@zhadj030wrote:
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Unless it is 35 dollars for either 5-6 GB then I will just look at it laught and pass on .
That would be nice but doubtful. The telcos want people to spend more not less. Maybe 6GB $45. Least they raised another $5.
I totally understand where you are coming from, but if they are able to provide 60$ for 10 GB why not half it . 35 (sure 40) and 5 (why not 6)GB since we know that within 9 months, the price will rise as well .
Some people say Koodo never raised the prices before, then PM was the same until they started raising everyone's plans
@zhadj030 10GB Data might not happen again
Holiday $60/10GB price war not likely to happen again: Analyst The promo price period was "more costly than expected" for industry, writes Barclays analyst By Rose BeharFEB 21, 20182:32 PM EST0 COMMENTS While consumers cherished the $60/10GB promo price war that occurred this past December, Barclays analyst Phillip Huang wrote in a note to clients that he doesn’t believe it will happen again soon. The promo period was “more costly than expected” for industry due to high churn rates and a “repricing of the base” after a significant chunk of customers gained a much lower-than-usual monthly rate. “We believe it is less likely to recur in the foreseeable future,” wrote Huang, in a report on the takeaways from meetings with BCE president and CEO George Cope in Toronto last week. The analyst further stated that for BCE — the parent company of Bell — the wireless growth of Shaw-owned Freedom Mobile is “unlikely to impact any of the major markets to warrant such a costly competitive response.” Recent quarterly earning reports show Bell won the promo face-off, with 175,000 wireless postpaid subscriber additions. Telus, meanwhile, gained 121,000 subscribes and Rogers, the carrier that kicked off the sale, only gained 72,000 due to systems issues. Freedom, the carrier that started it all with its Big Gig plans, has not reported specific numbers but has noted that the promo war led to “record disconnects.” While the promotions may have been effective in that sense, Barclays believes wireless performance for the Big Three over the coming quarters will depend more on their ability to “maintain pricing discipline” as they compete with a strengthening fourth player, rather than Shaw’s actual strategy. In short, the Big Three will do well if they don’t get spooked over a potential threat, while keeping prices at the level they are now. Further dismissing Freedom Mobile’s threat, Huang reports that “Shaw’s ascensions in wireless will likely take longer than Videotron did in Quebec.” This is because Shaw doesn’t benefit from a network sharing agreement with a Big Three player, as Videotron does with Rogers — this means it will take longer to attain service quality. Shaw also must consider potential retaliation to its cable division by Telus, notes Huang, which now has fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) reaching across Shaw’s major markets, which Videotron didn’t initially face at launch. Still, Huang admits that Shaw has a much greater opportunity in wireless in comparison to Videotron, since Freedom covers nearly three times the population in provinces where cell phone bills are much higher than Quebec — Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/02/21/holiday-60-10gb-price-war-not-likely-to-happen-again-analyst/?utm...
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