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| said by mcg123 :
"Gas prices probably wouldn't see as steep a decline if McCain won..."
How would gas prices go up if mccain won? And plus since everyone seems to complain about gas prices, i say its good they went down. Also you would care about gas prices if you took public transit.
"Now if he can get Verizon to start bringing down those skyrocketing rates..."
What high rates? Verizon has the cheapest cell data plans out there. 40 for tmobile, 40 for AT&T and 30 for UNLIMITED DATA on verizon. even if just tether your phone. its not that hard. Also with this "3G" verizon has had "3G" for 7 years.
Suffice to say that there was direct and indirect invervention by those in federal government (mostly republicans) to allow fuel prices to skyrocket and "sell" it as the normal course of events. As this isn't the forum for such a discussion I'll leave it there.
As for data plans.. I still think open wifi spots are a viable alternative to "gotta have" 3g/LTE everywhere.. companies that invest billions on their networks will nickel and dime you to death... many have "bit caps" and are not truly unlimited anymore. They finally upgraded enough aggregate capacity in networks for companies to start offering "unlimited" voice plans for cell phone calling.. at at steep premium, of course. When one becomes desensitized to widening gap between what it actually costs the companies to provide service and what your charged in your bottom line bill.. you can get brainwashed into thinking Verizon is a good deal.. because other companies are much worse... Let's also keep in mind, Verizon charges as much or more for cell voice than the other companies and offers fewer features on their unlimited plan than Sprint, Tmobile, or AT&T... so, $10 less for data, eh.. they've more than made it up elsewhere.
Make no mistake, Verizon's success is only due to the fact that their competition is stumbling harder and faster in a poor economy and making bad marketing, customer service, and network implementation decisions. Lower price alone doesn't win customers. AT&T had a largely captive customer base with the Iphone and quandered it on poor execution on it's network. Sprint is squeezing the life out of their iden push to talk business customers and they're fleeing by the thousands... all to Verizon's benefit. Should the other major cell providers get their sh*t together.. Verizon may have reason to worry.. in the meantime.. welcome to good, but overvalued data/wireless voice services. |
lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | "Suffice to say that there was direct and indirect invervention by those in federal government (mostly republicans) to allow fuel prices to skyrocket and "sell" it as the normal course of events. As this isn't the forum for such a discussion I'll leave it there."
This happened while the democrats controlled both houses of congress. Despite hearings by closed minded bureaucrats bent on grandstanding, what legislation did they try to push through to help us? |
