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Radiation is good
Okay, we had a new Hofo calling themselves Siri Wireless pasting near spam level posts all over the place so I dug a little. Here's what I know.
They are another Telspace mvno . Telspace is the country's biggest mvne or mvno services provider. They are running Sprint and Verizon services. Resident Hofo mvno expert Offthegrid will confirm this. Their website http://store.siriwireless.com/store/z/? SCREAMS Telspace mvno.
One is their Sprint unlimited everything plan for sixty dollars.
Approved devices only.
The other is their Verizon plan. From what I've seen it has postpaid coverage and plans very similar to the now to be history Mingo Wireless (Verizon version).
They allow byod with an activation charge. Approved devices are most Verizon phones with the exception of prepaid devices.
Alltel devices are not officially supported but can be done.
Blackberry services are offered only on the Sprint pcs version of their network.
They are going to launch a Att/Gsm version at the end of summer.
They have been around for about a year.
They have 24 hour available customer service via live chat. I chatted with one representative and they were knowledgable, helpful, courteous and professional. It almost reminded me of Mingo.
Their biggest weakpoints is their lack of affordable phones (199 for a VX8500 original Chocolate? ), high activation fees for byod devices (one forum said $35..one of the whole points of byod is to save money, not spend more) and high prices on their larger plans.
Their biggest strong points appear to be theri CS (already covered), offering of three networks (Verizon, Sprint and to be Att/gsm), byod on the Verizon version and them already having a dealer network).
If their Verizon offering is overpriced, at least they will have Sprint and Att offerings to fall back on...poor Mingo didn't even have that...
It appears that some Mingo users have gone over to them... knowing how Mingo was always praised for its consistently good CS, I'm hoping that Siri has that to offer...
As for their plans... the only one I see that really stands out in the Verizon pack is their $24.99 for 250 minutes/3000 7pm night and weeend minutes plan. I'm not sure what the activation fee is but that is a good deal in my book...3250 Verizon minutes for $25...
I've climbed a cellphone tower
The problem I've always run into when looking at BlackDog, Lucky, and similar Verizon based providers for friends that want a "plan" based prepaid provider is that although the talk plans look nice on the surface, as soon as you add in any data and text(which require add ons) it makes the plan cost more than quite a few "unlimited" plans out there.
Where's the dialtone?
received an rss feed from SIRI Wireless' blog on this morning:
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Get Up to 550 Free Minutes Activating New Service w/ SIRI Wireless!
Up to 550 FREE Minutes w/ New Activation
SIRI Wireless is the nationwide no contract wireless provider that is offering new customers the opportunity to test their service and receive up to 550 minutes FREE when they activate their service on their SIRI Flex plans.
Here's the deal:
SIRI Wireless provides nationwide wireless service on three networks, CDMA, PCS & GSM. Under their SIRI Flex Plan they allow compatible verizon phones to be able to be activated on their network. The customer may select plans from their SIRI Flex Plans.
Under the SIRI Flex they offer the following plans:
1.250 minutes for $ 24.99 for 30 Days 3000 N&W
2.400 minutes for $ 34.99 for 30 Days 3000 N&W
3.550 minutes for $ 44.99 for 30 Days 3000 N&W
4.850 minutes for $ 59.99 for 30 Days 3000 N&W
5.1300 minutes for $ 74.99 for 30 Days 3000 N&W
6.1900 minutes for $ 99.99 for 30 Days 3000 N&W
7.3900 minutes for $144.99 for 30 Days 3000 N&W
With their special, SIRI Wireless is offering new customers that activate a new service under their SIRI Flex 250, 400, or 550 minute plan, to receive either plan for free for the next 30 days or when the minutes run out. The customer must pay the normal $35.00 activation charge but will not be charged for the selected SIRI Flex 250, 400, or 550 plan. The SIRI Flex 850, 1300, 1900 & 3900 Plan are their normal prices and are not included in this offer.
If the customer desires to add data, SMS packages and replenishments to their account or order the costs for those services will be additional. Customers will also receive a free SIRI Wireless email account that they will be able to keep whether they renew service or not.
As an added benefit customers are able to manage their SIRI Wireless accounts online and review their call details, have access to some of the cheapest international call plans (customer must add a cash card to account) on the net that allows them to call over 50+ different countries, 24/7 order line, online chat available and a sales team.
SIRI Wireless kicks off this special today, July 19, 2010 and the offer expires July 31, 2010. Great time to test the SIRI Wireless service at a minimal cost.
For more information on visit http://www.siriwireless.com/ or call toll free at 866-968-1777.
Posted by SIRI Wireless at 2:11 AM
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has anyone else heard anything? I wonder what phones you could use on their service?
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I have a blue tooth
Overpriced Verizon mvno plans are a hard sale to swallow these days. That is exactly what hampered Mingo's growth. It's hard to compete with unlimited talk/text/20 megs a web from Page Plus with full byod (well it was once upon a time) at $40-45.
