 RR ConductorNWP RR Co.,serving NW CAPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Who is Chetan Sharma? Who is he? |
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Hey, Karl, you need to rename this site, Karlbode Consultants, LLC!
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| Greed!!! Two reasons why users shifting away from Contracts to Prepaid plan
1. Bad economy
2. Greedy CEO and executives. Switching unlimited data plan to Everything Plan.
As you already know, CEO and executives will raise rate on Prepaid plan when more users switch to this plan. We are the looser no matter what |
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 mech1164I'll Be Back
join:2001-11-19
Lodi, NJ | Nessecites With the economy going the way it is people are reevaluating their expenses. First thing to go the phone bill. When a person does the numbers they can save a boatload by buying the phone outright and getting a better prepaid plan. If the MNVO is working well where you live then why not use them. More then likely they are using the same network you are already on. I myself don't talk alot so the $30.00 walmart plan (100min talk, unlim text and data) is a steal compared to my former $90.00+ monthly cell bill.
But to each his own. I'll take the savings thank you. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to ABC87243
Re: Greed!!! said by ABC87243 :As you already know, CEO and executives will raise rate on Prepaid plan when more users switch to this plan. We are the looser no matter what. While I'm sure that was a typo it does describe what our rectums will be once these cell companies get done with us. |
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ncbillPremium
join:2007-01-23
Winston Salem, NC | reply to mech1164
Re: Nessecites Absolutely, have the same TMO prepaid plan and love it.
$30/month, no extra fees/taxes, for 5GB 3G data is a bargain compared to contract data plan prices. |
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| For now Hopefully at some point technology will make the airwaves the fattest pipe around, as data speed through the ether at multi-gig speeds. Then maybe we will see wireless data become commoditized and prices fall through the floor the way they are doing in the b2b wireline data sector. Hopefully.... |
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Re: Greed!!! I switched because it made a lot of sense and freed me up from contracts. I have both pageplus and straightalk .
I save about $431 over the equivalent 24 month AT&T service. More importantly, I am able to purchase a new iPhone every single year and not be in a contract.
If I did not purchase a new phone every year, I'd save about $1K over 24 months. |
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Re: Nessecites Nice, my Verizon contract is up in less than 1 month, and I planned on switching to either the t-mobile or att prepaid.
I'm tired of paying $90/month for a phone that I barely ever use anymore. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Telco
Re: Greed!!! said by Telco:I switched because it made a lot of sense and freed me up from contracts. I have both pageplus and straightalk .
I save about $431 over the equivalent 24 month AT&T service. More importantly, I am able to purchase a new iPhone every single year and not be in a contract.
If I did not purchase a new phone every year, I'd save about $1K over 24 months.
The problem with Straighttalk and others is they have limited phones. Heck I've got to drive 20 miles to get a Straighttalk phone that will actually work on Verizon's network because all our Wal-Mart will carry is phones that work on at&t and at&t only offers EDGE in my area which makes the unlimited data pretty useless.
And they have ONE phone. Overall it's bit better than my LG Ally I have( mostly ) but it's also $179. I can upgrade with Verizon in 2 weeks and get a Droid Bionic which is a 4G phone for $30 which includes the upgrade fee. So that's $149 more plus tax which brings it to $163 difference. So I'm not sure where the savings are. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to franknalco
Re: For now said by franknalco:Hopefully at some point technology will make the airwaves the fattest pipe around, as data speed through the ether at multi-gig speeds. Then maybe we will see wireless data become commoditized and prices fall through the floor the way they are doing in the b2b wireline data sector. Hopefully....
Do you think it cost these companies $10 per GB to deliver data NOW? If they actually charged what data was, heck charge DOUBLE actual cost, prices would be much lower.
With Verizon's new Share Your Wallet plan 1 GB cost $50, 10 GB cost $100. Somehow it costs Verizon $50 to deliver 1 GB but then another $50 to deliver 9 more GB? Does not compute. And we all know it doesn't cost Verizon anywhere near $100 to deliver 10 GB of data. If you need more than 10 GB you can purchase 2 extra GB for $10. So that's 5 per GB. And you know they are making mad profits on that. So if they are making huge profits at $5 per GB then 10 GB should be no more than $50 not $100. |
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amungusPremium
join:2004-11-26
America Reviews:
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Re: Greed!!! I find this part of their service (and other prepaid) very curious - how do they decide who gets what type of service??
