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 ·Verizon FiOS
| old subsidy, new access plan Many wireless customers just can't afford to be in a contract with their job situation very shaky, and many others may even qualify for a USF benefit now being offered in prepaid cell phones.. this is a draw down of potential customers that cell phone companies want to keep, even though they may be unable to pay their bills under a contract at some point in the future.
Just to add fuel to the fire of customers pulling away from the major carriers:
»www.safelinkwireless.com/Enrollm···ome.aspx
If you make less than $26,000 per year (or are collecting public assistance benefits- medicaid, food stamps, government energy subsidy grants, etc) you probably qualify for a free Tracfone cell phone with about 68 minutes of calling time added per month. These minutes roll over if unused each month (as long as there is regular added minutes.. and you can probably buy additional minutes too). Therefore, the cell companies are going to have to work much harder to win customers into paying money for service as it brings the overall values down if many can get a phone for free & prepaid minutes... why sign a contract or use a more expensive prepaid service?
I'm not dumping on one cell carrier.. but all the majors will have to answer this question for their very survival: Verizon, Sprint, Tmobile, AT&T. |
