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I think most people do not have that high a variable in monthly
usage. And I think that most people starting wireless service do not
know what there usage will be, so starting with the flexible plan for
2-3 months can be helpful. One does not have to wait until the end of
the Advantage Agreement to change plans.
Daniel Tso wrote:
> In article <5e0c76b36e1e0bc1a5d16d4d77739156@news.teranews.com>, O/Siris <0siris@sprîntpcs.com> wrote:
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>>In article <KbVFc.20510$iJ4.4672@twister.nyroc.rr.com>,=20
>>dantsoREMOVE@yahooREMOVE.com says...
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>>>So who thinks that F&F is or will be a successful offering to compete wit=
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>>h
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>>>RollOver ? Does anyone think that F&F is as desireable as RollOver ?
>>>=20
>>>To me these two don't even address the same market: F&F as pointed out
>>>here, only makes sense for the low-volume user, whereas RollOver is a fea=
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>>ture
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>>>only offered for the higher volume plans from Cingular and indeed is=20
>>>an incentive to switch to a more costly plan. My own read of the market i=
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>>s
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>>>that RollOver is much more appealing to the customer (regardless of
>>>whether is actually makes any difference in the end), and that F&F
>>>doesn't even begin to offer any market competition to RollOver, contrary
>>>to the originally rumored premise.
>>>=20
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>>I think it's got potential. It may fail, and I certainly am in no=20
>>position to determine that. I think it's more than just low-volume=20
>>appeal. There has to be a two-pronged "attack", so to speak.
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>>If you're on a plan that rolls over month after month after month,=20
>>you're on too big a plan. And if you're having to "squeeze" into the=20
>>minutes available each month, then you're on too small a plan. Now,=20
>>instead of having to guess how many minutes you'll need each month,=20
>>here's a plan that gives you an option.
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> Okay, let's take your above statement as the intended market and benefit of
> F&F.
>
> Person A uses an annual mean of 1000 min/month, with a std dev of 500
> min/month (computed annually). Person B uses a mean of 500min/month,
> with a std dev of 300min/month, and Person C uses a mean of 2000min/month
> with a std dev of 1000min/month.
>
> My contention is that F&F is not financially beneficial for any of these
> scenerios when compared with the standard F&C plans EVEN THOUGH these
> people would have to choose a F&C that has monthly minutes equal to their
> (mean + std dev) usage (or more, perhaps even (mean + 2*stddev).
>
> Whereas a Rollover option would allow all of these people to simply choose a
> monthly plan roughly equal to their mean usage.
>