Verizon Launches New Prepaid Service
Feb 21, 2005, 10:03 AM by (staff)
Verizon Wireless today launched INpulse, the company's new prepaid wireless service. Available today, the service offers unlimited calling to other Verizon Wireless customers, as well as unlimited domestic night calling (after 9 PM,) for a flat rate of 99 cents per day. Daytime calls to non-Verizon customers cost 10 cents per minute. Calls to Canada and Mexico cost an extra 20 cents per minute; other countries cost an extra 50 cents per minute. Prepaid airtime expires at varying intervals depending on the value purchased. The service is available with two phones: the Kyocera KX 414 for $99.99, and the LG VX 3200 for $129.99. Each comes with $50 worth of airtime.
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It's no Go Phone.
They mask the marketing claiming it's for youth or whatever, but frankly it's for people who do not meet credit standards. Youth and minorities.
How much is anyone willing to wager they come out with a brochure in espanol?
This service is much more expensive then standard prepay. They make almost regular monthly revenue, requiring a top up almost every monthly cycle.
Definitly if they want a credit card.
Which, by the way Cingular does too now. Their new Go Phone REQUIRES a credit card. They will not do cash payments anymore. Why? Because they want promised revenue every month.
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What is it that you got against verizon wireless???, you just can understand they have the best reliable wireless network, anyways I agree this prepaid plan is a litlle expensive,
and it is no gophone, you wish!! This plan is way better than...
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How much is anyone willing to wager they come out with a brochure in espanol?
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yo like every brochure we have has a spanish verison.
This is so the people at the verizon store can offer something to people who want a plan and have no credit...
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hot_md_guy said:Come on down to North Cuba where everything's in two languages.
How much is anyone willing to wager they come out with a brochure in espanol?
Other carriers?
And here go more customers to postpaid
Sure, thats probably what Verizon wants. However prepaid should be for those people who don't want large monthly bills (which this in effect is). I for one will NOT be changing my moms current prepaid over to the new system. I'd be out 30 bux a month, and shed never use it, whereas now i put 15 in each month, and she now has over 20 hours of talktime accrued.
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Do a research on them 😉
Juggling act?
Other carriers do a similar thing with multiple prepaid offerings.
Watch for some of the other prepaid companies to respond with new offerings of their own.