Comments on: Unlimited plans may spark mobile price war

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile decide to offer unlimited calling for $99 per month. Eyes are on Sprint Nextel to follow suit.

[Xtoo]

They fight We all win

A price war sounds great to me. Being an ATT customer for
several years after switching from Sprint when they bought
Nextel and went downhill, I have no complaints and have been
lucky. ATT ha've treated me well.

But I still think all cell providers are too expensive. I have an
iPhone with a $40 plan and the extra $20 for data. I don't have a
bad deal, but the 200 text messages is way too little under that
plan. 500 would be great.

Also, US companies should follow the European and South
American biz models. Where your minutes get deducted only for
outgoing calls. Not incoming and the same should be with text
messages.

[cameronjpu]

That would suck

That would only work if you don't mind paying for making calls from your home phone. Well?

[basraw]

ack.. no wonder spring has been calling me up for 2 year lockin

ack.. no wonder spring has been calling me up to sign up for 2 more years lockin...

they are afraid i will defect

[bstcnet]

I always offer to sign 100 year contracts...

I've been transferred all over the eastern US, and broken contracts with every carrier out there, for one reason or another. Sprint requires a 2 year extension to blow your nose. My response is always "fine...gimme 10". Contracts are a joke, and I welcome collection attempts from any of the carriers. It's great to finally watch the tables turn. Perhaps Sprint will consider offering customer service in English.

[Penguinisto]

Now ditch the stupid contract...

...and then maybe I'll get interested in using a cell phone again.

Until that point in time, screw the lot of 'em.

(plus, I kind of enjoy the peace and quiet that not having one brings... :) ).

/P ("now get off my lawn!")

[JCPayne]

Ummm. Helio.com had unlimited plans forever ago.

The Helio by Samsung and Earthlink had unlimited plans forever ago.... And their phone work off both Sprint and Verizon's cell phone towers.

[Ted Miller]

I really haveto repeat this....

I use Net 10

I really thought this was to good to be true, but gave it a try anyway since I had little to lose. Now I am not looking back!!!!

NO Contracts for me! How about you? Are you still a SLAVE to your mobile service???

I usually don't like giving a plug for any company. I must say that this is my second year using Net 10. I am extremly happy. I can buy a phone for as low as 20.00 and only pay 10 cents a minute as I use it. The savings are astronomical. The service is excellant here in Connecticut. No roaming charges at all. No monthly charges at all. Period! One thing I would wish for is a super simple phone that offers no text, internet, calanders and all that crapware. I would pay big money for a phone that just offered an address book ONLY!

Another problem was finding a battery for the phone. After looking for awhile and not finding support, I relized that I could simple spend 20.00 and buy another phone and use that battery. Not Bad at all.

NET10 you owe me and CNet for this Plug! But thanks anyway for the freedom you given me!

[Quemannn]

$35/month for unlimited multimedia around the corner

When is the tipping point comng around the corner?
The price war has already begun, and it is a healthy sign for American wireless landscape.
I don't believe in what Wall Street analysts are commenting on the future of technology developments. By 2010, all natioanl flat rate plan for unlimited calls, texting and multimedia wil go down to $35/month or so, I believe.
Interoperability of WiMAX and the growing advances of Asian operators into US market will trigger this tipping point, which will cause a somewhat tumultuous impact on telecom as a whole.
Gartner's hype cycle failed to predict any unforeseen tipping point, and that is the weakest link in that theory.

[papsc]

pay as you go!

ATT has a plan where you can pre-pay, so does Verizon etc. etc. all with no contract now. I have a personal phone of "pay as you go" with ATT, but a business blackberry that gets 99.9% of my use. I still don't use $100 worth of voice minutes in a month on either phone, but I use the data on the blackberry over and above that if I didn't have a good plan.