[Cialug] Commerical Interruption

Fri Nov 19 14:18:12 CST 2010

It seems to me that Sprint has a better deal.  For 4G, with unlimited everything and tethering to a rooted phone the total cost is about $110/mo.

-Josh More, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, GIAC-GCIH, RHCE, NCLP
morej at alliancetechnologies.net
515-245-7701

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of Dave Weis [djweis at internetsolver.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 14:13
To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption

OK, last questions for a while. Regarding the unlimited option, what would everyone think of a device with unlimited minutes and texts and 5 gigs of data usage, but with tethering to a laptop allowed? The cost would be near what the verizon unlimited for phone plan is, around $150 per month.

Another thing I was thinking about was allowing you to either pay upfront for the phone or pay it per month. Thoughts?

Dave

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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 3:04 PM
> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption
>
>
> Good points!
>
> 1. I can agree with that. Looking over the data that I
> gathered, there are 3 phones out of 40 that went over 1000
> text messages in a month, 2 of them were myself and another
> employee here. Some of them as a combined set of phones in
> the plan used more than 1000 messages but if each phone had
> 1000 and they were pooled no one would be over.
>
> 2. We'll try to have a basic phone or two and a nice droid. I
> also want to get a blackberry model but it's been a pain
> dealing with RIM.
>
> Dave
>
>
> --
> Dave Weis
> 515-224-9229
> djweis at internetsolver.com
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
> > [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Matt Patterson
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 12:41 PM
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption
> >
> > I think that your plans are very reasonable but there are a
> few issues
> > with it.
> >
> > 1) Customers have this thing for "unlimited"    Whether it is
> > actually unlimited or not, they still like seeing it on the
> rate card
> > and being able to say that they have unlimited
> > texting because they text all the time.    When the reality
> > of the situation is much much less than "unlimited" on both counts.
> >
> > 2) Phone selection.   IMHO, users are buying more on what
> > phones you have and the plans are secondary.  Can I get an
> > iPhone/ EVO/ DroidUberPhone with your service?    Great...now
> > let's talk about your plans.
> >
> > Just my two cents.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
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> > >
> > >
> > >> -----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
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
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