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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Globalstar Telecommunications Limited GSAT
GSAT 58.82+16.4%11:27 AM EST
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To: dougjn who wrote (138)11/11/1997 3:25:00 PM
From: Bill Lin  Read Replies (1) of 29987
 
doug,

i'm just a lurker with no stake in either I* or G*, but i think there is already a format in which your calling charge question can be overlayed.

1. your phone is linked to a fixed location (home or business)
2. charge inside the zone radius are at at fixed or metered rate
3. outside your radius, you get "roaming" charges. so calls made out of this area you get charged extra. Potentially many roaming zones outside of US, but probably only 4 in US (time zones).
4. call within your radius to foreign country will obviously be a long distance call. probably no surcharge, since you are within iyour radius, and your monthly fee/annual fee should cover it.

Whether I* or G*, the pricing plan must be simple and straight forward. Customer backlash from complicated pricing schemes are visible with the Sprint/ATT/MCI long distance battle, and with One, and ATI, and GTE cell phone pricing schemes *750 min for $79.95 per month.

overoptimized pricing schemes often connotate excess returns for the provider. Consumers know this, and like single pricing plans (Saturn pricing vs. GM option pricing plans)

So, look at it from a simplistic point of view. Maybe initially it wont be, but customer preference will make it so.

hope it helps.

BL
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