The Cingular Threat
Family share plans are the most widely used plans in the cell phone industry.
Now VZW has cheaper plans but so does Cingular.
VZW's most popular plan with IN-network on ALL shared lines is 59.99 plus $10.00 for innet and $20.00 for the secondary.
2 lines $89.99
3 lines $109.99
4 lines $129.99
5 lines $149.99
These line would share 800 mins and have unlimited off-peak.
Now but lets compare cingular's 59.99 plan. Cingular offers rollover and mobile to mobile on all lines. Cingular charges $9.99 for each 2nd line.
2 lines $69.98 ($20.01 savings)
3 lines $79.97 ($30.02 savings)
4 lines $89.96 ($40.03 savings)
5 lines Not Available ($149.99 savings 😁 )
These lines would share 850 mins and have unlimited off-peak.
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Now VZW has cheaper plans but so does Cingular.
VZW's most popular plan with IN-network on ALL shared lines is 59.99 plus $10.00 for innet and $20.00 for the secondary.
2 lines $89.99
3 lines $109.99
4 lines $129.99
5 lines $149.99
These line would share 800 mins and have unlimited off-peak.
Now but lets compare cingular's 59.99 plan. Cingular offers rollover and mobile to mobile on all lines. Cingular charges $9.99 for each 2nd line.
2 lines $69.98 ($20.01 savings)
3 lines $79.97 ($30.02 savings)
4 lines $89.96 ($40.03 savings)
5 lines Not Available ($149.99 savings 😁 )
These lines would share 850 mins and have unlimited off-peak.
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VZWCustServ said:...
Family share plans are the most widely used plans in the cell phone industry.
Now VZW has cheaper plans but so does Cingular.
VZW's most popular plan with IN-network on ALL shared lines is 59.99 plus $10.00 for innet and $20.00 for the secondary.
2 lines $89.99
3 lines $109.99
4 lines $129.99
5 lines $149.99
These line would share 800 mins and have unlimited off-peak.
Now but lets compare cingular's 59.99 plan. Cingular offers rollover and mobile to mobile on all lines. Cingular charges $9.99 for each 2nd line.
2 lines $69.98 ($20.01 savings)
3 lines $79.97 ($30.02 savings)
4 lines $89.96 ($40.03 savings)
5 lines Not Available ($149.99 savings 😁 )
These lines would share 850
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Verizon continues to bank on the business notion that customers are willing to pay more if they are feeling that they are getting more. As of right now, Verizon has done a good job of convincing the public that they are the number on carrier in terms of coverage. Thus poeple will pay premium prices. Also, I believe that they are wanting to target more business customers. They would be more apt to pay higher charges for dependable service.
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If price were the determining factor then everyone would be on T-Mobile or Cricket. There is a certain reality that cannot be ignored. I blundered onto a website that published all the carriers' ARPU and average minutes of use. I was surprised to see only a few dollars difference between all the companies except Nextel and ATTWS who were noticably higher. I was also surprised to see that except for Cricket and Metro PCS the average minutes of use were very comparable. For the life of me I could not find that website again because it published 2002 numbers and I want updated numbers.
The price paid verses the service offered is what is called value. The rate structure is why there are 4 billion dollars to invest in the network.
The price paid verses the service offered is what is called value. The rate structure is why there are 4 billion dollars to invest in the network.
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SPCSVZWJeff said:...
If price were the determining factor then everyone would be on T-Mobile or Cricket. There is a certain reality that cannot be ignored. I blundered onto a website that published all the carriers' ARPU and average minutes of use. I was surprised to see only a few dollars difference between all the companies except Nextel and ATTWS who were noticably higher. I was also surprised to see that except for Cricket and Metro PCS the average minutes of use were very comparable. For the life of me I could not find that website again because it published 2002 numbers and I want updated numbers.
The price paid verses the service offered is what is called value. The rate structure is why there are 4 billion dollars
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You missed the point. There is really very little difference in the price paid and the minutes used across the industry. Why this is when there is a huge disparity of price plans between carriers is beyond me.
I couldn't tell you why without seeing a bill. It could be that VZW includes certain regulatory charges in the price plan and others don't
I couldn't tell you why without seeing a bill. It could be that VZW includes certain regulatory charges in the price plan and others don't
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VZWCustServ said:
4 lines $89.96 ($40.03 savings)
5 lines Not Available ($149.99 savings 😁 )
Let me also mention that if a cingular customer wants 5 lines then he could just get a 39.99 plan on its own and still be saving $20.
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