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Fwd: U.S. Wireless Competition Expands | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

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Owen Densmore

Fwd: U.S. Wireless Competition Expands | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

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Interesting episode of On Point discussing modern wireless and now the carriers are changing.

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/08/06/sprint-verizon-att-project-fi

And not just carriers, but google and facebook.

My recent change to buying my phone (OnePlus One) and using whichever plan makes most sense (TMo web-only prepaid $30 5Gb) was a huge winner, cutting costs by half easily.

It is interesting too, how diverse people's use cases are. There are a surprising number of people who use their phone as their primary data. Nowadays you can easily get videos on your phone and watch them on your TV.

For many, there is a singly issue making their carrier choice. One was a plan that included international calling for near-zero from one of the lesser known reseller companies. Google is looking into pay-as-you-use at a reasonable price.

-- Owen

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Owen Densmore

Re: U.S. Wireless Competition Expands | On Point with Tom Ashbrook

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This link on the above site was good:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/kill-the-wireless-contract-buy-your-own-phone-1424807865

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Owen Densmore <[hidden email]> wrote:

Interesting episode of On Point discussing modern wireless and now the carriers are changing.

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/08/06/sprint-verizon-att-project-fi
And not just carriers, but google and facebook.

My recent change to buying my phone (OnePlus One) and using whichever plan makes most sense (TMo web-only prepaid $30 5Gb) was a huge winner, cutting costs by half easily.

It is interesting too, how diverse people's use cases are. There are a surprising number of people who use their phone as their primary data. Nowadays you can easily get videos on your phone and watch them on your TV.

For many, there is a singly issue making their carrier choice. One was a plan that included international calling for near-zero from one of the lesser known reseller companies. Google is looking into pay-as-you-use at a reasonable price.

-- Owen