Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> In alt.cellular.t-mobile Pegleg <Pegleg@usnavyret.mil> wrote:
>> Verizon's Data service continues to be WAY OVERPRICED! 50MB for
>> $39.99...you have to be kidding!
>
> They have a high quality service [much higher than T-Mobile], established
> corporate demand, so it seems they can charge this kind of money for 50MB of
> data.

"We have all the supply so we can demand whatever the %^&$ we want."

Verizon's date offerings are higher quality than those from Sprint, AT&T
and T-Mobile so they can charge more. Actually AT&T charges about the
same, despite having less 3G coverage, though they have announced an
expansion of 3G that, when complete, will put them about equal to
Verizon in coverage. The problem for Sprint and T-Mobile is that while
they can roam for voice, AT&T and Verizon have thus far not allowed 3G
data roaming. So unless you can live with the coverage limitations of
Sprint and T-Mobile, which will not be solved for a very long time, if
ever, you're stuck with paying for the higher quality product.

People complain about Verizon's prices for voice and for data, but
Verizon still signs up the most new retail contract customers, by a
large margin, every quarter. Obviously a lot of customers are willing to
pay a slightly higher price for the higher quality.