CDMA has FAR better coverage here, but how would I know what ST uses here without checking each phone etc?
Device compatibility is a huge mess.
CDMA phones should work with any compatible carrier - there's no reason Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular can't all "get along" - they already do. GSM is obviously a little different - plop a SIM card in, and you're good. |
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just get a straight talk sim and a AT&T or Tmobile phone and your set. |
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 Frankis chillingPremium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere | reply to BF69
said by BF69:said by Telco:I switched because it made a lot of sense and freed me up from contracts. I have both pageplus and straightalk .
I save about $431 over the equivalent 24 month AT&T service. More importantly, I am able to purchase a new iPhone every single year and not be in a contract.
If I did not purchase a new phone every year, I'd save about $1K over 24 months.
The problem with Straighttalk and others is they have limited phones. Heck I've got to drive 20 miles to get a Straighttalk phone that will actually work on Verizon's network because all our Wal-Mart will carry is phones that work on at&t and at&t only offers EDGE in my area which makes the unlimited data pretty useless. And they have ONE phone. Overall it's bit better than my LG Ally I have( mostly ) but it's also $179. I can upgrade with Verizon in 2 weeks and get a Droid Bionic which is a 4G phone for $30 which includes the upgrade fee. So that's $149 more plus tax which brings it to $163 difference. So I'm not sure where the savings are. two things
1) you can order the phone from thier website and they'll ship it to you.
2) are you factoring in what you will be saving per month into figuring out where the savings are?
for example, you might be paying more for the phone now but in the long run after two years of saving like $20-$30 a month doesnt it work out in your favor? |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to amungus
said by amungus:I find this part of their service (and other prepaid) very curious - how do they decide who gets what type of service??
CDMA has FAR better coverage here, but how would I know what ST uses here without checking each phone etc?
Device compatibility is a huge mess.
CDMA phones should work with any compatible carrier - there's no reason Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular can't all "get along" - they already do. GSM is obviously a little different - plop a SIM card in, and you're good.
Verizon and Sprint use difference frequencies.
If you look at the name for most basic phones they will end in a -G or -C. The G stand for GSM and the C stands for CDMA. As to which CDMA is uses then you have to delve in a bit deeper.
On the smartphones I know they work on Verizon because they have this underneath the phone description
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merc669Premium
join:2000-08-19
Lexington Park, MD | reply to aciddrink
Re: Nessecites I am in same situation with my wife and me. Together we are paying around 200 to Verizon. I can cut that cost to around 75 a month with Straight talk. Her contract expires in Aug, mine in Apr of next year. But I will just pay the ETF in Sept. I calculated it out that I would save a whole lot more for the duration just paying the approx 190 for the ETF compared to the approx 90 for one phone for the remaining time. My problem is finding the best one. So far it seems Trac or Straight seems to be the best for what we need (Voice and Text). I figure I will buy two unlocked phones (good for text and voice only), a sim and a plan and I should be good. At least this is the plan.... |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to jchambers28
Re: Greed!!! said by jchambers28:just get a straight talk sim and a AT&T or Tmobile phone and your set.
T-Mobile service does not exist in my area and at&t offers only EDGE. So what would be the point? |
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| U said straight talk offers a limited amount of phones. I was letting you know about their sim card offering that this in no longer the case. In your area it would be pointless. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Frank
said by Frank:two things
1) you can order the phone from thier website and they'll ship it to you. I know that but I think it's so stupid that the walmart 2 miles from me only offers at&t straight talk phones and at&t doesn't even have 3G here let alone 4G. What good is unlimited data on EDGE?
2) are you factoring in what you will be saving per month into figuring out where the savings are?
for example, you might be paying more for the phone now but in the long run after two years of saving like $20-$30 a month doesnt it work out in your favor?
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to jchambers28
said by jchambers28:U said straight talk offers a limited amount of phones. I was letting you know about their sim card offering that this in no longer the case. In your area it would be pointless.
I'm know about their sim card thing. Net10 has a bring your phone thing too for GSM phones. If either offered the same thing for CDMA phones I'd might think about switching to them. No reason why they couldn't offer a program on a CDMA phone that is out of contract. |
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