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To: pcstel who wrote (28538)4/10/2012 7:44:51 AM
From: Maurice Winn1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 29050
 
If you go back over hundreds of posts about pricing, you will see that the main idea is as you say for perhaps half of the minutes available. But I always said another couple of "plans" might be good to offer as some people prefer to be "insured" against things such as variable prices. So they would rather pay a fixed $40 a month for a set number of minutes any time ["unlimited" seems to be too many for such an insurance plan]. A third "plan" would be a fixed price per minute/megabyte anytime.

The main one, instantaneous pricing, would say "This is the plan for you if you want the cheapest overall calling, but are willing to pay higher prices during busy times, or defer your calls to later". The "insurance" plan would be more expensive per minute/megabyte, but there would be a set number of units per month for a fixed price. The "fixed price" plan would be higher per unit than the other two, but as few or as many as wanted could be used.

We cheapskates would take the variable pricing. Then we could enjoy the lowest monthly cost, while being able to make calls any time. Being cheapskates, we would probably not make calls during the expensive busy times, though it would be nice to have that option in the case of something important.

The constellation would always be busy, but never overloaded. A call could always get through, albeit at a high price during emergencies when everyone wants to get on the phone. People would rather pay a high price than suffer denial of service.

Mqurice
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