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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / June 2006NEWS: TMO Releases New Plan for KIDS
In a word, Smart. This will work, as soon a s a few get it, it will roll. Look for a fast response from the competition. https://www.t-mobile.com/promotions/kidconnect.aspx > In a word, Smart. This will work, as soon a s a few get it, it will roll. > Look for a fast response from the competition. > > https://www.t-mobile.com/promotions/kidconnect.aspx The competition already has similar offerings. VZW has the Migo and Cingular has the Firefly. T-Mob is the carrier playing catch-up.  SignatureAndrew D. Sisson LG VX8100 VZW AC II SINCE APRIL 1993 SAMSUNG X497 CINGULAR NATION SINCE MARCH 2006 > The competition already has similar offerings. > VZW has the Migo and Cingular has the Firefly. > T-Mob is the carrier playing catch-up. I don't think they are directly comparable, except *probably* the target users. The Migo and Firefly are supposed to be phones that are 'kid-friendly' and 'easy to use' (which IMO is the least of the problems), but in actuality they are just glorified walkie-talkies. T-Mobile's offering is a plan for kids, not phone for kids, and they made that clear ("Let's face it--kids don't want kid phones--they want cool phones"). JL I can add a line for $9.99 and have almost all of these features for $10 less. The only thing I would not have is where they cut them off after 50 anytime minutes. I am not sure that's worth an extra $120 a year when I don't come close to 600 of my 1000 anytime minutes on an average month. Or am I missing something from the picture? No product is meant for everybody - that's why there are options. With a teenager, your 400 extra minutes could evaporate in a heartbeat (or actually 400 minutes of heartbeats) and run into overtime well over $10/mo. Kids can talk for hours and hours and send messages forever. The idea of setting limits to encourage a teen to be judicious in his/her usage is an excellent feature that teaches responsibility while the unlimited usage to/from parents and 911 gives them NO excuse not be in touch. I think the "value proposition" in this package goes beyond just the cost per minute calculation that you based it on. > I can add a line for $9.99 and have almost all of these features for > $10 less. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Or am I missing something from the picture? Yes, for some folks this will make sense. No argument. Just wondering if I am missing an aspect of this service. I think the unique aspect of it is that it sets a hard limit on the kid's usage with no overtime risk while still allowing unlimited access by parents and to 911. The parent knows the cost will never exceed $20/mo. > Yes, for some folks this will make sense. No argument. Just > wondering if I am missing an aspect of this service. With unlimited in-network minutes, it's also a clever marketing ploy to get each kid to convince all of his/her friends to switch to T-Mobile. Mike Schumann >I think the unique aspect of it is that it sets a hard limit on the kid's >usage with no overtime risk while still allowing unlimited access by >parents and to 911. The parent knows the cost will never exceed $20/mo. > >> Yes, for some folks this will make sense. No argument. Just >> wondering if I am missing an aspect of this service. Indeed. There's nothing like network marketing to build a base! > With unlimited in-network minutes, it's also a clever marketing ploy > to get each kid to convince all of his/her friends to switch to [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>> Yes, for some folks this will make sense. No argument. Just >>> wondering if I am missing an aspect of this service. I wonder if it says unlimited access to parents, does it mean both parents with two numbers? >I think the unique aspect of it is that it sets a hard limit on the kid's >usage with no overtime risk while still allowing unlimited access by >parents and to 911. The parent knows the cost will never exceed $20/mo. > >> Yes, for some folks this will make sense. No argument. Just >> wondering if I am missing an aspect of this service. > I wonder if it says unlimited access to parents, does it mean both parents > with two numbers? It's unlimited T-Mo to T-Mo, isn't it? That would mean unlimited to anyone with a T-Mo phone... SignatureSteve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows Apple Valley, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room. Exactly! Reminds me of MCI's old Friends & Family plan. >> I wonder if it says unlimited access to parents, does it mean both >> parents with two numbers? > > It's unlimited T-Mo to T-Mo, isn't it? That would mean unlimited to > anyone with a T-Mo phone... > > I wonder if it says unlimited access to parents, does it mean both parents > > with two numbers? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room. ACTUALLY.. unlimited tmobile to tmoble, means to any tmobile monthly subscriber [prepaid tmo is excluded] and there are certain areas in the US, where tmo to tmo funcytionality doesnt work do to the use of certain "other carriers" towers, that donot report tmo- to- tmo usage back to tmobile. so if a person is thinking about this plan, or any other, family time sort of plan, it is advisable to contact the carrier, and make sure you are not in one of the areas that doesnt report the usage, such as in north carolina, south carolina, and in parts of colorado. > ACTUALLY.. unlimited tmobile to tmoble, means to any tmobile monthly > subscriber [prepaid tmo is excluded] and there are certain areas in the > US, where tmo to tmo funcytionality doesnt work do to the use of > certain "other carriers" towers Ok. That works for me. First, I wouldn't expect it to include prepaid (should have indicated as much earlier), and second... well, I don't expect TMo to TMo to work while roaming either. > back to tmobile. so if a person is thinking about this plan, or any > other, family time sort of plan, it is advisable to contact the > carrier, and make sure you are not in one of the areas that doesnt > report the usage, such as in north carolina, south carolina, and in > parts of colorado. Are those roaming areas, or areas where the coverage is billed by T-Mobile with no additional charges, but is actually provided by a T-Mo affiliate? SignatureSteve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows Apple Valley, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room. |
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