| chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and 2005-06-01, 6:55 am |
| Steven M. Scharf <scharf.steven@linkearth.net> wrote:
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> Not arbitrary at all.
It's entirely arbitrary to divide the distribution of minutes the way
you did. Do you have evidence that people use their phones in the way
you did your breakdown?
quote:
> I wanted to show the difference in prices if calling
> patterns that are shaped by people avoiding making calls to mobiles are NOT
> factored in. What happens with caller pays, is that everyone tries to avoid
> calling mobile phones.
It would help if you knew a little about how the UK market actually
works, instead of guessing. For example, most of my students are on
deals where their inclusive minutes include mobiles and landlines- they
probably call mobiles more than landlines. I have a different kind of
plan, which suits my needs- i.e. I call landlines most of the time. The
point is that there are a variety of plans available depending on what
your callin pattern is. Most people are probably better off on a PAYG
plan IMO. Recent statistics for the UK indicated that 75% of mobile
phone 'accounts' were PAYG, but I suspect a lot of those accounts are
dormant.
quote:
> I did two comparisons.
>
> I compared the 1000 minutes divided up as stated in the previous post, then
> I did peak-only, with 100 minutes mobile to off-network mobile, 100 minutes
> of termination charges from off-peak mobile to mobile, 100 minutes of mobile
> to landline, and 100 minutes of landline to mobile.
I'm aware of how you divided it up, and it's an entirely arbitrary
comparison. You have no evidence that this is anything like a 'typical'
(I note the word was thrown around quite liberally by yourself and
andypandy) mobile phone usage in either market.
& #91;]
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> Where the termination charges really hurt UK users is in off-peak received
> calls, and off-peak calls made to off-network mobiles. For a U.S. user, all
> these calls would be free. Mobile phones are used extensively as a
> replacement for long distance service, since you can make calls of virtually
> any length, anywhere in the country, at no charge, nights and weekends.
There are also cheap plans in the UK which have large numbers of offpeak
minutes. And you can call landlines at any time of the day in the UK for
an unlimited time for as low as a 3p connection charge. It's pointless
making these kinds of comparisons unless you know how people use their
phones. If you could point me to a website which actually breaks down
such statistics, I'd love to see it. I'm mostly finding summarised
market research, most of it with some kind of agenda.
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David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
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