[Cialug] Commerical Interruption

Jeff Chapin chapinjeff at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 15:42:15 CST 2010 

Are you sure that that is simply 'sent' and not combined 'sent and
received'? That makes it a little more realistic, as a conversation
would rapidly ad up.

Jeff

Afan Pasalic wrote:
> I was just calculating too and it does sound a little bit off. but  
> that's the number the lady fro t-mobile gave me?actually, correct  
> number is 10,846.
> though, I saw him "texting" with his girlfriend - it's not texting,  
> it's "chatting" over the phone. I asked him once to "explain" to me  
> why he's not talking to her over the phone, skyping, or at least  
> "chatting" using skype or any other IM but he said it's "better"?!?!?  
> I don't understand. If somebody can explain to me...
> Also, that was the biggest number, average is 6-7K. still, I know... :-)
>
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2010, at 3:16 PM, <murraymckee at wellsfargo.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm thinking something isn't right with the number.  If you were  
>> awake 18 hours a day for 30 days you'd have to send 20 texts and  
>> hour every hour to accomplish that.  That just doesn't seem to pass  
>> the sniff test.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org]  
>> On Behalf Of Dave Weis
>> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 3:11 PM
>> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption
>>
>>
>> 10,000 texts in a month? I'll pay you not to sign up for my  
>> service :-)
>>
>> -- 
>> Dave Weis
>> 515-224-9229
>> djweis at internetsolver.com
>> http://www.internetsolver.com/
>> Please check out our Complete Support Service
>> http://www.internetsolver.com/completesupport/
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>>
>>
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Afan Pasalic
>>> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:46 PM
>>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption
>>>
>>> I went to t-mobile website to check exact number of text
>>> messages my older kid was sending and found glitch on
>>> t-mobile website. on EVERY online statement, but the last
>>> one, my kid had 6965 txt messages, younger one 42 and I had
>>> 132 messages. I checked last 5 months and on ALL of them are
>>> the same numbers :-). coincidence? I don't think so...
>>> after I call them I found my kid had in july almost 10,846
>>> messages, in august a little bit over 5K, in september
>>> "famous" 6965 messages and in october "only" 3148 (he broke
>>> up with his girlfriend :D) means, 1,000 txt msgs you offer
>>> are WAY below what I need :) I'll give you a call once I kick
>>> him out of my house. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 12, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Dave Weis wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> If anyone is interested in the stats so far, the average
>>>>         
>>> minute usage
>>>       
>>>> per phone is 350, average texts per phone is 360, and the
>>>>         
>>> average data
>>>       
>>>> usage per phone is 291 megs. If you exclude the non data users, the
>>>> average usage per phone is 621 megs per month. The average cost per
>>>> telephone is $45.
>>>>
>>>> If we offered something in the range of 500 minutes, 500
>>>>         
>>> text, and 500
>>>       
>>>> megs for $50 and 1000 minutes, 1000 text, and 1000 megs for
>>>>         
>>> $75, would
>>>       
>>>> that be appealing?
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dave Weis
>>>> 515-224-9229
>>>> djweis at internetsolver.com
>>>> http://www.internetsolver.com/
>>>> Please check out our Complete Support Service
>>>> http://www.internetsolver.com/completesupport/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>>>>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Weis
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:05 PM
>>>>> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
>>>>> Subject: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for the non-Linux related question but I would greatly
>>>>> appreciate everyone's input on a new product we are working on -
>>>>> wireless telephone service. I need to gather a couple bits
>>>>>           
>>> of data to
>>>       
>>>>> get a better idea of pricing and plans that people have.
>>>>>           
>>> If you could
>>>       
>>>>> reply offlist with the following questions I would greatly
>>>>>           
>>> appreciate
>>>       
>>>>> it:
>>>>>
>>>>> * Carrier
>>>>> * Number of phones on plan
>>>>> * Monthly Cost
>>>>> * Minutes Used per Month
>>>>> * Texts Used per Month
>>>>> * KB/MB Used per Month
>>>>>
>>>>> If you don't know all of the questions just let me know
>>>>>           
>>> the ones you
>>>       
>>>>> do know.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm going to be looking for some testers in a month or two
>>>>>           
>>> that will
>>>       
>>>>> be the first people on Internet Solver Wireless. If you have any
>>>>> other questions, let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dave Weis
>>>>> 515-224-9229
>>>>> djweis at internetsolver.com
>>>>> http://www.internetsolver.com/
>>>>> Please check out our Complete Support Service
>>>>> http://www.internetsolver.com/completesupport/
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