Mr Matt
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Eustis, FL
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| Remember Regan's Speech. Regan is the father of misleading pricing. I am going to eliminate all regulation (So that big business can F*&K consumers). Regan's policies were at the bottom or our economic melt down. Is it not amazing how the digital age came at the same time Regan was in office and there was no protection for consumers for new digital services. His hands off policies brought us shrink wrapped contracts and below line pricing for new services. Economists should not be surprised that Regan-ism is the foundation of the current pricing models. |
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
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It also likely brought us innovation. You know, the kind that helped spur 4 nationwide wireless networks to span a geographic area the size of Europe, at prices lower than most European networks (save for the UK which has absurdly low pricing and lots of competition). Our prices are lower than Canada's prices, and they have a TON of regulation.
You don't like "misleading" pricing - switch to T-Mobile or any of the prepaid carriers which do not follow the traditional system. You like the massive network of companies like Verizon, and you wanna stick with your misleading pricing and 2 year contracts? Then you've made your bed.
Now go learn to spell "Reagan". While you're doing that, go read up a bit on "communist innovations" and see how far you get with THAT kind of economic system.
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 DaveDudeNo Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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Well over-regulation brought us to where we are today. Forcing banks to make very high risk loans. Which caused the economic downturn... What innovations have come from Cuban , Venezuela , or any other Communist country ? waiting.. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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Heck, you can get unlimited-use prepaid on Verizon. $40 per month too.
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Folks complaining about high pricing are ones who want to do everything with their phone, then want the carrier to give away that phone. They gotta make back the subsidy somewhere. |
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said by DaveDude:Well over-regulation brought us to where we are today. Forcing banks to make very high risk loans. Which caused the economic downturn... What innovations have come from Cuban , Venezuela , or any other Communist country ? waiting.. Since the only options are full regulation and no regulation, right? |
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Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
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said by tiger72:It also likely brought us innovation. You know, the kind that helped spur 4 nationwide wireless networks to span a geographic area the size of Europe, at prices lower than most European networks (save for the UK which has absurdly low pricing and lots of competition). Our prices are lower than Canada's prices, and they have a TON of regulation. Please note that in this comment I have not included taxes and crap charges.
My first wireless service cost about $60.00 per month for one line, in 1992 before, PCS the bands became available. The plan allowed 30 Minutes per month and cost $0.60 per minute for any minutes in excess of the allowance. That pricing model is what gave the incumbent wireless carriers an incentive to expand their systems between 1982 and 1992.
Wireless carriers use punitive pricing to intimidate customers. What I get for an additional $20.00 per month if I pre-subscribe on my current family plan is an additional 700 minutes. If I don't and I exceed my allowance by 44.44 Minutes I will be charged an additional $20.00 that month. On the other hand I can get a prepaid plan from an MVNO that offers service on the same network as my current wireless provider for less than $0.10 per minute. Forty Five Cents per minute is what I call abusive.
If I had a 700 minute plan in 2005 I would have paid $90.00 each month for the two months that I exceeded my 700 minute allocation by 200 minutes. That is $180.00 extra in 2005 for 400 additional minutes. On the other hand if I subscribed to a 1,400 minute plan rather than a 700 minute plan, I would have paid an additional $240.00 per year. The crossover is at 533.33 excess minutes per year.
 tiger72: Please send an e-mail to Spell Check and criticize it for not giving me a choice between Regan and Reagan. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA Reviews:
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said by Mr Matt:Regan is the father of misleading pricing. I am going to eliminate all regulation (So that big business can F*&K consumers). Regan's policies were at the bottom or our economic melt down. Is it not amazing how the digital age came at the same time Regan was in office and there was no protection for consumers for new digital services. His hands off policies brought us shrink wrapped contracts and below line pricing for new services. Economists should not be surprised that Regan-ism is the foundation of the current pricing models. Regan was the Secretary of the Treasury, not an office, but a post. I presume you mean Reagan, which is commonly pronounced "Ray Gun".
Big business doesn't "f" customers. You don't HAVE to be a customer, and typically, there is a competitive option, and if not, a company that is "f"ing its customers will soon find someone else is willing to do it for less.
Reagan's Star Wars begot us the DSP chips that make all of today's communication technology possible - DSL, Cable Internet, VOIP, cellphones - at dirt-cheap rates.
When he was in office, we were still paying $10 an hour or more for online services at 1200bps, and there was virtually no digital phone options. Cellphone service in 1984? $3K for the phone, $45.00/month and $.45 per minute plus LD.
Do you really think those rates would have come down to free phones, unlimited service for $30 without massive capital injections from investors?
Today's pricing models continue to deliver more service for less money. If you're spending more, it is because you choose to, not because "Big Business" is "f" ing you. |
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