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T-Mobile USA kills traditional cell contracts in subscriber boost bid
ZDNet ^
| March 26, 2013 -- 16:23 GMT (09:23 PDT)
| By Zack Whittaker
Posted on 03/26/2013 10:30:32 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Summary: By killing traditional cell phone contracts, the fourth largest US cellular network hopes to undercut its rivals who have taken on most of its defecting customers.
NEW YORK T-Mobile has suffered a rough ride by losing close to a half-million postpaid contract customers during its recent third quarter results. But today, the fourth largest US cellular network formally announced that it is killing the traditional two-year cell contract in favor of a different pricing structure.
"We're changing the rules," said T-Mobile president John Legere at the press event in New York.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: mobiledevices
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Here's what you need to know:
Dubbed "Simple Choice," T-Mobile's plan will offer unlimited "everything." There are no data caps, no bill shock, and no hidden fees. Just one rate plan, which will cost $50, $60 or $70, respectively, for varying degrees of service.
You can either pay for your new smartphone at the full price up-front when you start your new plan, or you can pay off the device over time with additional monthly costs. What's different is that you can leave T-Mobile at any time.
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posted on
03/26/2013 10:32:40 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
T-Mobile...
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posted on
03/26/2013 10:33:47 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
They didn’t really kill it, they just front loaded the cost so you are paying as much for the phone as if you canceled the contract and paid the penalty.
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posted on
03/26/2013 10:38:15 AM PDT
by
mnehring
To: mnehring
This will naturally push down the prices of phones. Subsidizing the phone over a 2yr agreement vs purchase any phone and use a no contract term.
I use a service that has been around for a while, straight talk, a Walmart service, that uses t-mobile, $45 a month, unlimited everything.
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posted on
03/26/2013 10:43:40 AM PDT
by
Theoria
To: EEGator
What’s up with the 11 year old in a bikini?
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posted on
03/26/2013 10:52:00 AM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
To: Trod Upon
I’m sure you could get her, and if you could that you’d turn her down.
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posted on
03/26/2013 11:17:29 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Trod Upon
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posted on
03/26/2013 11:24:11 AM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I will never get into a cell contract again. Straight Talk gives you unlimited talk, text and data (for a smart phone even) for $45.00 a month. No contract.
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posted on
03/26/2013 11:36:01 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: autumnraine
Got to check into that ....
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posted on
03/26/2013 11:44:07 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Oh, and they use “can you hear me now” Verizon towers, so I got coverage when was living on a mountain last year.
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posted on
03/26/2013 11:52:58 AM PDT
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: mnehring
They didnt really kill it, they just front loaded the cost so you are paying as much for the phone as if you canceled the contract and paid the penalty. With the result that people won't be tempted to get a new "free" phone every two years, and just hang onto their old phones. It may also create a market for "old" phones from people on a contract plan who upgrade their phones.
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posted on
03/26/2013 11:56:42 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Theoria
Thanks, gotta go to Walmart.
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posted on
03/26/2013 1:40:23 PM PDT
by
Sergio
(An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
To: EEGator
Don’t know what she looks like otherwise, but to me she looks like an undeveloped kid in that photo. Maybe she’s actually a knockout, but going on that image I can comfortably declare I’ve had better (according to my tastes). To each his own.
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posted on
03/26/2013 2:49:00 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
To: Trod Upon
She's the T-Mobile chick from the commercials. She's a model, so she doesn't have many curves. They like them skinny so you look at the clothing instead of...you know.
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posted on
03/26/2013 2:58:37 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Trod Upon
She’s just average. I prefer more curves, but I put her because she is the T-Mobile chick.
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posted on
03/26/2013 3:02:09 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Looks like they’re finally getting with it.
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posted on
03/26/2013 3:33:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: EEGator
Yeah it eventually sunk in after a little Googling. It’s been so long since I saw one of their ads I must have still had Catherine Zeta-Jones on the brain. Had no idea that was the new spokesbabe. She’s really odd looking to me...it’s as though someone stuck a woman’s head on a kid’s body.
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posted on
03/27/2013 2:36:44 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
To: Trod Upon
Whats up with the 11 year old in a bikini? She's 24. Carly Foulkes.
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posted on
03/27/2013 2:46:28 PM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: Trod Upon
There is absolutely nothing wrong with having Catherine Zeta Jones on the brain. Carly definitely isn’t a Marilyn Monroe type figure. A lot of clothing models are flat and skinny. It’s supposed to show off the clothes instead of T&A.
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posted on
03/27/2013 3:17:46 PM PDT
by
EEGator
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