Shop Talk
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For those of you in the industry, whether retail, care, indirect, etc....:
Do you believe that it's only a matter of time before every carrier is offering an unlimited talk plan at a $50 (approx) rate?
Most MVNO's do it, as well as many regional carriers. T-Mobile does it now, and Sprint/Nextel has their unlimited everything.
How long do you believe it will be before Verizon, AT&T and others follow suit, just to stop churn? Or, if you don't believe this will happen at any point, what factors do you see as standing in the way of this?
Unlimited plans and prices
At&t- Minutes 99.99 /w text and data 130.00
Spnt- Minutes 99.99 /w text...
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minutes- 99.99
text and data- 129.99 for non smart phones and 149.99 for any smart phone
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller? ... »
I selected the HTC for a smart phone.
To add the data feature with the plan its shows 44.99
So if i did my math correctly, 119.99 + 44.99 = 164.98
pizzas not for breakfast said:
Just going off what i could find on the website, if you show different prices let me know. what i found was that, for Unlimited minutes and text it is 119.99
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller? ... »
I selected the HTC for a smart phone.
To add the data feature with the plan its shows 44.99
So if i did my math correctly, 119.99 + 44.99 = 164.98
the $44.99 email and web plan is for corporate email.
regular email and web for blackberry, PDA, or smartphone is $29.99/month.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller? ... »
ATT prepaid now offers 60 unlimited talk and text for 30 days.
All companies will have a 70 ish plan within a year
On paper, bringing in subs sounds like a great idea. But its like a dog catching its tail--now that you have it, what are you going to do with it? So the public views bare bones costs as an attractive incentive. Then the network is overloaded. And there is no capital to invest in growth. So how exactly does this benefit the consumer over the long haul? Oh yeah, it doesn't.
Simple people look for simple solutions. Let me reduce my wireless bill and go with a bargain basement plan. Well, you do in fact, get what you pay fo...
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Butthead007 said:...
Nope. Dont see it happening. Companies need to generate cash flow in order to build infrastructure. So reducing income only to bring in more subscribers with less resources to build out your network is not a good idea.
On paper, bringing in subs sounds like a great idea. But its like a dog catching its tail--now that you have it, what are you going to do with it? So the public views bare bones costs as an attractive incentive. Then the network is overloaded. And there is no capital to invest in growth. So how exactly does this benefit the consumer over the long haul? Oh yeah, it doesn't.
Simple people look for simple solutions. Let me reduce my wireless bill and go with a bargain basement plan. Wel
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