Michelle Steiner

http://www.electronista.com/articles....to.lose.third.
of.iphones.to.vz/

AT&T could see as much as a third of its iPhone subscriber base leave for
Verizon when a CDMA iPhone is ready, market researchers at Morpace found on
Friday. Of those in a study who already have an iPhone, 34 percent plan to
get a new model only when Verizon is carrying Apple's device. Almost half
of all AT&T users, 47 percent, would at least contemplate switching to
Verizon just to get an iPhone on that network.

The results further corroborated predictions that a Verizon iPhone might
dampen Android's performance. About 51 percent of existing Verizon
customers were considering buying an iPhone if available. Across all
carriers, 29 percent would want an iPhone; T-Mobile users are the most
loyal to the existing lineup at 20 percent considering the handset.

Morpace's results touch on 1,000 users and isn't wholly representative of
AT&T's subscriber base. The results often favor technically aware
customers, many of whom live in San Francisco or other areas where AT&T
service is a problem. The figures could regardless contradict AT&T's view
that few will switch and might hint at hundreds of thousands or millions of
subscribers changing sides. [via TechCrunch]

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Jason S

Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> http://www.electronista.com/articles....to.lose.third.
> of.iphones.to.vz/
>
> AT&T could see as much as a third of its iPhone subscriber base leave
> for
> Verizon when a CDMA iPhone is ready, market researchers at Morpace
> found on
> Friday. Of those in a study who already have an iPhone, 34 percent
> plan to
> get a new model only when Verizon is carrying Apple's device. Almost
> half
> of all AT&T users, 47 percent, would at least contemplate switching to
>
> Verizon just to get an iPhone on that network.
>
> The results further corroborated predictions that a Verizon iPhone
> might
> dampen Android's performance. About 51 percent of existing Verizon
> customers were considering buying an iPhone if available. Across all
> carriers, 29 percent would want an iPhone; T-Mobile users are the most
>
> loyal to the existing lineup at 20 percent considering the handset.
>
> Morpace's results touch on 1,000 users and isn't wholly representative
> of
> AT&T's subscriber base. The results often favor technically aware
> customers, many of whom live in San Francisco or other areas where
> AT&T
> service is a problem. The figures could regardless contradict AT&T's
> view
> that few will switch and might hint at hundreds of thousands or
> millions of
> subscribers changing sides. [via TechCrunch]

Am I the only person who is actually satisfied with AT&T?

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Wes Groleau

On 08-19-2010 21:13, Jason S wrote:
> Am I the only person who is actually satisfied with AT&T?

probably not. There's probably at least one other person on your block
with an iPhone.

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Jolly Roger

In article
<652713916303959544.333385jasonsavlov-me.com@news.giganews.com>,
Jason S <jasonsavlov@me.com> wrote:

> Am I the only person who is actually satisfied with AT&T?

I'm marginally satisfied with them. For the most part, I have no
problems with my service. I would like reception to be better here at
home in my home office, but I think it will get better because I happen
to be in an area that is seeing a lot of expansion right now.

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News

Michelle Steiner wrote:
> http://www.electronista.com/articles....to.lose.third.
> of.iphones.to.vz/
>
> AT&T could see as much as a third of its iPhone subscriber base leave for
> Verizon when a CDMA iPhone is ready


And the sooner the better!

SMS

On 19/08/10 6:13 PM, Jason S wrote:

<snip>

> Am I the only person who is actually satisfied with AT&T?

No. My cousin's sister-in-law's grandmother also is satisfied with them,
but she's still using a rotary dial wall phone.

AT&T's problems predate the iPhone. They have just been exacerbated by
the iPhones popularity, and the unforeseen amount of data people are
able to use when you allow unlimited data.

The new data plans which dropped unlimited data should slowly start to
bring their data problems under control, but you still have all those
millions of grandfathered. unlimited data, iPhone users to deal with.

If and when Verizon gets the iPhone, they could very likely implement
tiered data plans with no unlimited option too. Doing so would prevent a
lot of AT&T iPhone users with unlimited data from jumping to Verizon and
losing their unlimited plans, in which case that 34% number seems high.

