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My apologies for my poor explanation. You're entirely correct with what you've said. The model they employ certainly is broken if it doesn't account for the pos
by TheCapn 15y ago
My apologies for my poor explanation. You're entirely correct with what you've said. The model they employ certainly is broken if it doesn't account for the possibility that not everyone falls into their ideal customer. When I said that "it is not malicious" I really should have stated that it is not with malicious intent. A marketing manager doesn't create offerings that they feel will piss off the customer base because a child could tell you that unhappy customers == churn and by extension churn == less marketing jobs as the company shrinks.
I merely wanted to provide a perspective as to what sort of train of thought is followed regardless of how logical it may be.
- ajross 15y agoOK, agreed. It's not a bait and switch. AT&T honestly believed their pricing was sound. I believe that too.
- Terretta 15y agoI don't, not for a minute. Look at how the AT&T iPad plans changed a month after launch. That was not a usage based decision, and it takes longer for a company their size to create the materials than the time between launch and the change. They've known what they were doing, and considered these actions a viable contingency.