What happens when customers actually start using several times their current amount though? They do only have a finite amount of available bandwidth after all - will their jitter go through the roof and voice become unusable? Will speeds drop dramatically?
-Jason On Wednesday, February 18, 2015, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','af...@kwisp.com');>> wrote: > That’s something like 10 times their current limit. If true, that’s a > big change. > > If they get all the <150GB/mo customers and we only get the >150GB ones, > that’s probably bad for us and good for them. > > I guess it comes down to marketing. If they can convince people it’s > “virtually unlimited”, then we lose one of the 2 selling points we have > against satellite (the other being gaming). If we can convince people > there’s a risk they will go over and get a “talking to” whatever that > entails, then we win. That argument is easier to make against cellular, > where people want a fixed price and dread getting a $1000 cellphone bill > even if they never even approach their data cap, just the uncertainty is a > big negative. Not sure how much they would dread a “talking to”. > > > *From:* Rory Conaway > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 18, 2015 9:54 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Excede changing to "Virtually Unlimited" in certain > areas > > > If you exceed 150GB, which nobody ever does according to their literature, > then they will have a talk with you because 150GB is such a huge amount > according to their literature. > > > > They did say they are putting up another satellite in 2016 which probably > covers the areas they missed with the existing satellite. > > > > They are also offering voice for $10 per month. > > > > Rory Conaway > > Triad Wireless > > 4226 S. 37th Street > > Phoenix, Az. 85040 > > 602-426-0542 > > www.triadwireless.net > > r...@triadwireless.net > > > > >
