http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2008/08/blow-up-rich Ben Hyde Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:26:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2008/08/blow-up-rich/comment-page-1#comment-1048 James Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:25 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/?p=1746#comment-1048 I guess the micropayments based on minutes in Africa work on prepaid plans? In Australia plans have a minimum spend in dollars, so you can spend it all on just sms or just voice or whatever, with the rates improving the more you commit to spend each month. There's also cap plans, which offer a much greater value (eg $30 gets $140 of value) and surprisingly don't have exorbitant per-minute pricing. Maybe they work by DTR, but in any case the huge number of plans in general isn't conducive to informed choice - I know there are companies that will find the cheapest plan for you, for a fee of course. I guess the micropayments based on minutes in Africa work on prepaid plans? In Australia plans have a minimum spend in dollars, so you can spend it all on just sms or just voice or whatever, with the rates improving the more you commit to spend each month. There’s also cap plans, which offer a much greater value (eg $30 gets $140 of value) and surprisingly don’t have exorbitant per-minute pricing. Maybe they work by DTR, but in any case the huge number of plans in general isn’t conducive to informed choice – I know there are companies that will find the cheapest plan for you, for a fee of course.

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