Wow… the battle of press releases is gaining in intensity. Within hours of Verizon announcing its decision to go unlimited, we had AT&T come out swinging with its own release. And now T-Mobile says starting Feb 21, you can get $99 unlimited wireless calling on their network. They are one upping the other two and are offering unlimited nationwide messaging (IM, MMS and SMS.)
Ironically, Sprint is yet to make a formal announcement, even though its new CEO Dan Hesse told USA Today that he was planning to go nuclear and introduce the unlimited calling plan. Or maybe he was just betting precisely on this battle of the press releases-turned-street-brawl. Anyway whatever the reasons, if you like to gab all the time, think about upgrading. Rest of us: lets prepare for a really crappy voice service on all three networks clogged by the chattering classes.
Ah .. now only if they could add Canada and Mexico under the same calling plan… 🙂
Nice one OM.
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It’s about time all of these companies finally realized that people need more from them.
Why are all the blogs making such a big deal about this price war, when Metro PCS already offers unlimited calling for $35/month???
Unlimited price-plans get very interesting when they allow you to do VOIP over that data network at no additional charge. If VOIP over WiMax has a shot at doing well, I think Sprint is in a pretty good position to play in the price war because WiMax is supposed to be all about network efficiency and moving data seamlessly over an IP backbone.
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/2/sprint_nextel_clearwire_intel_close_to_wimax_pact
Unlimited price-plans get very interesting when they allow you to do VOIP over that data network at no additional charge. If VOIP over WiMax has a shot at doing well, I think Sprint is in a pretty good position to play in the price war because WiMax is supposed to be all about network efficiency and moving data seamlessly over an IP backbone.
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/2/sprint_nextel_clearwire_intel_close_to_wimax_pact
http://shahullah.tumblr.com/post/26496230
Unlimited is nothing new. Leap Wireless and Metro PCS have been doing it for years and still making a profit. This is only good news for these smaller players, as not only does it validate their pricing model, it also validates their business strategy. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint & T-Mobile are not setup to offer wireless service at anywhere near the cost structure of Leap and Metro, and as the larger competitors begin to destroy the highest end of their ARPU, and as cost competition drives down the price of unlimited rate plans, they will only dangerously erode their profitability. Leap and Metro will continue to offer unlimited plans for half the price of their competitors, and do it without contracts.
HA HA HA HA. I have an UNLIMITED plan, phone and text for $40! WOOOHHOOO!
(Pocket Communications in Texas). NO Contracts, NO strings.