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ProTip: I just called AT&T today and asked when my contact ended, because I was considering going to T-Mobile. A few minutes later they offered me the approxima
by gourneau 12y ago
ProTip: I just called AT&T today and asked when my contact ended, because I was considering going to T-Mobile. A few minutes later they offered me the approximately the service for half the cost.
- justinsb 12y agoIndeed. Prices _have_ come way down, but the carriers are engaging in price discrimination (quite rationally). You don't get the new prices automatically, you have to switch carriers/plans or persuade your current carrier that you are going to do so.
- pyre 12y agoOn the other hand, such price discrimination reminds me of things like this: http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/3538 http://blogs.computerworld.com/node/3538
- justinsb 12y agoI'm certainly not saying discriminatory pricing is entirely fair :-) But the article's premise is that costs haven't come down, and that simply isn't true. (Admittedly the reasons likely have more to do with T-Mobile's strategy than technological shifts.)