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Ready Wireless, a prepaid reseller in Iowa, has joined the unlimited game with two new plans that it believes will appeal to customers. The first plan offers three days of unlimited calling for $9.99, and the second offers seven days of unlimited calling for $14.99. Customers also receive a bundle of text messages with each plan.
Ready Wireless is a reseller that uses Sprint Nextel's national network and sells its products under the Ready Mobile PCS and Trumpet Mobile brands. The new plans will be sold by Ready Mobile retailers, Susser's Stripes and Town and Country Stores.
Ready Wireless' new unlimited plans come on the heels of prepaid reseller TracFone's debut of a new $45 per month unlimited prepaid plan that includes unlimited text messaging and 30 MB of data. TracFone's service uses Verizon Wireless' network and is available at participating Wal-Mart stores. Ready Wireless' rates (at $15 per week) don't seem comparable to TracFone's $45 per month play, which many view as being a potential price war instigator.
For more:
- see this press release
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Comments
Posted by PrepaidWirelessGuy | July 9, 2009 - 5:30pm
Loving the competition! I've just added their new plans to the comparison chart: prepaid-wireless-guide.com/compare-daily-plans.html
Posted by Jackoby | July 11, 2009 - 5:19pm
Price war is exactly what we needed! Tracfone's always on the forefront when it comes to working with and for the consumer. I've been with them for a while now and the service's great. I bought my husband the 1000 minutes/text Strighttalk plan for Father's day - only $30 a month and thought it was an awesome deal. This topped it though - at $45 for unimited text and phone you can't go wrong. So the phone's not the latest gadget - small price to pay for the great savibgs. Thanks TraFone - keep it coming!
Posted by AndyWinter | July 27, 2009 - 4:49pm
I suppose the competition is a good thing for the customers. It keeps the corporates on their toes.
But I wonder if the 'unlimited' hype is not a bit overrated. I read a study (can't for the life of me remember where) by an independent firm saying that most people use their phone on average for less than 400 minutes. So while you are paying for unlimited use that might actually sound very cheap, you might be better off paying for less for less minutes.
I use NET10 prepaid and will generally not use more than 200 minutes a month. Granted, I do not use the phone that much but paying $20 is much preferable to me than paying more just to be able to say I've got unlimited.
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