Why would anyone buy a netbook for ~200$ and pay 40-60$ a month for 2 years? And to top it off, have a data cap.
Same goes for *any* phone. You can either buy it with a subsidy or buy them without. Take for instance iPhone, costs $599.99/$699.99 to purchase w/o contract. Offer it up for $199.99 with a 2 year contract.
Why would anyone buy a netbook for ~200$ and pay 40-60$ a month for 2 years? And to top it off, have a data cap.
Same goes for *any* phone. You can either buy it with a subsidy or buy them without. Take for instance iPhone, costs $599.99/$699.99 to purchase w/o contract. Offer it up for $199.99 with a 2 year contract.
the difference is one assumes you will want to use the internet on the computer and 5 GB per month and $51 per GB overage doesn't cut it. Whether I buy a phone or get the subsidy my calls cost the same. Using internet through cable or DSL is significantly cheaper.
Let's see pay $700 laptop without a contract pay about $50 a month for 10 Mbps internet from Charter and have a 100 GB cap. OR pay $200 for it pay $60 for a measly 5 GB cap and $51 per GB overage. $10 saving a month for 2 years is $240. So the real difference is $260 and to me having 95 extra GB per month and 10X the speed and no insane overage charge is worth the extra $11 per month.
AND this is not a $700 laptop. It is a netbook that really is only worth about $250. This is the other thing AT&T is banking on. How many people will think they are getting a full blown laptop for $200 (after rebate) and think they are walking away with a great deal? Then they get it and it is not so functional. I know folks on this site get it, but there are going to be a lot of suckers.
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