Your thoughts on Millenicom...
I've been investigating data plans. While Verizon is on the short list, Millenicom is now showing up as a possibility. From what I know, cost is about the same, there are no contracts and coverage i...
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Wintersun - My 3 month old Millenicom 4620LE has an antenna jack.
As far as 'why', my understanding is that Millenicom, and several other resellers out there such as Wal-Mart's Straight Talk, are buying and reselling Verizon's and Sprint's network extra capacity. Better to get some return on investment as opposed to none, I suppose.
I do not know how many customers Millenicom has compared to Verizon, but I'll bet there's a pretty wide gap between the two.
And to date, I do not see where there is any smoke and mirrors by Millenicom. I pay my $70 every month and they provide the needed service. No problems.
I know the next question will be about what happens when their networks reach the saturation point. No answer for that one. Maybe they will always have some certain percentage of 'extra' capacity as a safety level, just in case. So will always have some to sell.
As far as 'why', my understanding is that Millenicom, and several other resellers out there such as Wal-Mart's Straight Talk, are buying and reselling Verizon's and Sprint's network extra capacity. Better to get some return on investment as opposed to none, I suppose.
I do not know how many customers Millenicom has compared to Verizon, but I'll bet there's a pretty wide gap between the two.
And to date, I do not see where there is any smoke and mirrors by Millenicom. I pay my $70 every month and they provide the needed service. No problems.
I know the next question will be about what happens when their networks reach the saturation point. No answer for that one. Maybe they will always have some certain percentage of 'extra' capacity as a safety level, just in case. So will always have some to sell.
