  BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Same price as post-paid Exact same amount the rip off the post-paid customers. I'm not sure what they think someone is going to do with a measly 25 MB( 853 KB a day ). At least at&t gives you 200 MB. | |
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 | | | Re: Same price as post-paid that can't be! VZ is the king of all! especially since they're you're only option! So its gotta be a goodd deal!. | |
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| | | Perhaps VZ is on to something...checking your favorite "social networking thingie", weather, news, coupon web site for free drinks, map providers and a few searches for validation of trivia at the club...what does that take in terms of bandwidth?
I do recall paying 1.20 an hour or so to a packet network to get to an ISP at one time (the phone call was free). It was valuable to me, not to very many others at the time...
Price should reflect value, not costs...apparently there are a ton of people out there paying for more bandwidth than they need (if priced on average usage). That reflects value (measly in your opinion but maybe alot in someone else's).
Of course, those economists out there will tell you price reflects costs when there is "perfect competition". We need much more of that before we will see costs overcome value...
Pre-paid will eventually become the norm...no reason the carriers need to extend credit if the customers will pay for it upfront (they already sell their devices that way, as do cable companies).
said by BF69:Exact same amount the rip off the post-paid customers. I'm not sure what they think someone is going to do with a measly 25 MB( 853 KB a day ). At least at&t gives you 200 MB. | |
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join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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| Would You Expect Anything Else? Is anyone honestly surprised by Big Red's attitude? Both AT&T and VZW have such huge market shares they don't have to really "compete". People like my sister are convinced brainwashed that VZW is the best wireless available and freely shells out over $100/month on her family plan for what she could get cheaper elsewhere. Funny thing is, her phone does not work at my home because VZW happens to have poor coverage at my location. The other three carriers (plus MetroPCS soon) work great as they are on a nearby water tower :/
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| Re: Would You Expect Anything Else? and T and V mastered what they wanted to. Brain washing their customers. And the fact that "so and so has them; so they must be good- we gotta get them too". or "we have to have them so i can talk to so and so for free, everyone has blah-blah now, because the others all just suck".
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| Re: Would You Expect Anything Else? When my contract is up im taking all 4 of my phones to sprint.
Im tired of the crap they pull. Plus, I will get 4 android phones with calling anywhere for much less then I pay now for 2 androids and 2 basic.
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| | | | | Re: Would You Expect Anything Else? if Sprint only offered BBs with EVDO Rev. A they'd be all set. But instead they only use EVDO 0.  | |
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join:2001-03-03
Rowland Heights, CA | Re: Would You Expect Anything Else? BB Tours (9630) and Bolds (9650) are EVDO RevA devices. Exactly just like the Verizon versions... | |
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| | | | | | | Re: Would You Expect Anything Else? 2 products out of how many? | |
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| | Verizon's trying to actually discourage users.. ...from going prepaid!
AMEN Karl! Amen! But will the greater good recognize this....(nope)... | |
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| | more appealing Of course they're not going to make it cheaper for people to be off contract. They're not stupid! | |
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|  batterupI Can Not Tell A Lie.Premium
join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ
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| Re: more appealing My eyes swell with tears; that is the nicest thing ever said, on this board, about Verizon. : ...} | |
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| | | | Re: more appealing Just like their $80 for 5gb on prepaid mobile broadband (using a usb device). What a rip!! | |
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join:2003-02-06
Netcong, NJ Reviews:
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| Re: more appealing said by compuguybna:Just like their $80 for 5gb on prepaid mobile broadband (using a usb device). What a rip!! Who has it cheaper with as good coverage? | |
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@optonline.net | really!? Most of the people who opt for pre-paid are either poor.. have bad credit or both and would have to pay a deposit anyway. So paying up front for the phone is no big deal. They arent discouraging those who have no other option. The best way to discourage prepaid is to not offer it at all. No credit -- no phone. | |
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| Re: really!? No, not true. I know various people who are far from poor, and use prepaid. Why?! No random fees, no garbage contract, and freedom to choose.
You can't generalize "most of the people who opt for pre-paid" because every person is different.
I think the best way to discourage prepaid is exactly what Verizon is doing. If they don't offer it, they'll get bashed -- for not offering a pre/post-paid option. If they offer it, but at high prices, people who are fixed on getting Verizon will see "hmm. it's cheaper per month if i get a contract..." | |
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Most of the people who opt for pre-paid are either poor.. have bad credit or both and would have to pay a deposit anyway. So paying up front for the phone is no big deal. They arent discouraging those who have no other option. The best way to discourage prepaid is to not offer it at all. No credit -- no phone.
Do you have any hard stats on this?
Most of the prepaids I know (not that I'm a general indicator) are still looking for cheap LD, disposable/anonymous phones, and/or control over their costs, which is easier with prepaid (moreso than landline LD at least). There are other reasons I've heard (i.e. cheaper to do VOIP and use a prepaid cell for rest)...dynamic market for sure. | |
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