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Old 04-13-2007, 12:58 AM
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Default Re: Sprint's Big Pipe Dream

On Apr 12, 6:24 pm, Scott <how...@you.do> wrote:
> John Navas <spamfilt...@navasgroup.com> wrote innews:q1ds13907scf5f64mtjkpcj0imqisnqrrg@4ax.com:
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> > On 12 Apr 2007 05:41:49 -0700, "HK" <Harlan.Ko...@gmail.com> wrote in
> > <1176381709.706994.323...@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>:

>
> >>$10 per day would make me squirm a little. I do like the idea of
> >>having this available for occasional use, but if you use it more than
> >>five times a month, you might as well have a data plan. $5 per day
> >>sounds a lot more agreeable, considering it would raise the "need-for-
> >>a-data-plan" threshold to a more acceptable level.

>
> > The problem is that the carrier can't make money at that kind of low
> > price point on such a complex service -- even $10 is probably too low.
> > That's why data packages make sense for both the carrier and the
> > customer.

>
> They can't make money on a normalized price of $300/month? Are you smoking
> the shitty crack again?


Still getting "network gremlins" from SPCS/Virgin Mobile's toy
internet service which dropped in price to $5/ month from $1 for 24
hours...Ha Ha JG


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