Comments on: Why Unlimited Mobile Voice Means Higher ARPU For Carriers

By: PhoneBoy

PhoneBoy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:55:53 +0000

@spg I think that we’ll see the fat, dumb pipe be a differentiator. I don’t think Verizon is going to be the one that provides it, given how they’ve tried to make the pipe “smart.”

By: PhoneBoy

PhoneBoy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:49:06 +0000

@sheryl If people were smart enough to check their usage, many of them would be on prepaid and not get suckered into the two year ball and chain deal with a free phone.

By: PhoneBoy

PhoneBoy — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:47:32 +0000

@Marc: damn straight: I really want to see data-only on prepay.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:42:42 +0000

Ditto on the MetroPCS comment. I’m still waiting for Unlimited Data Plans to become available to Prepay/Pay-as-you-go customers in the U.S. (like the rest of the world has) as well as Unlimited Data Only plans (other than on Blackberry hardware), and a 3G iPhone with tethering option….but I digress.

By: Sheryl Breuker

Sheryl Breuker — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:16:52 +0000

Hi, I have a couple of thoughts.
First, if $100 dollars a month equates to a higher fee than paid currently by consumers, even though it would essentially deliver unlimited usage, they certainly do NOT have to pay for that plan. Can’t consumers continue to pay and get what they already have? Nowhere have I read that this will make obsolete the current available options. That said, if we as consumers aren’t smart enough to check our sage totals and opt for the unlimited plan for in case, too bad if we get egg on our face. I’m about being a proactive ‘pro’sumer. I think we owe ourselves the due diligence required to get our best price. If we fail ourselves we only have ourselves to blame.
Great post!!!

By: spg

spg — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:09:11 +0000

i want see what happens to the other rate plans. will we start getting less for $80 than we did before in order to get us to upgrade. in the long run(i say by the end of the year) everyone will be around the crickit/metroPCS rates. about $40 unlimited voice/$60 unlimited everything.

the other story we are not hearing much about is that at least the verizon plan takes internet use restrictions to a whole new level. there is no ‘data’ option available. what there is are options for sms, mms, vcast(package of services), email, and html browsing or all of the above. but the all of the abover is that and only that. they are making a big deal about removing the 5G data cap but it this is worse since you really can’t hit 5G(with the exception of using verizon branded vcast services) without doing something beyond these included activities.

who is going to give us that ‘FAT DUMB PIPE’ that we need? as it has been it gets worse every year going in the opposite direction.

spg