Mingo decided to get out of their underleveragef position by completely leaving the confines of the Big Red One for Sprint.
Myway/Lucky has taken the opportunity to absorb a part of their user base by transitioning Mingo's must have Verizon service users over to their sub base.
Siri is offering plans that would have squeaked by a year and a half ago like Att's old, never changed enough (and now DEAD) Pick Your Plans. (They could have cut prices, increased night/weekend to unlimited and added m2m maybe but nahhh....)
Virgin Mobile finally got some major revamping which helped save their bacon.
But Siri offers nothing special. Byod at $35 activation? C'mon. When Myway's going to be offering unlimited with full byod (except Verizon prepaid phones of course) to their transition version of Mingo (to become Myway 3G), at 59.99, 850 anytime/3000 night and weekend minutes at the same price can't quite hold up to it.
And that's not even adding text or data yet.
The best thing I see from Siri is their $25 plan with 250 anytime/3000 night and weekend minutes. That is lower then any other Verizon prepaid plan out there but of course there's that damn $35 activation fee...
Their nights start at 7pm.
I think Verizon should really do better then this.
3000 to 3200 minutes? I think they should offer their mvnos UNLIMITED night and weekends already. C'mon, this is 2010, not 1998.
No mobile to mobile so even with unlimited n/w, Verizon "proper" would still have an advantage there.
I wish Siri luck. I hope they stick around because it is always good to see more Verizon based options with Mingo and Air Voice Express exiting the room.
But they should really watch their prices. As the new kid on the block, unless they offer something better, different or unique, they will just be swamped by other similar but superior offerings that cost less, offer more, etc.
Their CS seems to be possibly made up of the same good stuff Mingo's was though... I have to give them that (yeah, I interrogated them a bit...)
I have a blue tooth
Just a note to "Cellspin" or whoever you are. Chill on the spamming. Siri Wireless made a bad impression by coming out of nowhere and then plastering "Check us out!" all over the place with no regard for making a connection.It took another rep from Siri to pull the leash on that overeager hound which was a good move.
Mingo Wireless TOOK the time when they could to connect with the Hofo community and didn't plaster it all over the place. I am SICK of every new wannabe mvno coming here and going, "LOOKY ME! LOOKY ME! BUY MY STUFF!".
That approach will do nothing to get you respect in the Hofo community. We've seen our share of Fly By Nighters and they will just come and go. It's the ones who are real who will stay the course who matter...
Think about it...
Where's the dialtone?
@fonezfonz ..only been on a few weeks and had subscibed to the rss feed and was trying to get some feedback on their service, since i saw that someone had done some checking on them I was just trying to bring the information that I receive to get some feedback. This is actually my first post.Originally Posted by fonezfonz
I have a blue tooth
My bad if you're a newb with your first post, but it looked like another attempt by Siri to shill their product before someone over there wised up and pulled back the original driver who overspammed trying to get the word out.
You have only one post that's why it didn't look good. If another Hofo with a few more posts had put it up, I wouldn't have raised an eyebrow at it...
Siri has a good chat interface, you can ask them literally 247 anything you want. I don't know if their live phone support is as good but even Mingo didn't have 247 chat.
They do need to lower prices though...good thing they offer Sprint and Att too or otherwise, they'd be stuck like Mingo was before they uhh...SPRINTed out of there...
I'd say the least Siri could do is reduce prices in general, keep up their CS levels, try to get at least the same unlimited talk deal that Myway3G/Mingo Verizon transition version is getting...
If Mingo had all the stuff that the Verizon version is now getting under Myway...what another story that would have been...
Where's the dialtone?
Thanks for taking the time to answer, fonezfonz. It appears that with this special you must pay their activation fee but the monthly plans for the SIRI Flex 250, 400, & 550 there is no charge and you still get the 3000 N&W.
Where's the dialtone?
No problem but you were ripping me a new one..lol.
I have a blue tooth
No problem. Like I said, my bad. I do believe there is an activation charge of $35 for ALL of their Flex plans though... payiing $35 to activate their 24.99 plan (the only one that stands out ) is a deal breaker for me...
I've got more phones than fingers
Why would anyone want one of these plans? They cost a fortune.
I also find it difficult to believe that someone with four posts has posted only about this obscure and expensive provider. Just how naive do they think people are?
Radiation is good
More things about Siri. They will be launching a gsm /Att plan probably next month (August). They are also trying to get a paygo plan out similar to what Mingo had. Whether it will have data and text at comparable rates remains to be seen. Also, they claim a Blackberry service is in the works, with a twist.
Siri I think has one big weakness mentioned by Offthegrid. Their prices. They should really think twice about cutting down their ridiculously expensive activation fees. Who wants to pay $35 to activate a $25 plan?
And all their Verizon based plans above 250 minutes are in arm and a leg territory.
But if they can bring Verizon based paygo and a good Blackberry offering, they might have something.
And if they could get a Verizon based unlimited plan similar to Myway3G's (though it is reportedly capped), they might have something.
But damn, bring some of those prices down.
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