$2000 iPhone (was Re: iPhone Rate Plans are up)

[LuKreme]

On 27-Jun-2007, at 01:07, steve harley wrote:
> they whom i call LuKreme wrote:
>> 450 minutes a month is VERY light usage.
>
> i share 550 "plan" minutes and never go over; 450 "anytime" minutes  
> may be modest, but it's well within norms; in a google-arbitrary  
> sample of semi-trusted reports from 2006, i found these statements  
> which may or may not include both "free" and plan minutes:
>
> "cell-phone users with wireless contracts paid, on average, for 791  
> minutes per month. However, on average, they used 477 minutes per  
> month."
>
> "Only 13% of consumers use their cell phones more than 1000 minutes  
> per month. [...] 46% use their cell phone 500 minutes a month or  
> less."
>
> "the US, the average subscriber uses their mobile phone nearly 600  
> minutes per month"

Well, obviously there is some confusion.  Is the average 477 or  
nearly 600 or less than 500?  Even so, 477 minutes on a 450 minute  
plan means another $10 a month in overage charges.

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