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"Also, the main purpose of a mobile network is to be able to make calls." That is debatable, and up to your customers :-)

by ojilles 14y ago

oellegaard 14y ago
Actually its uncommon that I call/text on the mobile network, however, I'm always online and use the services I have there - e.g. iMessage or email. I think mobile carriers should realize this and start creating subscriptions for it - they can try to make obscure rules for using their network, but in the end people will use it in the way they find it convenient.
- tjoff 14y ago
  Although I very seldom make calls (or receive them) and use the data plan extensively I still consider phone calls the main purpose of a mobile network, even though the ratio of calls and data usage are probably less than 1% for calls. Why? Because when trying to get hold of someone calling/texting them is the, by far, most effective way imaginable. The same goes for being contacted of course. I can't mail even an tech-savvy person and expect him to automatically receive that in his phone, especially if he is on a vacation. The phone is the last thing you turn off. There is no equivalent technology as commonly used as a cellphone. Mail and perhaps facebook are probably the most successful ways to contact a person on the internet but it is frustratingly inferior to a phone call or text message when there haven't been an established contact earlier and a quick response time is valued. That alone makes the primary purpose of the mobile network to server calls and text messages in my eyes. And that is even without taking into consideration the case of emergencies - and that use case alone is important enough to create laws in order to protect and ensure quality. So even though the last month I probably had an all time low of call-time (where I think I talked for about 15 minutes in total (outgoing and in going)) I still view my data plan as an accessory and that the main purpose of the mobile network is calls and texts. And I'm having trouble imagining that this will change any time soon, regardless of how often people actually make phone calls.
  - ojilles 14y ago
    My phone behaviour is the same as yours (<30 min call time/month; lots of data usage). I see your point. My opinion is slightly different: turn off data connection and I'll leave my phone home; turn off voice and I'll happily tote the phone around and use it all day. So for me, voice is the accessory. What you describe is how to reach other people (as necessitated by them), not your own behaviour.

"Also, the main purpose of a mobile network is to be able to make calls." That is debatable, and up to your customers :-)

by ojilles 14y ago

"Also, the main purpose of a mobile network is to be able to make calls." That is debatable, and up to your customers :-)

oellegaard 14y ago

Actually its uncommon that I call/text on the mobile network, however, I'm always online and use the services I have there - e.g. iMessage or email. I think mobile carriers should realize this and start creating subscriptions for it - they can try to make obscure rules for using their network, but in the end people will use it in the way they find it convenient.

tjoff 14y ago
Although I very seldom make calls (or receive them) and use the data plan extensively I still consider phone calls the main purpose of a mobile network, even though the ratio of calls and data usage are probably less than 1% for calls. Why? Because when trying to get hold of someone calling/texting them is the, by far, most effective way imaginable. The same goes for being contacted of course. I can't mail even an tech-savvy person and expect him to automatically receive that in his phone, especially if he is on a vacation. The phone is the last thing you turn off. There is no equivalent technology as commonly used as a cellphone. Mail and perhaps facebook are probably the most successful ways to contact a person on the internet but it is frustratingly inferior to a phone call or text message when there haven't been an established contact earlier and a quick response time is valued. That alone makes the primary purpose of the mobile network to server calls and text messages in my eyes. And that is even without taking into consideration the case of emergencies - and that use case alone is important enough to create laws in order to protect and ensure quality. So even though the last month I probably had an all time low of call-time (where I think I talked for about 15 minutes in total (outgoing and in going)) I still view my data plan as an accessory and that the main purpose of the mobile network is calls and texts. And I'm having trouble imagining that this will change any time soon, regardless of how often people actually make phone calls.
- ojilles 14y ago
  My phone behaviour is the same as yours (<30 min call time/month; lots of data usage). I see your point. My opinion is slightly different: turn off data connection and I'll leave my phone home; turn off voice and I'll happily tote the phone around and use it all day. So for me, voice is the accessory. What you describe is how to reach other people (as necessitated by them), not your own behaviour.