The other problem with AT&T versus Verizon is unrelated to data. In
every independent survey of dropped calls, coverage, and customer
service, has confirmed that Verizon's network is far superior to any of
the other three networks (AT&T, Sprint, & T-Mobile). Indeed, even the
carrier's coverage maps confirm the coverage differences. Those
differences may not matter to someone that never travels outside large
cities, but they make a huge difference to those who do. I just got back
from a 5000 mile road trip two weeks ago, visiting several national and
state parks. Verizon had coverage in far more areas than the GSM
carriers. Even along some interstate highways in the great plains states
there were areas of no GSM coverage where Verizon had coverage.

34% is not an unbelievable number when you realize that a large number
of AT&T subscribers moved to AT&T solely because they wanted an iPhone,
and many did not realize the big difference in network quality.

Jolly Roger

In article <4c6e8167$0$22150$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> The new data plans which dropped unlimited data should slowly start to
> bring their data problems under control, but you still have all those
> millions of grandfathered. unlimited data, iPhone users to deal with.

I'm one of the grandfathered customers. I opted to change over to the
200 MB plan instead, because we haven't used more than 200 MB in a
single month since we got our iPhone 3Gs when they were first release so
many years ago, and this saves us $30 every month ($15 for each phone on
our plan). While I'm sure there are a lot of people who opted to stay
with the grandfathered plan, I'm sure there are also a lot who, like me,
decided they'd rather save some money!

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Jolly Roger

In article <O8ydnaJLQ4FQHfPRnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@speakeasy.net> ,
News <News@Group.Name> wrote:

> Michelle Steiner wrote:
> > http://www.electronista.com/articles....to.lose.third.
> > of.iphones.to.vz/
> >
> > AT&T could see as much as a third of its iPhone subscriber base leave for
> > Verizon when a CDMA iPhone is ready
>
>
> And the sooner the better!

I think we'll see that Verizon experiences similar network problems if
and when they get the deluge of iPhone users on their network.

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SMS

On 20/08/10 6:33 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> In article<O8ydnaJLQ4FQHfPRnZ2dnUVZ_o2dnZ2d@speakeasy .net>,
> News<News@Group.Name> wrote:
>
>> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>>> http://www.electronista.com/articles....to.lose.third.
>>> of.iphones.to.vz/
>>>
>>> AT&T could see as much as a third of its iPhone subscriber base leave for
>>> Verizon when a CDMA iPhone is ready
>>
>>
>> And the sooner the better!
>
> I think we'll see that Verizon experiences similar network problems if
> and when they get the deluge of iPhone users on their network.

Perhaps, buy Verizon has a much better network with more capacity than
AT&T so likely not. Also, if the recent statements from Verizon are any
indication, Verizon will not be offering unlimited data on smart phones
for much longer. If they offer tiered pricing then users will be a lot
more cautious about data usage.

SMS

On 20/08/10 6:32 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> In article<4c6e8167$0$22150$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,
> SMS<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> The new data plans which dropped unlimited data should slowly start to
>> bring their data problems under control, but you still have all those
>> millions of grandfathered. unlimited data, iPhone users to deal with.
>
> I'm one of the grandfathered customers. I opted to change over to the
> 200 MB plan instead, because we haven't used more than 200 MB in a
> single month since we got our iPhone 3Gs when they were first release so
> many years ago, and this saves us $30 every month ($15 for each phone on
> our plan). While I'm sure there are a lot of people who opted to stay
> with the grandfathered plan, I'm sure there are also a lot who, like me,
> decided they'd rather save some money!

Supposedly the tiered plans have actually helped sales of smart phones
because a lot of the late adopters are the people that would not pay $30
a month for data, but that are accepting the $15 price point for 200MB.

A lot of the unlimited data customers that use massive amounts of data
are doing so not because they really need to, but because they feel that
at an all you can eat buffet you should be eating as much as possible.
Streaming audio and video to your iPhone over 3G is great when it
doesn't cost you anything extra. At least AT&T quickly wised up
regarding unlimited data on the iPad--that would have been a disaster
waiting to happen.

The companies that will be hurt by the end of limited are companies like
Pandora and Slingbox whose business model depends on unmetered data.