Pay-Per-Minute or Addon for Talk

[PowerLemons]

Hi Public Mobile,

There should be a Pay-Per-Minute rate or an Addon pack for talk.

At this moment with Public Mobile, it's either Unlimited Talk, or No Talk at all. A lot of people, including most younger individuals, only use their smartphones for texting and data, with calling being rarely done.

For me, I don't talk enough on mobile to justify getting Unlimited Talk for $20 a month. I still want to get Unlimited Texting and 1GB of Data for $35 a month, and some (non-expiring!) minutes in an addon or a pay-per-minute rate just in-case I need to voice call.

Every single carrier in this country only offers "Talk", "Talk & Text", and "Talk, Text, and Data", in a generation where people communicate by text, and not talk.

Offering us an option for "Minimal-to-Some Talk" instead of either "Unlimited Talk" or "No Talk. Period." in addition to the "Unlimited Texting & 1GB of Data for $35" package will allow a lot of people to justify switching to Public Mobile.

Original Thread: http://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Plans-Add-Ons/Pay-Per-Minute-or-Addon-for-Talk/m-p/195...

Regards,

Minh

[PowerLemons]

A Public Mobile Staff member bravo'd this idea. Talk Addon Hype!

[chukdefatey]

Don't get too excited they haven't implemented a single idea from the lab other the tri-sim card

[Luddite]

I think infrequent callers would benefit more from a calling allowance from the $10/mo fee; say 20 minutes Canada wide. Then  the "minimalist" plan would be $10 plan fee + $10 texting = $20 per 30 days. Plus any Data Add On BUT NO Long Distance Add On allowed.

I agree will everyone who want this to remain completely prepaid so no accumulating charges are possible so that the only warning SMS's are to indicate Add Ons are almost depleted, or the account has been suspended for insufficient funds.

[PowerLemons]

I would get by with only 20 minutes of talk, and I know a lot of people that would use less than that. That, coupled with unlimited texting and 1GB of data for $35 a month, and it will capture a lot of people.

There should still be talk addons for the kind-of-frequent caller, but 20 minutes of talk included with every plan would be icing on the cake.

Whether or not that would be viable for Public Mobile is for them to decide. We will still be happy with talk addon packs 🙂

[makkahn28]

NAH, Got better Proposition:

For Prov-Wide Limited Talk, $8 for 400 Mins, $13 for Unlimited Prov-Wide Talk

Canada-Wide Talk, $15 for 2-400 Mins, $20 for Unlimited Canada-Wide Talk

Prov-Wide Text, $7, 

Canada-Wide Text, $10

Global Text and MMS Text, $15

Fair, 50/50, or 20/20, Unbiased, Unprejudiced, the Same Chances We all have, FAIR.

Not TOO Cheap, Not TOO Expensive

JUST RRIIIGGGHHHHTTTTTT

[makkahn28]

If PM did example adopt that, Then Mr. Data can also use a Little Adjustment too

250 MB, $5

500 MB, $8

750 MB, $13

1 Gig, $16 

2 Gig, $20 

2.5 Gig, $25

3 Gig, $30

3.5 Gig, $35

4 Gig, $40

4.5 Gig, $45

5 Gig, $50

6 Gig, $60

This would be For the Data Plans, NOT Add-On Data

[makkahn28]

Add-On Data:

200 MB, $8

500 MB, $12

800 MB, $16

1 Gig, $19

1.5 Gig, $24

2 Gig, $30

That would be the Add-On data options that would Make sense

And Data would Not Expire, But Partner up till the VERY LAST BYTE is all Gobbled Up

Now that's a Spicy Byte'a Ball

[PowerLemons]

@makkahn28 It's probably better to leave the prices for PM to decide. They're still a business owned by people from Telus/Koodo, so they will set prices at whatever is financially viable for them. We should only suggest products and services that they could implement to capture more customers, not run their business 🙂

[makkahn28]

@PowerLemons, I am only Suggesting, NOT Ordering

This Suggestion is meant to help PM in discovering what Makes Sense.

Now, Who knows what PM has in Mind

But, at very least Fees Right Now are a Bit Steep

And, I would NOT suggest Cheap Prices per Say, Or Super Expensive

Somewhere in the Median would be Fair

[zakhan78]

Unlimited talk only is too expensive in $30+tax, it should be $15+tax to attract more customer base.