but still... they have not changed their tax filing to a non-profit company. If it was not profitable, they would not do it! 😉
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I didn't know any carrier was in the tax business? C'mon man. For the most part (with the exception of the regulatory cost recovery fee) all the carriers simply pass along what they are required by state and federal law to collect. I'm sorry if your state has a use tax or a pricey 911 fee tacked on your bill but that's not the carrier charging you that. In WV, 911 costs every phone line (wireline and wireless) $3.00 per month while jsut across the river the state of Ohio charges only 34 cents. Everyone wants something for nothing, including you it seems, as if there is absolutely no cost to doing business and that business is in business to just give it all away and make no profit. How do you think new towers get built and new innovati...
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