I am not endorsing T-Mobile in any way, and considering their overall level of competence, you might do better to consider yourself lucky you have any connectivity at all.
Nonetheless, the solution Frank Keeney offered should enable you to do what you want without bothering the provider.
Jo3
Mike Outmesguine wrote:
If a company wants to endure profitably, maintaining customers is the key.
Monopoloies can get away with treating their customers poorly. Take the history of software licenses. The end-user license used to be per-user. I could buy one copy of Microsoft Office in 1993 and use it on all computers in my house since I was the only user. Now, I need to buy multiple copies of MS Office - one for each computer, including the ones I use once a month. That's not what the customer wants, but they got away with it.
Moving to per-CPU licensing was possible for Microsoft because of the market dominance outweighing customer desire. T-Mobile currently has market dominance despite the minimal customer usage. Currently, customers are not the prime motivator in their space.
But if/when another provider rival T-mobile's coverage, you can bet the customer will be right. Then you will see new options to fit customer needs. (Remember when cell phones didn't let you add another line without a whole new contract and another $40 per month? Now you can get 5 phones on the same contract for the same $40 or less.)
If you want their business, the customer is always right.
-Mike O.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Crudup Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Tmobile Hotspot
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, sean bonner wrote:
Their business model isn't my problem. They need to figure out a way for their subscribers to be able to use their services in a way that works for each subscriber. It's not up to me to jump through hoops, I'm paying them, it's up to them to make me happy.
Please. The customer is *not* "always right". Perhaps you need to find a provider who *will* let you do what you want, instead of wanting your fringe-end-of-the-usage-model needs to be addressed?
-Kenny
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