what is Nextel's new subscriber numbers.. and..

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I wonder two things;

What is Nextels current new subscriber numbers?
and my second question I wonder is what do they think they are doing with their plans?

At first it was that you only had the choice of the i60, i90 and i95... but there was a new plan every month and different features offered at different prices and special deals every other month, now there is about 6 or 7 nice flip phones yet there is basically only one plan which is the "free incoming" and all of this time nextel basically never offered a good family plan they do now...

its just not making sense..

[skippinjack]

I agree. Nextel needs to get back to the day of new promotions on plans and features every month. They also need to bring back the Free Incoming Family Plans! Oh and LONG LIVE THE i95cl!

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If you keep changing plans all the time its does a few things:

1) Cost more money for new collateral and whatnot.
2) Causes confusion with customers who come in inquiring about a plan they remember seeing only to see it possibly be expired
3) Makes selling more complex than it should be

They simplify the plans, so its the same across CDMA and IDEN. Thats the biggest reason why. Also, when you keep the same plans over a long period of time, it gives time for customers to understand the plans and not get easily confused. Like I said, if you kept changing plans, customers would just get more confused. And, this lets them print collateral for all the stores in such bulk quantities it will save them money.

If you look at T Mobile or Verizon, they rarely modify their rate plans. If the current line up is selling well, why change it? Offering an easy to understand basic line up of plans make life easier for the customers and the reps selling them. I don't see a big problem with that line of thinking.

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I agree. Nextel needs to get back to the day of new promotions on plans and features every month. They also need to bring back the Free Incoming Family Plans! Oh and LONG LIVE THE i95cl!

Wait, do you remember how those plans worked? They were $55 PER LINE. It had something like 300 outgoing mins which would be 600 shared with two lines. It didnt include unlimited DC, and it didnt have NWDC either (dont think it was available back then). Sure, you could share mins, but for $110 nowadays you can get a lot more bang for your buck. I don't think I sold any of those plans, caused they were terrible. It just wasnt a good setup. Now, if they made a FI F&F for Families plan for a reasonable price, then you'd have something to talk about.

But don't like those old plans fool you, they were not good for the average Nextel user.

[skippinjack]

If you keep changing plans all the time its does a few things:

1) Cost more money for new collateral and whatnot.
2) Causes confusion with customers who come in inquiring about a plan they remember seeing only to see it possibly be expired
3) Makes selling more complex than it should be

They simplify the plans, so its the same across CDMA and IDEN. Thats the biggest reason why. Also, when you keep the same plans over a long period of time, it gives time for customers to understand the plans and not get easily confused. Like I said, if you kept changing plans, customers would just get more confused. And, this lets them print collateral for all the stores in such bulk quantities it will save them money.

If you look at T Mobile or Verizon, they rarely modify their rate plans. If the current line up is selling well, why change it? Offering an easy to understand basic line up of plans make life easier for the customers and the reps selling them. I don't see a big problem with that line of thinking.

I didn't say change them alltogether necessarily. What I meant was offer incentives to sign up for certain ones and certain features along with them.