Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | We will need free incoming texts + free data zones for this
We will need free incoming texts + free data zones for this to work in the us. |
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George Kidd
join:2001-08-09
Vancouver, BC
| Brain Washing
Sounds to me like the Tobacco industry all over again, preying on the young and innocent, which don't know any better.   |
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jjoshua
Premium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ | Highly successful?
Using the # of customers as a measure of success? Kind of like the dot com boom?
The only measure of success should be the net profit. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to Joe12345678
Re: We will need free incoming texts + free data zones for this
if companies were smart here they'd already be doing this. The ads allow the customers to get free minutes and texts. Which to some could be a huge trade off. |
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james
join:2001-02-26
antarctica
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Re: Highly successful?
said by jjoshua  :The only measure of success should be the net profit. That wouldn't be a good indicator in the case of startups who have to re-invest most of their profits in order to grow. I think in this case, number of customers is the closest thing to a reliable indicator of success that there is. That combined with the fact that they haven't gone out of business yet. |
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Smith6612
Premium
join:2008-02-01
united state | reply to hottboiinnc
Re: We will need free incoming texts + free data zones for this
My free minutes come on the weekends. |
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voipdabbler
join:2006-04-27
Kalispell, MT
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EU developments to watch
It will be interesting to see how long this model can be sustained if the EU does allow cellular carriers there to charge for all incoming voice and data, following the US model. With the recent public comments that EU regulators may allow their carriers to follow the US model to avoid raising fees again, this type of ad-driven model will become more expensive. Whether the new fees may kill it, who knows? It will depend how much they eat in to profit margins. Plainly, if it's too great the restructuring of EU cellular billing may make a totally-free service untenable there. |
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gomer1701ems
join:2001-08-23
Minneapolis, MN | reply to Smith6612
Re: We will need free incoming texts + free data zones for this
And after 9 PM, for some folks. |
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peter_m
Premium
join:2005-07-13
Canada, QC
1 edit | Will never work
Why would I want to be disturbed by SMS, voicemail or screen adds when I am busy living my life???
There was such a project in Canada and it failed. It was called Espion. You had to listen to voice-mail adds to get a rebate on your minutes or free stuff. Why why why???
Life is too short,
Peter |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | this is by text its just short messages. Plus its cheap for someone that only wants the phone for ER uses in their car. |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH
 ·Time Warner Cable
·buckeye cable
1 edit | reply to gomer1701ems
Re: We will need free incoming texts + free data zones for this
your phones may do that but Virgin Mobile here does not do that. I know a lot of parents that would give these phones to their kids just to stay in contact with them without buying minutes all the time or putting them on their contract plans.
This would take off in the US even though you think it wouldnt.
Edit Add: UK is not a pro-credit country. They enjoy their prepaid services and not having a credit check for everything they do. A good amount of their cell phone companies pride themselves on Prepaid and its their major choice over there. |
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