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WOW... Verizon and AT&T in major price war.. prices dropping nearly $30!
In a win for us all really, if you use Verizon or (ick) AT&T, Verizon struck first with an announced major price drop starting this Monday of $30. Apparently, the news was it caught AT&T off guard - and the rest of us I would say as I never saw this or a rumor on this coming!
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Sweet. I was just thinking about how I spend around $1,500(not including the phone) a year to have a stupid phone.
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yeah, when have you ever seen VZW drop a price.. or give you back unused minutes (that will be the day) given they now are trying to get past customers a $350 ETF
so a price drop, for those of us not worrying about ETF's... this is great!
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try Google.. here is just 1 of many
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That explains it.
I logged in to see about upgrading my Razr to a "ruggedized" model and the system was offline.
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no.... their fighting each other.. the up starts, they are a drop in the bucket pimple on their booties.. it is VZW versus AT&T and with the new phones - Nexus - and possible iPhone for VZW, this is the fight to watch.
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the rumor was around for awhile but just this past week was it put into effect. now if only sprint would follow suit. I have a SERO account and its a great deal. two phones for $60 a month, but now that my contract is almost over I'm going to do a corporate discount account instead of my sprint employee account.
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I just priced out two phones on a shared minutes plan with text and internet. It works out to about $120.00 more a month than a similar T-Mobile plan with 5 phones on the unlimited plan.
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1. not sure why your comparing between T-mobile, they do not have a dog in this fight
2. pricing may not go online until Monday as that is the official roll out of the new prices
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Ok so whats the best plan. Im paying 100$ a month right now for basic phone for me and my wife family plan ATT
I called and they said I dont have to sign another two years unless I want free phones. My wife wants to text. So basically Im looking for a phone and text pic stuff maybe data plan for two phones for 100$ or less. Any of you guys a ATT or verizone/cell phone guy? |
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$70, $100, $120, etc....
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sure.. but, it is a Verizon and AT&T pricing thread
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all at&t needs to win the war. is to build a bunch of new cell towers.
fill in the areas around the now built towers...aka expand the service with the 3G net work. but that is way to easy. and smart. .
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The new pricing is online, still not that good of a deal. You can do much better if you switch to T-Mobile, they're cheaper and will unlock your phone for free if you tell them you're going overseas or have had service for 3 months. Their phones are also GSM which means if you travel they're pretty much guaranteed to work where you go.
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Just looked at it... no change for my basic family plan with 2 phones... still $70 for 700 minutes.
Don't know what they're talking about with $100 for unlimited... all I see is $100 for 1400 minutes and unlimited to 10 friends. But 700 works fine since 90% of my use is between other VZW users.
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i think it's a good tactic. get engaged in a price war. get the market share. the battle is long term. drive the competitor to a point they cannot afford price wars anymore and become a niche market. usually only works if you have the capital to outlast it. |
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I pay 86 bucks a month for my wife and myself and I don't have or need one of those fancy schmancy computer phones. I have internet at my house, at work, and every other conceivable place i'd need one. As of yet, I have never needed to surf the web from the throne, and if i ever want to, my laptop can go with me.
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I have a smokin plan with sprint at 2 phones with GPS, unlimited texting, data, "sprint tv and radio" email, photo account, and 1400 anytime minutes. Unlimited nights and weekends. $105 per month for both my wife and I. She has a PDA phone and currently I have a year and a half old instinct from when it first came out.
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i know prices are inflated. and people seem desperate to pay it. in a price war, the only true beneficiary is the customer. so good for many they get going with the price war!
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I was at my local Verizon store. Apparently, all but the very basic phones now require an Internet plan. I didn't ask, but my guess is that if you're an existing customer and try to change to the new plan, you'll be required to now have Internet if you don't already have it. This of course, will require an extra fee.
They'll get their money from you one way or the other. .
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I wonder if Verizon will allow existing members to change to the lesser plan? I currently pay $80 for 1400 minutes (with corp discount). With data plans for 2 bb's and insurance on both we pay $150/month. I figure if I take advantage of the $69 unlimited minutes plus my corp discount I could add another phone for my 10 year old and still end up at the same price.
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I just checked the voice-only plans like I have with my Razr, and there's no savings. 700 minutes on the 2-phone family plan is still $80.
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a great new FAQ from Cnet on how it actually boils down
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