Best Buy is launching its own wireless broadband service - Best Buy Connect?
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On top of offering a no-contract option, there will also provide1-year and 2-year contracted plans. We've seen how AT&T decided to ditch “unlimited data” plans from their arsenal, but everyone knows that it essentially means having a maximum cap of 5GB per month. For the no-contract option, there will be three plans to side with – $29.99 per month for a 250MB plan, $39.99 for 500MB, and $59.99 for a 5GB cap. Interestingly enough, the prices are the same for both the 1-year and 2-year contract options with monthly pricing being exact except for the omission of the 250MB plan. Finally, there are early termination fees applied to both contracted plans – $175 for the 2-year and $125 for the 1-year, but there is none obviously for the no-contract route. It's speculated that Best Buy Connect will run off of Sprint's network – which is evident seeing the pricing they offer closely matches the carrier. It'll be interesting to see how this takes off, especially when a retailer decides to take the plunge into the wireless market on their own. Do we hear cell phones down the road?
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8 Comments
1. som posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:47 0 0
Data plan $60 for 5GB per month it is a Bad Buy Connect, I stick with TMOBILE unlimited data plan $30/month.
2. jskrenes posted on 26 Jun 2010, 21:41 0 0
Not terribly revolutionary. I'd like to see a 2 GB plan for $39.99/mo. That might shake things up a bit.
3. BlackberryUser posted on 26 Jun 2010, 22:28 0 0
I'm guessing this will run over the Sprint / Clear WiMax before long...
8. pattypatterson posted on 29 Jun 2010, 09:56 0 0
there was some speculation awhile back that sprint had a deal with walmart to put 4g towers on top of their buildings which makes me wonder if possibly sprint is allowing best buy to roam off their network in exchange for these towers to be built on all of their locations
5. theman414 posted on 27 Jun 2010, 10:09 0 0
This could get intersting if Bestbuy jumps into wireless.. Competition is always good for the consumer!
6. remixfa posted on 27 Jun 2010, 16:15 0 0
competition is great. this isnt competition. this is running off sprints network with sprints plan. its a fake option really. its just selling sprint service under best buy's name. not that there's really anything wrong with that, but it does nothing for competition.
7. NemesisDesignz posted on 28 Jun 2010, 03:35 0 0
well if Best Buy ends up running on Sprint/Clearwire there will also be competition with Comcast... as Comcast is rolling out HighSpeed2Go using Sprint/Clearwire 3G/4G bundled with home internet...
