[Eug-lug] Local dial tone providers - Qwest alternatives?

[T. Joseph CARTER]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 10:26:48PM -0800, Alan wrote:
> >AT&T wanted me to pay $.04/kb for data access from my phone.  That's
> >ridiculous given that I'm already paying $52 for my plan, after taxes and
> >fees.  Hit that sweet spot of $60 for both and you will have the most
> >popular thing out there.  Do it on a carrier with GSM (ie, not Verizon) so
> >I can upgrade my cell phone trivially and I might be willing to pay even a
> >little more.
> 
> $60? College kids must have a lot more money than they did when I went 
> to school. heh.

Keep in mind we pay $40 or more for cell (3/4 of students have them) and
almost as much again for landline access if we're not living on campus.
Do it for $10 less and and make it more useful and you'll get people to
switch in droves.


> My sweet spot for local dialtone and calls is $20, which I used to be 
> able to do until recently.
> Even with a cell phone included, $60/month is way more than I am willing 
> to give a phone company.

You don't have a choice with current cellular providers.  Cricket starts
at about $38, after taxes and phone replacement plan (trust me, you're
screwed if something happens to your phone and you don't have this!)  And
we already talked about how crappy Cricket is in terms of their Eugene
onlyness.  (We didn't talk about how their network sucks and you'd be
better off using any other provider, plus they have no data access!)

Give me the right package and you've got another customer.