Here is a simpler analysis of post paid plans between bmobile/TSTT
(http://www.bmobile.co.tt/) and Digicel (http://www.digiceltt.com/)
instead of the confusing, long "independent" post paid report on
bmobile's site. Are the observations valid? Also a question : how are
rollover minutes handled with bmobile and Digicel?

Dev T


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* Digicel’s postpaid packages comes with pre bundled minutes which can
be used to call Digicel, fixed lines. A call to bmobile costs 1.22/1.40
(noVAT/withVAT). Checking voicemail does NOT use your pre-bundled minutes.

* bmobile’s postpaid packages comes with pre bundled minutes which can
be used to call Digicel, fixed and bmobile lines. Checking voicemail
DOES use your pre-bundled minutes.


Monthly cost Bundled Rate/min Bundled
(noVAT/withVAT) Minutes (noVAT/withVAT) SMS
Digicel Postpaid 120 82.61/95 120 0.69/0.79 50
Digicel Postpaid 240 160.87/185 240 0.67/0.77 75
Digicel Postpaid 360 221.74/255 360 0.62/0.71 100

bmobile basic 75.00/86.25 100 0.75/0.86 30
bmobile bonus 140.00/161 200 0.70/0.80 30
bmobile beyond 260.00/299 400 0.65/0.75 30


Observations :

- Digicel is cheaper if you're only calling other Digicel phones
and fixed lines.

- Digicel is not cheaper if you call many bmobile customers.
If your call pattern is to call a bmobile customer for
long periods of time (e.g your friend, family member, relative
or significant other), it would be cheaper to get a Digicel
cell for that bmobile user.

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