today.reuters.com — Comcast is offering wireless as an add-on for subscribers of its "triple play" package of cable TV, telephone and Internet services. The price is $33 a month for 200 minutes and provides such services as voicemail, navigation and call forwarding.
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elrayquieresNov 29, 2006
Many people use less than 200 minutes and many carriers don't offer plans with less than 300-400. $/minute might be more, but some people could save $/month compared to some major carriers
roderNov 29, 2006
it's actually not comcast providing the serivce, its a MVNO through Sprint. watch over the next few months Time Warner and Cox will be offering similar deals.
f4st4wordNov 29, 2006
200 minutes for $30/month sucks, IMHO. And why why why can't cell phone companies quit playing "let's make a deal"? It is about freaking time for either fixed-rate all-you-can-eat cell phone plans, or at least non-confusopoly-based pricing schemes. Until this happens, I'm sticking with VOIP.
foxhoundadminNov 29, 2006
comcast sucks.and why did krose digg this? comcast shut down his network (techtv)...techtvtechtvtechtvtechtv :P
xstaticNov 29, 2006
Hopefully this will put pressure on other cellular companies to drop fees and minutes,I don't need so many minutes and I only want to pay about $30/month!
mistressroninsNov 29, 2006
I used to use Comcast, and when they joined hands with AT&T way back when.. it was at first a customer service catastrophic disaster that makes their customer service now look pristine. Our apartment complex offered free basic cable service too, had it when we moved in but when we canceled our Comcast service, Comcast took away the basic cable and since then Comcast told us that even though our complex paid for free basic, we would have to pay for it in order to have it back. I have resigned from TV all together because it was impossible to have it without getting some service from them or another company just for general television viewing.After realizing that the area is limited for internet services outside of Comcast, I chose to look into them again when they seemed to get their act together, then I found out that they offered a lower priced broad band service ONLY to those customers who were already subscribed to their cable TV service, basically pushing you to subscribe to their cable TV even if you don’t want it, just to get a lower internet service rate. All of these issues compiled, make me ever resistant and highly reluctant to subscribe full circle to anything like cell phone service from them. Adding cell service is just one more way to monopolize every avenue of the customer’s communication options. Fankly the concept of having their customer service for my cell phone service is a nightmare. There are far more competitive services flat rate available.. its a good idea for them and all other companies offering cell service to wake up and start being competitive for a change.
davidsmeroNov 29, 2006
It will possibly fail miserably, Comcast is starting to venture into unfamiliar grounds. First the with the home phone service and now this. I am an ex-employee, and I though it was insane the 1st time i heard of it. Just another greedy company trying to dip their hands into everything. No I do not plan to buy this and never will, not after having the horrible phone service.
h0dg3sNov 29, 2006
That price is ridiculous considering they're charging over double what Vonage charges for 500 minutes. Hell, they're even charging more than what Vonage charges for unlimited minutes. Somebody should get fired over this one.
kieranmullenNov 29, 2006
@f4st4word - Unlimited service just came into Portland. These guys have been around for awhile, but they just build into major metro areas. I no longer had a cell phone at all. I didnt want it. 1000 min for $40 a month with tmobile (with taxes it was about $50)Cell phones and Unlimited Plans - No Contracts - <a class="user" href="http://MyCricket.com">http://MyCricket.com</a>