Desdinova
join:2003-01-26
Gaithersburg, MD
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Re: pfft
"How is this a rip off?"
I agree with your example about folks who need a hardware / connection plan, but charging the end user $500 for each gig over the five gig limit strikes me as redefining the word "rip-off". As I see it, either they're losing $420 a month with each customer or they're overcharging "abusers".
Yes, I understand that it's their service and no one is forced to get it, but rip-off is still a rip-off whether you get victimized by it or not.
I suspect that AT&T is hoping folks will be ignorant of the cap and how small it truly is and will rack up more modest overage fees. But if they can afford to sell you five gigs for $80 (actually less if you factor in the cost of the netbook), then why can't they bill overages at $16 a gig (the breakdown price) instead of $500? Other than rampant greed, I mean. |
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fiberguy
My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20
1 edit | said by Desdinova  :"How is this a rip off?" I agree with your example about folks who need a hardware / connection plan, but charging the end user $500 for each gig over the five gig limit strikes me as redefining the word "rip-off". As I see it, either they're losing $420 a month with each customer or they're overcharging "abusers". You are right, and probably a good discussion for another topic. This is about subsidized netbooks, not necessarily the connection plan itself.  But I do agree that the overage charges are criminal.
They're going push their data plans, and have been, with or with out the netbook involved. |
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