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What a deal!

I'm sitting with Jim in a Starbucks right now, doing a bit of work on our Joint Top Secret Mega Programming Project.

We're both hooked into the T-Mobile WiFi HotSpot, and while signing in, I saw an ad on the T-Mobile HotSpot page that was too funny not to share:

Unlimited access starts as low as $29.99 per month.

So, if I already have unlimited access, then why would I want to pay more? I mean, if “[u]nlimited access starts as low as $29.99 per month,” then what in the hell else can they give me if I spend more money?

Unlimited + 1?

After Blog Mint [?] :

If you're looking for something cool and nerdy to do, then check out the .NET Go Mobility Roadshow - it's coming to Portland (and a city near you).

Published Monday, September 20, 2004 6:35 PM by Rory

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paul said:

That’s better then “YOUR AD HERE”, it also could aid creative accounts to right off an expense and at the same time claim a revenue for an ad placement.
September 20, 2004 6:54 PM
 

Matt Hawley said:

"what in the hell else can they give me if I spend more money?"

- More bandwidth?
- Static IP?
- Allow Web Hosting?
September 20, 2004 6:58 PM
 

Ralph Loizzo said:

"For $10.00 a month more, you receive through your internet connection a free stapled pig."

(seems like I always get these weird price/deal combos - for more money, get free)
September 20, 2004 7:14 PM
 

Rory said:

Matt -

1. It's already unlimited.

2. It's a WiFi HotSpot - a static IP wouldn't do me any good

3. Again, it's a WiFi HotSpot - not exactly a good place to be hosting a web site.
September 20, 2004 7:14 PM
 

Matt Hawley said:

Touche, but it would be cool if you could bring your home server in, hide it in the corner and setup your own server. However, what I meant for bandwidth, was up/down speed.
September 20, 2004 7:23 PM
 

Chance said:

Unlimited++
September 20, 2004 10:46 PM
 

bliz said:

Unlimited#
September 21, 2004 12:52 AM
 

Ian said:

You only get unlimited # if you use T-Mobile Amsterdam..
September 21, 2004 1:10 AM
 

Carl Franklin said:

Great Show this week, Mr. B
September 21, 2004 2:03 AM
 

Paul Sainsbury said:

You said: "check out the .NET Go Mobility Roadshow - it's coming to Portland (and a city near you)"

No way! You're coming to South Africa? Really? ... Which cities? I'd prefer it if you came to Johannesburg, but Pretoria is also good.

Hrm... Just checked the site and South Africa is not on the list. *sob* How could you lie to me like that? *sob*

:-P I guess I'll have to wait a few/many months/years before MS South Africa does something similar...
September 21, 2004 7:16 AM
 

mat said:

September 21, 2004 9:35 AM
 

Sean said:

As fun as this conversation is, it just the price of commiting to a year. It costs more if you commit to less time.
September 21, 2004 12:58 PM
 

Mark said:

Is that like... "save up to 50% and more..."
September 21, 2004 3:47 PM
 

Aaron Toponce said:

Isn't this the same thing as bajillion (the largest number you can think of + 1) in your Colorado post?

For $29.99 / month, you get unlimiited access.
For $34.99 / month, you get infinity access.
For $39.99 / month, you get bajillion access.
September 21, 2004 5:20 PM
 

Justin said:

I'd say it would be something like faster speed. 256/56 as opposed to 128/64 maybe?

Then again your wireless card might not even be able to keep up the speed with forty other people sharing the bandwith with you and end up being on dial up again.
September 21, 2004 11:28 PM
 

Shannon J Hager said:

"As low as" means that if you buy in bulk, you can get it for that price.

So if you buy a year of unlimited access and pay for it in one bulk payment, you can get it for $29.99 a month. If you buy 1 month at a time, you pay $34.99 plus a 1-time set-up fee of $99.99 or something.
September 22, 2004 4:46 AM
 

Josh said:

I guess they need to specify "what" has no limit. In this case, they mean "time". Your time is unlimited.
You bandwidth, however, IS limited. But you can pay more for better bandwidth.
So, is that false advertising?

Ok, never mind all that. I'm guessing you weren't really looking for an explanation. Yes, that is a pretty funny ad.
September 22, 2004 9:49 PM
 

Foolish Jordan said:

But wait - you forgot to mention that it's a minimum 12 month contract, so they should really call it $358.88/year.
September 23, 2004 2:07 PM
 

Anonymous said:

Coding in public is like having sex in public. I like doing both. <kidding>
September 24, 2004 9:29 PM
 

TrackBack said:

What's bigger than unlimited?
September 21, 2004 8:23 AM
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