Cingular to charge $5 dollars for users of old phones

[b0mbrman]

They should charge everyone $5....then give a $5 new system discount.

So people don't cry as much

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
They should charge everyone $5....then give a $5 new system discount.

So people don't cry as much

lol, a sly marketing spin...I love it.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jstack

Originally posted by: jagec
But will they give you a free phone to replace your old one? Yeah right.

Of course they will, with a new two year commitment.

I very strongly believe this Contract Commitment crap should be banned.

It is anti-free market.

Because people don't freely choose whether or not to sign the contract?

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
They should charge everyone $5....then give a $5 new system discount.

So people don't cry as much

lol, a sly marketing spin...I love it.

Should be more successful at prodding analog users to switch to digital.

People will work to get discounts because it makes them feel like they are beating the system... i.e. the people who "save money" by buying thousands of dollars worth of stuff they found in a hot deals forum

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jstack

Originally posted by: jagec
But will they give you a free phone to replace your old one? Yeah right.

Of course they will, with a new two year commitment.

I very strongly believe this Contract Commitment crap should be banned.

It is anti-free market.

Because people don't freely choose whether or not to sign the contract?

Well, when service sucks and would like to get out of the two year "contract", don't have the option to get out of it.

It's just plain wrong and anti-free market.

Show me where it says United States of Corporations Constitution.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jstack

Originally posted by: jagec
But will they give you a free phone to replace your old one? Yeah right.

Of course they will, with a new two year commitment.

I very strongly believe this Contract Commitment crap should be banned.

It is anti-free market.

Because people don't freely choose whether or not to sign the contract?

Well, when service sucks and would like to get out of the two year "contract", don't have the option to get out of it.

It's just plain wrong and anti-free market.

Show me where it says United States of Corporations Constitution.

Shut up pea brain. :roll:

 

[Xyclone]

Also, to Cingular haters, do some more research into the whole "least dropped calls" story, and hear from the people from an area from NY that had their Cingular services shut down for a couple days so the independent researchers can research. The research = only done in that area. No calls being able to be made = no dropped calls.

 

[j00fek]

at&t is teh suck

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
I'm not a Cingular customer, but that policy is horseshit.

qfft.... so glad i switched from them.

 

[eits]

i can't wait until sprint starts selling cool motorolla phones...

 

[JEDI]

hm.. i have a nokia 3360 and doing prepaid on cingular (AT&T).

am i on tdma?

Will prepaid be affected by this fee?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jstack

Originally posted by: jagec
But will they give you a free phone to replace your old one? Yeah right.

Of course they will, with a new two year commitment.

I very strongly believe this Contract Commitment crap should be banned.

It is anti-free market.

Because people don't freely choose whether or not to sign the contract?

Well, when service sucks and would like to get out of the two year "contract", don't have the option to get out of it.

It's just plain wrong and anti-free market.

Show me where it says United States of Corporations Constitution.

Shut up pea brain. :roll:

:laugh:

 

[secretanchitman]

im quite happy with my sweet cdma samsung a900.

though i understand why cingular would do this...its quite stupid that they have to tack on an additional $5. maybe some people dont feel like they need an upgrade to their phone, or they might not be able to afford one. thats so...stupid of cingular. they should be ashamed for even doing this to customers to get more money out of them.

idiots.

 

[dopcombo]

USA still uses TDMA???

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

sorry... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Triumph]

So 8% of the customers are keeping them from going completely GSM and making them maintain old analog towers? Sounds like a good decision to me. Cut the fat.

 

[feelingshorter]

Ouch, since i have cingular but then again i think all my phones are GSM. Not sure.

 

[dabuddha]

I agree with the degradation of service comment. I noticed that my reception went downhill soon after AT&T merged with Cingular.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: dopcombo
USA still uses TDMA???

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

sorry... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: jagec
But will they give you a free phone to replace your old one? Yeah right.

No, you must buy a video phone, which will place more demand on their existing network, requiring them to upgrade their towers to handle the demand. With the increased capacity, they'll introduce new features too, for which you'll need a new phone, and the cycle continues.


I'm using Virgin Mobile's Day2Day plan. It hasn't given me trouble yet. But then, I only use the phone when I'm at college, and even then it only gets used maybe 1-2 times per week.

 

[SagaLore]

It would make more sense if they started shutting off the old service one state at a time, while giving existing analog customers a huge discount coupon for a new phone.

 

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
It would make more sense if they started shutting off the old service one state at a time, while giving existing analog customers a huge discount coupon for a new phone.

But they can't, according to FCC.

I think Verizon has the right idea with their new every two. They basically give everyone a new free phone every couple years and probably dont have as big of a problem with people hanging onto older phones.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jstack

Originally posted by: jagec
But will they give you a free phone to replace your old one? Yeah right.

Of course they will, with a new two year commitment.

I very strongly believe this Contract Commitment crap should be banned.

It is anti-free market.

Because people don't freely choose whether or not to sign the contract?

Well, when service sucks and would like to get out of the two year "contract", don't have the option to get out of it.

It's just plain wrong and anti-free market.

Show me where it says United States of Corporations Constitution.

Shut up pea brain. :roll:

:laugh:

:laugh:++

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: ScottSwingleComputers

Originally posted by: SagaLore
It would make more sense if they started shutting off the old service one state at a time, while giving existing analog customers a huge discount coupon for a new phone.

But they can't, according to FCC.

I think Verizon has the right idea with their new every two. They basically give everyone a new free phone every couple years and probably dont have as big of a problem with people hanging onto older phones.

Well, they can if they convince every one of their customers that GSM is the thing to use.

There are a lot of people in my area that use Cingular -- it and Verizon are the only carriers in my area that are semi-reliable, and Verizon has better coverage. If I'm not mistaken, though, the Cingular coverage in this area is TDMA, not GSM.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: jstack

Originally posted by: jagec
But will they give you a free phone to replace your old one? Yeah right.

Of course they will, with a new two year commitment.

I very strongly believe this Contract Commitment crap should be banned.

It is anti-free market.

Because people don't freely choose whether or not to sign the contract?

Well, when service sucks and would like to get out of the two year "contract", don't have the option to get out of it.

It's just plain wrong and anti-free market.

Show me where it says United States of Corporations Constitution.

Shut up pea brain. :roll:

:laugh:

:laugh:++

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[crystal]

They should give their customers an opt out option of their contract before they start charging.