Comments on: US customers with unlimited bolt-ons ‘highly satisifed’ http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-244962 Ewan Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:28:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-244962 Hmmm. In that case ollysk2, I feel your pain... Hmmm. In that case ollysk2, I feel your pain…

]]> By: Ewan @ MIR http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-234680 Ewan @ MIR Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:28:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-234680 Hmmm. In that case ollysk2, I feel your pain... Hmmm. In that case ollysk2, I feel your pain…

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-226861 smstextnews Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:28:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-226861 Hmmm. In that case ollysk2, I feel your pain... Hmmm. In that case ollysk2, I feel your pain…

]]> By: ollysk2 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-226860 ollysk2 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:29:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-226860 Sorry, actually .49 cents per minute, but same problem Sorry, actually .49 cents per minute, but same problem

]]> By: ollysk2 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-226859 ollysk2 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:28:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-226859 It doesn't stop -- what they do, from what I can glean from their website,<br>is they throttle you down to the speed of their slower 1xRTT network<br>(200kbps or so real world) -- that I could deal with, but it also has a $.99<br>cents per meg rate after the 5GB -- which could add up VERY quick! At that<br>rate, I'd rather they just shut me down. It doesn't stop — what they do, from what I can glean from their website,
is they throttle you down to the speed of their slower 1xRTT network
(200kbps or so real world) — that I could deal with, but it also has a $.99
cents per meg rate after the 5GB — which could add up VERY quick! At that
rate, I'd rather they just shut me down.

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-226858 smstextnews Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:22:04 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-226858 It's a fair use policy. I don't reckon it's actually CAPPED at 5gb.. does<br>it actually STOP at 5.05GB, for example? As long as you don't take the<br>mickey I'm sure they will be fine? It's a fair use policy. I don't reckon it's actually CAPPED at 5gb.. does
it actually STOP at 5.05GB, for example? As long as you don't take the
mickey I'm sure they will be fine?

]]> By: ollysk2 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-226857 ollysk2 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:19:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-226857 LOL that's just it -- I'll use it for two to three hours a day for web<br>surfing, email, and the occasional streaming radio session (that's where it<br>may add up). When I test drove AT&T's HSDPA, I did about 700mb in a week,<br>but that was heavy on the streaming radio (which is probably a TOS violation<br>anyway).<br><br>In the end, I KNOW it's enough, it's just that whole pesky perception of<br>unlimited.<br><br>-olly LOL that's just it — I'll use it for two to three hours a day for web
surfing, email, and the occasional streaming radio session (that's where it
may add up). When I test drove AT&T's HSDPA, I did about 700mb in a week,
but that was heavy on the streaming radio (which is probably a TOS violation
anyway).

In the end, I KNOW it's enough, it's just that whole pesky perception of
unlimited.

-olly

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-226856 smstextnews Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:11:04 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-226856 You've really got to be hammering the downloads to rack up 5GB of usage<br>though ollysk2... what kind of usage do you predict? You've really got to be hammering the downloads to rack up 5GB of usage
though ollysk2… what kind of usage do you predict?

]]> By: ollysk2 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/04/us_customers_with_unlimited_bolt-ons_highly_satisifed.html/comment-page-1#comment-226855 ollysk2 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:22:10 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6261#comment-226855 As someone with both unlimited internet and unlimited text (and I use the hell out of each of them), I can certainly agree with this study. However, there is a flip side -- perception of what's "enough" starts to get skewed after that. I'm looking at Mobile Broadband options right now, and Verizon looks attractive to me (only for broadband because of their coverage). However, it's capped at 5gb -- which is more than enough for my mobile needs I'm sure, but every time I think about the cap I panic -- I have so many minutes and unlimited texts and 'net that I never think about my bill anymore -- I don't even look at it anymore, it's direct debit since I *know* I'll never go over it. But with a cap of any kind, it makes me really nervous to sign up. As someone with both unlimited internet and unlimited text (and I use the hell out of each of them), I can certainly agree with this study. However, there is a flip side — perception of what's “enough” starts to get skewed after that. I'm looking at Mobile Broadband options right now, and Verizon looks attractive to me (only for broadband because of their coverage). However, it's capped at 5gb — which is more than enough for my mobile needs I'm sure, but every time I think about the cap I panic — I have so many minutes and unlimited texts and 'net that I never think about my bill anymore — I don't even look at it anymore, it's direct debit since I *know* I'll never go over it. But with a cap of any kind, it makes me really nervous to sign up.

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