Comments on: T-Mobile prepaid adds subscribers, ditches iPhone users http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/t-mobile/t-mobile-prepaid-adds-subscribers-ditches-iphone-users-35836/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dawn http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/t-mobile/t-mobile-prepaid-adds-subscribers-ditches-iphone-users-35836/comment-page-1/#comment-95667 Dawn Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:04:07 +0000 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/?p=2412#comment-95667 Maybe they need to focus on changing they're prepaid plans. It sucks IMO... A $1 a day plus buying the minutes(which also suck), do the calculation. Better off with Boost or Metropcs. The only positive with tmobile is they're unlimited after 7pm Maybe they need to focus on changing they’re prepaid plans. It sucks IMO… A $1 a day plus buying the minutes(which also suck), do the calculation. Better off with Boost or Metropcs. The only positive with tmobile is they’re unlimited after 7pm

]]> By: Christopher Price http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/t-mobile/t-mobile-prepaid-adds-subscribers-ditches-iphone-users-35836/comment-page-1/#comment-95411 Christopher Price Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:13:52 +0000 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/?p=2412#comment-95411 It appears that T-Mobile feared the aircard crowd leveraging Sidekick prepaid. With so many 3G devices being able to sling internet to a laptop, the idea of having a cheap phone (like the Nokia 3555) replacing a 3G aircard, could have a chilling effect on their bottom line. Think about it. If people wised up to that they could pay $30/month instead of $60/month, that would greatly outweigh the revenue profit from Sidekick prepaid. Unfortunately, what T-Mobile doesn't get is that, thanks to the FCC... you can use a standard data plan as a modem (per the Comcast/BitTorrent ruling). So, customers will just leave T-Mobile for data-only plans like Sprint Relay. They'll keep paying $30/month, legally bypass Sprint's phone-as-modem plan requirements, and keep on tethering. And T-Mobile will then really miss making a $1/day. A 50% reduction in mobile data profits is a lot better than a 100% loss. It appears that T-Mobile feared the aircard crowd leveraging Sidekick prepaid. With so many 3G devices being able to sling internet to a laptop, the idea of having a cheap phone (like the Nokia 3555) replacing a 3G aircard, could have a chilling effect on their bottom line.

Think about it. If people wised up to that they could pay $30/month instead of $60/month, that would greatly outweigh the revenue profit from Sidekick prepaid.

Unfortunately, what T-Mobile doesn’t get is that, thanks to the FCC… you can use a standard data plan as a modem (per the Comcast/BitTorrent ruling).

So, customers will just leave T-Mobile for data-only plans like Sprint Relay. They’ll keep paying $30/month, legally bypass Sprint’s phone-as-modem plan requirements, and keep on tethering.

And T-Mobile will then really miss making a $1/day. A 50% reduction in mobile data profits is a lot better than a 100% loss.

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