"SMS" wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
>> At 11 Apr 2007 14:08:04 +0000 John Navas wrote:
>>
>>> I think they see tech support as the killer -- low price packages are
>>> only viable with _zero_ support, and cellular data isn't (yet at least)
>>> foolproof enough to make that work.
>>
>> Good point- I was actually going to address that issue but left it out
>> for brevity! It seems to me that you could avoid (or at least recoup)
>> support costs
>> "upfront" with a good overpriced install CD/data cable kit
>
> The support issues largely go away when you use a CardBus or ExpressCard
> wireless modem. Sell those for $50, then charge $10 per day for access.

This is exactly what I would like to see! I'd even pay more for the card, if
that $50 is subsidized. And it would be fantastic if an inactivated card
redirected Web browsing to an easy sign up page--like WiFi networks do.


>
> The few places where many people might even want the cellular data often
> have pay as you go WiFi available.

Very true about this. But one benefit of cellular is that you could use it
anywhere there was coverage. When I was stuck in Houston IAH airport last
week, with only a $10-per-day WiFi offering, I didn't go for. But the
primary reason was because I would be leaving the airport soon anyway. Had
that $10-per-day for a day of EV-DO, anywhere there's coverage, I would have
jumped on it.


>
> Personally I'd pay $5 a day for wireless data on a pay per use basis, even
> if I had to buy a modem. Maybe I'd find it indispensable and sign up for a
> monthly plan, but it's unlikely/

At $5 I very likely would have gone for that WiFi offer in Houston.



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Mike