In "The Slow Death of the Deadbeat Carriers, pt 4" I reminded all about the price competition kicked off by the upstart T-Mobile that reconfigured the US wireless industry.
T-mobile eliminated plan contracts, eliminated handset financing (at least usury style financing) and made the unlimited data plan a mainstay.
Look at what those changes did to T-mobiles subscription business 
Of course, like any truly economic market, gaps and inefficiencies tend to get filled and rectified. The T-Mobile net adds came directly from AT&T, Verizon and Sprimt. Thus...
Sprint offers five unlimited lines for $90, but only for a year
In comparison, you'd have to pay $180 a month for five unlimited lines on T-Mobile, or $270 a month for AT&T, and now apparently Verizon is dropping prices significantly, reference "Verizon Brings Back Unlimited Data Starting At $80/Month"...
4 lines $45/line
3 lines $54/line
2 lines $70/line
1 line $80/mo.
So, T-Mobile, the original disuptor shaves pricing once again, throuh fee inclusion...
So, what does all this mean? Well, T-Mobile reports Q4 2016 results tomorrow, but until then...
Be aware there is a lot more to this story... A proponent that makes me think one of carriers may bold and merge (by force). Subscribers can hit me directly and ask my opinion via email (regge AT the site's name). Click here to subscribe.
Related articles....
- T-Mobile Threatens Deadbeat Carriers With The Death Of The American Wireless Business Model (BoomBustBlog)... at Carriers Successfully Launched Wireless WMDs" detailed how T-Mobile will throw the gauntlet down and turn the wireless industry on its head - at great risk not just to margins but entire business mode ...Created on 07 May 20142.
- The Smallest & Liveliest Of The DeadBeat Carriers Successfully Launched Wireless WMDs (BoomBustBlog) Bloomberg reports: T-Mobile Sales Beat Analysts’ Estimates as Subscribers Surge. So, how did BoomBustBloggers know this would occur? Well, It started last year with the article ...Created on 05 November 20133.
- As NSA Spreads Disinformation Wooing Hoi Polloi To Shun Innovation, Dead Beat Carriers Represent Biggest Security Threat (BoomBustBlog)About a month and a half ago, I penned the piece NSA's Greatest Weapon In Surveillance? Outright Ignorance In Tech Consumers. The goal was to attempt to wake up the less than conscious in ...Created on 23 October 20134.
- Wireless Pricing Clues Us Into The Downfall Of Wintel And The Rise Of Google-tel? (BoomBustBlog)... numbers in your "Deadbeat Carriers Compete" blog posting. First the biggest flaw is that the $70 T-Mobile plan does NOT include unlimited hot spot service. It only includes 500mb of hot spot service. Yo ...Created on 06 June 20135.
- Death Of The Deadbeat Carrier, part 3 - Home Internet Access Unplugged! (BoomBustBlog)... nd the T-Mobile US Inc., TMUS -2.05% although Verizon Wireless and AT&T have the most extensive networks at the highest speeds. This simply isn't true, and I demonstrated ...Created on 03 June 20136.
- Deadbeat Carriers Compete, aka #MarginCompression!!! (BoomBustBlog)... on. As states in yesterday's post, T-Mobile's subway experience delivers Verizon FiOS speeds via LTE. Well, T-Mobile must have read that post for they turned LTE on in Brooklyn and that's what I'm using ...Created on 24 May 20137.
- Deadbeat Carrier Creative Destruction In The Ongoing Mobile Computing Wars (BoomBustBlog) I have personally tested the T-Mobile LTE service in a NYC subway (the 42nd street station) using what is currently the best (big brand) mobile handset available, the LG Optimus G Pro. ...Created on 23 May 20138.
- A New Sheriff (Make That Business Model) Is Coming to Town For US Wireless Carriers, And He Won't Look Pretty! (BoomBustBlog)... on education. You'll see where I'm coming from once you get to the long graphic below... T-Mobile has had a serious problem competing with the big boys of US wireless carriers. They are the only one ...Created on 10 January 20139.
- US Celllular Carriers Are At Risk Of Being Marginalized Into Nothingness Unless They Learn To Think Outside The Box... Yesterday (BoomBustBlog)... d it not only to its customers but to Verizon, AT&T and T-mobile customers as well. Making money from all angles, again with that viral marketing slant. Follow me: ...Created on 30 April 2012
