Word is US Cellular is doing a makeover of all their Belief plans to go to Tiered Data very soon. From what I understand should be similar pricing to Verizon's Data packages and will have to eliminate the current plans that have the bundled pricing. Assume it will probably happen with the launch of 4G services. Anybody have anymore info on this?
When this happens, why would anyone stay with USCC? (Serious question).
Since VZW can roam on USCC with no roaming limits and they have substantially more 4G coverage and phones (and an iPhone), why would you out-of-contract users want to stay?
This is especially relevant to USCC users in Chicago & STL where VZW has substantially better coverage as a result of having the CLR band.
I believe they are calling it "Evolution." Adding the tiered data and some other "bolt on" type packages for the belief plans. Instead of keeping it one way and one way only, there will now be flexibility.
Previously on US Cellular: Nokia 6255i, 6585 & 6161 (modded to 6160), MOTORAZR2 V9m (returned)
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Originally Posted by MooreC1
How so? We pay $30 for 5gb now... So it'd technically be the same price, Just 3 less GB.
Oh, in that case we just have to sell gasoline in liters and we'll get the prices from the early 90s since it's "technically the same price" (i.e. $1/gal vs $1/liter). I like that attitude and would really enjoy doing business with you.
I think its sad carriers are doing this. The next wave of changes is per-session based data pricing. The first carrier to roll this out will be Cricket this year. I'm pretty sure the idiots in other carriers bean counting departments will buy into that BS and launch it on other carriers.
You know what happens when a brand at the grocery store reduces its standard size instead of increasing prices due to rising costs... I stop buying it and move on to something else or stop eating it all together.
I believe that if you have to reduce product portions to stay in business you should rethink your business model and especially what you pay out to your execs and motivate them to cut costs the right way. E.G. less bonus payouts and perks.
if you buy into this crap your about as dumb as the guy buying the 1.5liter coke in front of you at the grocery store.
My HTC Moguls's speed test signal with Cricket EVDO Tests in 2007.
Cricket throttles their network and I only get 300k now
I think its sad carriers are doing this. The next wave of changes is per-session based data pricing. The first carrier to roll this out will be Cricket this year. I'm pretty sure the idiots in other carriers bean counting departments will buy into that BS and launch it on other carriers.
You know what happens when a brand at the grocery store reduces its standard size instead of increasing prices due to rising costs... I stop buying it and move on to something else or stop eating it all together.
I believe that if you have to reduce product portions to stay in business you should rethink your business model and especially what you pay out to your execs and motivate them to cut costs the right way. E.G. less bonus payouts and perks.
if you buy into this crap your about as dumb as the guy buying the 1.5liter coke in front of you at the grocery store.
Why wouldn't carriers do it? Customers are stupid enough to buy it so they'll charge it. It's not until people start wising up and refusing to pay these idiotic prices that the prices will come down. Everyone acts like cell phones are necessities in life and they just aren't, we did just fine without them.
I thought people were dumb paying 30 bucks for unlimited txting. My internet company doesn't charge me extra for email and i can actually type more than 160 chars. But yet people are dumb enough to pay for it.
There is no reason data should be this expensive on cell phones.
Anyways, sooner or later i think the bubble is going to break and people will get fed up and the cell companies will have to figure out how to survive. US Cell hasn't figured that out yet as they continue to hemorrhage customers and blame their agents and retail locations rather than figure out what they as a company are doing wrong. Being part of US cell right now, well, it's a hostile environment with alot of finger pointing and blame being placed as to what's going wrong. $55 bill credits for new lines isn't bring them in. If free money can't do it, you've got a serious problem.
Why wouldn't carriers do it? Customers are stupid enough to buy it so they'll charge it. It's not until people start wising up and refusing to pay these idiotic prices that the prices will come down. Everyone acts like cell phones are necessities in life and they just aren't, we did just fine without them.
I thought people were dumb paying 30 bucks for unlimited txting. My internet company doesn't charge me extra for email and i can actually type more than 160 chars. But yet people are dumb enough to pay for it.
There is no reason data should be this expensive on cell phones.
Anyways, sooner or later i think the bubble is going to break and people will get fed up and the cell companies will have to figure out how to survive. US Cell hasn't figured that out yet as they continue to hemorrhage customers and blame their agents and retail locations rather than figure out what they as a company are doing wrong. Being part of US cell right now, well, it's a hostile environment with alot of finger pointing and blame being placed as to what's going wrong. $55 bill credits for new lines isn't bring them in. If free money can't do it, you've got a serious problem.
Thats why i left the company last year. McDillon has no clue what shes doing, by tweaking words in the D.O. you think your gonna get more revenue??? this lady has to go. I worked for the company for 4 1/2 years and its sad to say but i think us should just be bought out, its over, they cant survive, i was drinking the koolaid for a while but its just pathetic to see them try and fail over and over now..
If the new plans are a ripoff can we stay grandfathered forever or will they make us switch next time we upgrade as they did when they hiked the price from $25 to $30?
I'm guessing that the new belief plans cannot be grandfathered since they are not contracts. I would assume they can make changes anytime, but I could be wrong...
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