Globe’s per-second charging
Published on 28 Dec 2005 at 12:25 am.
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There’s a good discussion on Pinoy.Tech.Blog about Globe to Globe at P0.10 per second
Here’s my 1 centavo’s worth of insights:
Hi guys,
nice discussion here. cool lang tayo ha
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I don’t see the promo resulting in network congestion. In fact, the promo promotes responsible use of the network: “make your call short and sweet and get charged only for what you use up”.
That’s a whole lot different from the unlimited promo where people had a tendency to make their money’s worth by making useless calls — just to max-out their unlimited calls. That’s irresponsible.
My fearless predictions:
* Smart will follow-suit after a month or two.
* Sun will maintain their unlimited calls/text — that’s where they made a name for themselves.
* Both promos — unlimited and per-second — will eventually co-exist;
>> unlimited serving the general “cele-babad” populace (in general, the pre-paid market)
>> and per-second serving the strictly business callers (in general, the post-paid market, the businessmen)As for the business proposition — I think Globe is taking a risk on this. They’re taking a cut from revenue (in corollary, consumers are saving a lot from this promo). Globe knows for sure that Smart can easily come up with the same promo. Globe’s initial crowd of switchers (from other telcos to Globe) will eventually even-out when Smart comes up with their own per-second charging.
Ultimately, the consumers win.
And I give credit to Sun Cellular for changing the rules of the game!
ka edong
per-second dreaming
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