AT&T matches Verizon

What the....??? Verizon introducing an "Unlimited" plan?

Since when did pigs start flying? And why didn't anybody tell me?

This is good for us, but not so good for their stockholder profit-mongers...

 

And then there was T-Mobile

T-Mobile announces $99.99 unlimited plan just in time to yell "Fifth!" - Engadget

 

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thats great!!

 

Too expensive.

But anyways, Unlimited Data and texts is all I need.

 

T-Mobile, VZW, and AT&T all with unlimited plans... hmmm...

 

Does anyone else think that $100 for an unlimited plan is kind of high? Seems like there's room for a $5 or $10 drop by someone.

 

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Interesting! T-Mobile came in last and threw in unlimited messaging. On at&t that is a $19.99 package, so technically TM is offering the best deal?

 

I figured this would happen, of course I didn't think VZW would go first... (well get the credit for going first... didn't sprint say something about unlimited for $129.99 a couple of weeks ago.)

Today reminds me of the time that the old AT&T began offering the ONE Plan, that plan made every carrier that was currently offering regional plans move to nationwide plans. Even in markets where AT&T didn't offer coverage, we had people asking about that type of plan.

 

AT&T Wireless used to have a charter plan — unlimited minutes for $99.99. Cingular has cancelled those who were using more than 5000 minutes a month. The current 6000 minute plan is $199.99/mo. In light of all this it doesn't seem too high to me.

Of course — for those happy with T-Mobile coverage

 

I think that few people actually need 'unlimited' whatever it is but it does play well on people's needs for conspicuous consumption.

 

if you dont care about data T-Mobile has the best deal but Sprint is still in the lead literall giving unlimited everything for $120

 

Charlyee,

This is a formality.

TMOB is making up for its lack of Native footprint, or overall coverage in general, the main reason why their customer base is low and prices are low also. imo.

 

Still happy after 8 years

 

eh technically Tmob would be the same i think and ATT close behind at 15 dollars more and you can start the network debate on value per dollar.


i think everyone can see that this is going headed towards a battle of margins and not just gross adds anymore......in the end the consumer will be the only winner

 

aint that the truth....it always is

 

i mean seriously...

they did the math, the crunched the numbers



they realized that gross adds are harder and harder to come by and that there is only so many companys you can "buy out" their customers before the G'man is gonna step in and say "woah woah"

so this is the "new strategy"


personally i dont think any one company is gonna be super successful with these...but it is definetly shacking the leaves from the trees.


we will get to sit back and see where they fall..


wait for roaming agreements to break...guarantee you that....

 

seriously some of this drama and stubbornness is worse than junior high

 

It's really about raising your average revenue per subscriber, that helps the stock price, and you are able to lure high value customers away from your competitors, of course, the next card to be played will most likely be from the regional carriers such as US Cellular and Alltel, these two companies have been successful over the years while competing against larger nationwide providers in their respective markets. It's going to be real interesting to see how this battle of "unlimited" is responded to by them.

 

Imagine if this unlimited plan had Rollover. LOL!

 

Rollover... My Favs.... and My Circle all in one...

 

it's inconceivable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....no really it is

 

Well it seems I am right. There are credible rumors going around that Sprint is going to undercut these prices by quite a bit. I feel that $99 for unlimited is high and that Sprint will come in at around $70 or $75 for the same thing.

 

i doubt it, but if they do they are admitting their product is not as worthy of the 99+ price and they will hurt their profits even worse than they are

 

I'll second that. Carriers can't just cut prices so deeply to compete, or else they will sound desperate for customers, and Sprint is not exactly doing its best at this time.

 

I don't know about that. T-Mobile has been the undercutter for years and they've done alright. I think Sprint can and will be sucessfull by offering the same thing for $20 less.

 

They have been the undercutter for years but don't be fooled by that. In the end T-mobile is not that much cheaper than AT&T and Verizon. So yes, they cut prices, but my point is, they don't go as deep as you want Sprint to go.

Remember when they had the "most whenever minutes" campaign, yes you got 600 anytime minutes for $40 bucks whereas with AT&T and Verizon you would only get 450mins, but guess what? T-mobile didn't give you night minutes, only weekend minutes. If you wanted night minutes you had to pay $7 more. So that brings them all 3 carriers to about the same price level for the same service.

And now, with the MyFaves offers you essentially have to go $10 higher for any MyFaves plan. You either get 300 anytime minutes for $40 with MyFaves, but for that same price AT&T and Verizon give you 150 minutes more and more coverage without MyFaves. So its the same thing, you just gotta pick what's more convenient for you based on your usage. For a business user who gets calls from hundreds of different numbers every month, MyFaves will simply not work.

Look what they did this time around: they aligned themselves at the same price level with AT&T and Verizon and just added unlimited messaging to the plan. That's not really cheaper in the sense that someone looking for an unlimited voice plan would have to pay $100 no matter what. But it is cheaper if you are looking for both unlimited voice and unlimited messaging because with AT&T and Verizon you'd have to pay extra for that. So when you average out revenues over the population it doesn't really make much difference because some people will pay what others won't.

Bottomline is, if Sprint has to dramatically cut prices on a similar offer, you better be sure they'll be cutting a corner somewhere else.

 

The carriers wording is everything as well the deal may sound good until you find out you have to add additional plans for SMS/MMS or nights before 7 pm or 5 bucks for this or that.

It just goes to show that that savvy like us can read into but I think the carriers go for the Naive that just see the bold print not the fine print.

I have a regional $49 dollar unlimited plan with text and I dont get charged just WAP browsing I forget the text allowed buy my daughter has never gone over. The plan is thru Dobson and I will keep it till they force me to move and when they do I will tell CS I will take all 3 phones to Alltel.

 

Why would you need early N&W on an unlimited plan?

-Jay