Comments on: Study Claims Average Cell Phone User Pays $3.02/Minute http://www.businesspundit.com/study-claims-average-cell-phone-user-pays-302minute/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CK http://www.businesspundit.com/study-claims-average-cell-phone-user-pays-302minute/comment-page-1/#comment-12872 CK Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:01:19 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=9469#comment-12872 Haha... This is funny. It's exactly how Telcos make billions yearly. Haha… This is funny. It’s exactly how Telcos make billions yearly.

]]> By: Jonno http://www.businesspundit.com/study-claims-average-cell-phone-user-pays-302minute/comment-page-1/#comment-12805 Jonno Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:26:51 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=9469#comment-12805 This article highlights beautifully exactly why I switched to a prepaid phone with NET10. I used to have the same kind of problem with trying to match up my minutes to the contract I was on. I just couldn't win! If I used less minutes than the plan, I paid for those unused minutes anyway. If I used more, I suddenly ended up paying 40c per minute! Somebody will have to explain the logic behind those overage charges to me one of these days... But actually, I don't even want to know. Because now I pay 10c a minute, anytime, anywhere - local and long distance. And if I want to use more minutes? I just buy more at, yes you guessed it, the same low rate. Plus I don't have to be tied into a contract. This article highlights beautifully exactly why I switched to a prepaid phone with NET10. I used to have the same kind of problem with trying to match up my minutes to the contract I was on. I just couldn’t win! If I used less minutes than the plan, I paid for those unused minutes anyway. If I used more, I suddenly ended up paying 40c per minute! Somebody will have to explain the logic behind those overage charges to me one of these days… But actually, I don’t even want to know. Because now I pay 10c a minute, anytime, anywhere – local and long distance. And if I want to use more minutes? I just buy more at, yes you guessed it, the same low rate. Plus I don’t have to be tied into a contract.

]]> By: John http://www.businesspundit.com/study-claims-average-cell-phone-user-pays-302minute/comment-page-1/#comment-12780 John Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:55:27 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/?p=9469#comment-12780 At first, I wasn't all that surprised. It's entirely plausible for the occasional person to be coerced into a $60 plan when they really just need a phone for emergencies. One older gentleman I know has a cell phone in his car for that purpose. He mostly doesn't use it at all. However, the source looks like a propagandist, which causes me to take the whole study with several grains of salt. Perhaps they grouped everyone into blocks of "those who pay too much" vs "those who don't" and then averaged those 2 numbers? At first, I wasn’t all that surprised. It’s entirely plausible for the occasional person to be coerced into a $60 plan when they really just need a phone for emergencies. One older gentleman I know has a cell phone in his car for that purpose. He mostly doesn’t use it at all.

However, the source looks like a propagandist, which causes me to take the whole study with several grains of salt. Perhaps they grouped everyone into blocks of “those who pay too much” vs “those who don’t” and then averaged those 2 numbers?

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