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This problem - anxiety about switching to a mobile carrier with unknown coverage - is an opportunity waiting to be exploited. Imagine Sprint or T-Mobile sendin
by exhilaration 11y ago
This problem - anxiety about switching to a mobile carrier with unknown coverage - is an opportunity waiting to be exploited. Imagine Sprint or T-Mobile sending someone to your home and walking around with you so that you could see exactly what kind of coverage you'll get with them. The ads practically write themselves: "Here at Sprint we're so confident our network is better that we'll send someone to your house and show you! Call today!"
- criley2 11y agoThis seems like a good Uber-style model for Sprint to play with. Hiring up thousands of full timers for this purpose might be simply too expensive for a company that hemorrhages money regularly. But what if Sprint had an app where its customers could apply to become Network Advocates and after passing some requirements, could get forwarded requests to demonstrate network and modern device. In return, they'd receive like $10 or a credit on their bill. It could be a way for a savvy young consumer to basically get free Sprint service in exchange for the powerful new advertising.
- toomuchtodo 11y agohttp://opensignal.com/ http://opensignal.com/
- untog 11y agoAnd a potential public relations nightmare. They'd have to thoroughly vet anyone that is going to be walking through someone's front door in their name. Honestly, probably easier to just send a SIM card to people with $5 credit on it.