Subject: Re: [NEXTEL-1] Nextel tests AUTOMATED RIP-OFF plan

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 15:39:16 -0400

The wording in this particular presser seems to imply it is an option,
but all  other pressers don't seem to mention this. I agree if it is an
OPTION I can call off the dogs www.consumerwatchdog.org But with Nextel the Devil is in the details.
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From: FTCR [email-masked]
Thu 8:18 PM

Subject:
  Re: NEXTEL-1 Nextel tests AUTOMATED RIP-OFF plan
     To: [email-masked]

Dear Friend:

Thank you for writing to the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
(FTCR)..................yada, yada, yada

Dave Warren wrote:

> As long as this is an optional feature, I don't see the basis for a
> lawsuit. At the same time, having worked in the telco industry and
> received hundreds of "Oh my god I went way over my minutes, why didn't
> somebody tell me you have a better plan" type calls (mostly in the LD
> arena, but it's generally no different then cell phones plans), many
> of our customers would have welcomed such a system. --
> Dave Warren,
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>      From: [email-masked]
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>      Subject: Re: [NEXTEL-1] Nextel tests AUTOMATED RIP-OFF plan
>        Nextel tests AUTOMATED RIP-OFF plan
>
>      Here is the foundation for the next consumer LAWSUIT against
>      Nextel.
>
>      Imagine if you go over your plan by 5 Mins and Nextel bumps
>      you up to the next plan
>      that cost $20 more!
>
>      Of course the presser fails to spell out all the details,
>      but I hope your "Overage" must exceed the cost of moving to
>      the next tier.
>      But then again this is Nextel-
>
>      The Consumer Watch Dog
>
>      [email-masked]
>
>      www.consumerwatchdog.org
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>
>      [email-masked] wrote:
>
>     > Nextel tests flexible plans in some markets
>     > Wednesday April 28, 8:24 pm ET
>     >
>     > NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) - Nextel Communications Inc.
>     > (NasdaqNM:NXTL
>     > - News) said on Wednesday it has begun testing a more
>     > flexible way of
>     > charging for its mobile phone services with an aim to keep
>     > existing
>     > customers and attract new subscribers.
>     > Reston, Virginia-based Nextel is
>     > letting customers who talk for more
>     > time than allowed in their monthly
>     > service plans, automatically upgrade
>     > to a costlier plan with more minutes
>     > -- in a small number of markets, Nextel spokeswoman Audrey
>     > Schaefer
>     > said.
>     >
>     > This option means that talkative
>     > customers would pay a set amount
>     > extra if they go over the agreed
>     > minutes and avoid the
>     > unpredictability of expensive
>     > per-minute charges that kick in
>     > when subscribers talk for longer
>     > than expected.
>     >
>     > Bear Stearns analyst Philip Cusick said in a research note
>     > that the plan
>     > was in line with efforts by other phone companies to raise
>     > revenue from
>     > recurring rather than one-off charges.
>     >
>     > Sprint Corp.'s (NYSE:FON - News) wireless business plans
>     > to make a
>     > rate-structure change in a similar direction in the middle
>     > of May,
>     > Cusick said.
>     >
>     > Sprint declined to comment on Wednesday. But the company
>     > said it would
>     > soon introduce a new wireless offer when it reported its
>     > earnings last
>     > week.
>     >
>     > In a similar spirit, Cingular Wireless, a venture of
>     > BellSouth (NYSE:BLS
>     > - News) and SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC - News), lets
>     > customers carry
>     > over spare minutes into the next month if they have not
>     > used up their
>     > minute allowance in a given month.
>     >
>     > Expansion of the Nextel plan to its entire network would
>     > depend on
>     > issues such as customer popularity and the effect on
>     > revenue per user,
>     > Schaefer said.
>     >
>     > Nextel's stock was down 27 cents or 1.1 percent at $24.76
>     > in Nasdaq
>     > trading on Wednesday.
>     >
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