Rate plan pricing
Most customers whose plans are coming off contract were signed up when there was more competition in the wireless industry. Since the Cingular-ATTW and Sprint-Nextel mergers, competition has decreased and pricing has definitely increased. Albeit with some additional plan benefits.
2 years ago, all national carriers except T-Mobile were offering 900 sharable minutes for $60 and additional lines for $10. The base minutes on sharable plans mirrored the number of minutes that were available on individual plans. Individual lines could also get 900 minutes for $60.
Since then, pricing on individual plans has remained almost the same at Cing., VZN, and Sprint, except that the steps between rate plan levels is not $10 but $20.
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2 years ago, all national carriers except T-Mobile were offering 900 sharable minutes for $60 and additional lines for $10. The base minutes on sharable plans mirrored the number of minutes that were available on individual plans. Individual lines could also get 900 minutes for $60.
Since then, pricing on individual plans has remained almost the same at Cing., VZN, and Sprint, except that the steps between rate plan levels is not $10 but $20.
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Well that explains why former ATTW customers that want a device upgrade get a raw deal, they are forced to pay much more for a voice plan than what they currently have if they migrate.
While existing orange customers can continue to keep the plan they signed up for years ago back when there was serious competition in the industry when they upgrade, blue customers are SOL.
While existing orange customers can continue to keep the plan they signed up for years ago back when there was serious competition in the industry when they upgrade, blue customers are SOL.
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I think blue customers should buy their own phones. Perhaps by 2008, the systems will be integrated and the whole migration deal will be that way.
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Just make sure not to lose or damage your Blue SIM card, I'm not sure they give those out any more to anyone.
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I'm curious...
If one is damaged, can Cingular activate an old one that was previously deactivated or one purchased off Ebay?
If one is damaged, can Cingular activate an old one that was previously deactivated or one purchased off Ebay?
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I'm surprised as much as they are trying to get everyone on the Orange network and billing, that they allow those to be ordered.
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Well a SIM card is piddlins.. that's a southern word. Ordering new equipment is out of the question. They've probably got a couple dozen ATT SIMs in a warehouse somewhere anyway.
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Sides,anyone nuts enough to want to buy one,they are crazy,$25.00plus$9.95 shipping and then tax= $37.XX for as much as you can get a new phone with upgrade to new cingular costs, heck with mail in rebates its costs more for attws sim then new phone,and that comes with a new sim.
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