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The great non-port
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Yes, people on prepaid have no loyalty to a brand when you shaft them with the highest prices. Bloody scum.
spacemuis
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This point has probably been made before, but: it's interesting to me how no-one in the media ever points out the obvious cause of the underwhelming public response to MNP, namely that there's hardly any incentive to switch network when there is precious little to distinguish between their offerings...
I mean, what is the point of switching when you know already that you're going to be shafted just as hard by the next network?
And I'm encouraged by the paucity of converts to the Virgin offering: it shows that our paying public are smarter than Branson thought - and were not taken in by his false promises of cheaper calls (for most caller profiles).
I challenge the author's contention that most prepaid callers don't care about losing their number. And, even assuming that it is true, why then would the prepaid segment account for the bulk of the ports? (which are obviously done to PRESERVE their numbers)
--spacemuis
I mean, what is the point of switching when you know already that you're going to be shafted just as hard by the next network?
And I'm encouraged by the paucity of converts to the Virgin offering: it shows that our paying public are smarter than Branson thought - and were not taken in by his false promises of cheaper calls (for most caller profiles).
I challenge the author's contention that most prepaid callers don't care about losing their number. And, even assuming that it is true, why then would the prepaid segment account for the bulk of the ports? (which are obviously done to PRESERVE their numbers)
--spacemuis
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Not just the lack of creative offerings, spacemuis. Most people I know that want to port are waiting for their contracts to expire before doing so.
TiredOfWaiting
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Yip, Virgin has much cheaper GPRS rates at 50c/MB, but at 65c per SMS they are making up for that. The public wants drastically lower rates across the board, not just in one single area. They should offer SMS's and VOIP via GPRS or at least a service similar to that to bring down prices...