xcharles718 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Thought of this while eating cereal... Talk $5-100mins $10-250mins $15-1000mins $20-2500mins $30-Unlimited Unlimited M2M is included at $15 and up. Sprint2Sprint calling is free for all plans. Text $3-100 messages $5-250 messages $10-500 messages $15-1000 messages $20-Unlimited Web $5-250MB $10-1GB $15-2.5GB $20-5GB $30-Unlimited Overage is $10/GB. Tethering is $8/Mo on the Unlimted plan, Tethering is included on all other data plans. Phone Subsidy Not available on featurephones and dumbphones. Cost can be between $0-$35/Mo(depending on how much is paid upfront). This would allow for one to build a plan to best fit their needs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 It would also allow people to get cheaper plans by tailoring them individually. This is why it will never happen. Ideally you would be charged a flat rate for all minutes used and data used and that would be your bill. (good luck getting a carrier to agree to that structure) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (good luck getting a carrier to agree to that structure) Even though it may not be likely, I like that our members are thinking outside the box. It seems that most innovation to pricing these days is coming from MVNO's. I could see one of them coming up with something like this. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 It would also allow people to get cheaper plans by tailoring them individually. This is why it will never happen. Ideally you would be charged a flat rate for all minutes used and data used and that would be your bill. (good luck getting a carrier to agree to that structure) I would have to agree. It is a great idea for the customer, but data is the biggest cost for carriers right now, and they are using the unlimited talk and text to offset it. Look at Verizon's latest offering... It makes talk and text irrelevant. This model might work for prepaid. There is no way we will see unlimited tethering for $8. I don't think we will ever see unlimited tethering. Sent from my CM9 Toro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcharles718 Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Maybe I should start a MVNO I don't think Sprint would adopt this(it would probably hit their ARPU pretty hard), but this would be my "dream" structure. Sent from my HTC Titan using Board Express Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 This would allow for one to build a plan to best fit their needs. Enter Sprint MVNO Ting... https://ting.com/plans AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Enter Sprint MVNO Ting... https://ting.com/plans AJ Interesting. Pricing it out means I would save about 20 a month vs Sprint for my current usage but it would take about 28 months for their phone prices (2x Galaxy 2s for 970) to break even versus a normal new phone on contract price (2x 199) on Sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 A sticking point with Ting is that the voice footprint is Sprint native + roaming coverage, but the data footprint is only Sprint native coverage. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) Even though it may not be likely, I like that our members are thinking outside the box. It seems that most innovation to pricing these days is coming from MVNO's. I could see one of them coming up with something like this. Robert I think the other side of the coin is that people seem to really hate variable pricing. For the most part people feel more comfortable paying a set amount and this is also why people are so upset about overages. It makes me wonder if metering by the minute and MB is even feasible. Some MVNOs offer unlimited bandwidth and low minutes and vice versa. Personally I am not sure if I would rather pay slightly more for unlimited vs having a limit and pay slightly less. T-Mobile and others get around this by throttling data after you go over your limit to very slow speeds but not charging you extra. I think this may be the most people friendly option after unlimited data. It probably saves more money not dealing with angry customers than it costs data-wise. Edited June 13, 2012 by cletus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuffinman Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Thought of this while eating cereal... Talk $5-100mins $10-250mins $15-1000mins $20-2500mins $30-Unlimited Unlimited M2M is included at $15 and up. Sprint2Sprint calling is free for all plans. Text $3-100 messages $5-250 messages $10-500 messages $15-1000 messages $20-Unlimited Web $5-250MB $10-1GB $15-2.5GB $20-5GB $30-Unlimited Overage is $10/GB. Tethering is $8/Mo on the Unlimted plan, Tethering is included on all other data plans. Phone Subsidy Not available on featurephones and dumbphones. Cost can be between $0-$35/Mo(depending on how much is paid upfront). This would allow for one to build a plan to best fit their needs. From a consumer point of view this is a great idea but from a business stand point you may end up costing yourself quite a bit of profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWIKSTRIKE Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Carriers only come up with plans that make their stock more attractive for stock holders so they can create bonuses up the wazoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphnasx Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 If Sprint pushed something like SEROP + Premuim Data for $60 a month. it definitely sell well. Congrats to ppl that have SEROP+Premuim Data for $50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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