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

[Charlton Wilbur]

On Jun 27, 2007, at 12:25 PM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 27-Jun-2007, at 01:07, steve harley wrote:

>> 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.

It doesn't matter what the average person does; it matters what the  
individual person does.  In my case, that I use less than 50 cell  
minutes a month is what matters in considering cell phone plans, and  
what the average person does is irrelevant to the actual decision --  
though it does help to understand where the price points are.

Of course I'm an outlier, but I'm used to that.

Charlton


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