[Cialug] Commerical Interruption

[Afan Pasalic]

Agree with Matt. "Unlimited" is magic word. Even it's actually not  
unlimited (like hostmonster.com hosting company: unlimited space but  
you can't have more then 50,000 files on your account :D)




On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Matt Patterson wrote:

> I think that your plans are very reasonable but there are a few  
> issues with it.
>
> 1) Customers have this thing for "unlimited"    Whether it is  
> actually unlimited or not, they still like seeing it on the rate  
> card and being able to say that they have unlimited texting because  
> they text all the time.    When the reality of the situation is much  
> much less than "unlimited" on both counts.
>
> 2) Phone selection.   IMHO, users are buying more on what phones you  
> have and the plans are secondary.  Can I get an iPhone/ EVO/  
> DroidUberPhone with your service?    Great...now let's talk about  
> your plans.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> -Matt
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 12, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Dave Weis wrote:
>
>>
>> If anyone is interested in the stats so far, the average minute  
>> usage per phone is 350, average texts per phone is 360, and the  
>> average data usage per phone is 291 megs. If you exclude the non  
>> data users, the average usage per phone is 621 megs per month. The  
>> average cost per telephone is $45.
>>
>> If we offered something in the range of 500 minutes, 500 text, and  
>> 500 megs for $50 and 1000 minutes, 1000 text, and 1000 megs for  
>> $75, would that be appealing?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> -- 
>> Dave Weis
>> 515-224-9229
>> djweis at internetsolver.com
>> http://www.internetsolver.com/
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>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Weis
>>> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 3:05 PM
>>> To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
>>> Subject: [Cialug] Commerical Interruption
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for the non-Linux related question but I would greatly
>>> appreciate everyone's input on a new product we are working
>>> on - wireless telephone service. I need to gather a couple
>>> bits of data to get a better idea of pricing and plans that
>>> people have. If you could reply offlist with the following
>>> questions I would greatly appreciate it:
>>>
>>> * Carrier
>>> * Number of phones on plan
>>> * Monthly Cost
>>> * Minutes Used per Month
>>> * Texts Used per Month
>>> * KB/MB Used per Month
>>>
>>> If you don't know all of the questions just let me know the
>>> ones you do know.
>>>
>>> I'm going to be looking for some testers in a month or two
>>> that will be the first people on Internet Solver Wireless. If
>>> you have any other questions, let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dave Weis
>>> 515-224-9229
>>> djweis at internetsolver.com
>>> http://www.internetsolver.com/
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