Comments on: Zer01 Mobile launches nationwide

By: Well Well

Well Well — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:19:05 +0000

Well well… where are we now? Aug 27th.. Anybody still backing this joke of a company still?

By: jz

jz — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:09:37 +0000

In response to the post about Zer01 buying the rights to 2100 MHz frequency – I have read articles on the web stating that they have not bought or are not leasing any 2100 MGz frequency. It also states that T-Mobile and AT&T say they do not have a business relationship with Zer01. So how are they going to provide nation wide coverage? Check out the article at http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072009-zer01s-mobile-offer-may-be.html?page=1

I really think that this company is a scam and the people running it are idiots. Everything they say to the media is a lie (when they even respond to any questions). Do they think that no one is going to do the research to see if they actually own a patent or bandwidth, etc?

By: scamalert

scamalert — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:44:03 +0000

This whole thing stink to almighty.. if you want to see the phone.. you cannot.. if you want to see the corp office in Vegas.. its a mostly empty bldg in Vegas.. If you want be a distributor.. you have to sign up.. the MULTI BILLION dollar company cannot to debit/credit card transactions anymore.. so they want the new ppl to sign up ACH.. direct account transfers.

It looks to me like zer01 is going to be ALL AT&T.. since the “borrowed” AT&Ts coverage map for their website..

By: Charliedee

Charliedee — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:36:22 +0000

They will use GSM cell phone to cell tower, than go internet via 2100MHZ HSPD to the inbound telephone line. The speed is gain by tri-band 3.5G 1700/1900/2100 MHz /HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps download / HSUPA 2 Mbps upload / UMTS 384Kb/s data rate. The hsdpa (high speed Data Packets and hsupa when combine are know as HSPA. High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is an enhanced 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, also coined 3.5G or 3G+, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity. Current HSDPA deployments support down-link speeds of 1.8, 3.6, 7.2 and 14.0 Mbit/s. Further speed increases are available with HSPA+, which provides speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s downlink.[1] The backbone of thier system will use 2100 MHz, its so strong that the submarines use it and the navy uses it on its ships because it penetrates the steal hulls and penetrates from underwater.

By: meeee

meeee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:34:46 +0000

The real deal supposedly launched over a week ago…. I sure haven’t seen any one raving about it. Even more, I haven’t even seen a place that can actually tell you what is going on……

By: paul

paul — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:08:00 +0000

PERVASIP HAS THE TECHNOLOGY VOIP FOR ZER01! THEIR SHARES WILL SOAR IF THEIR MOBILE TECH IS AS GOOD AS THEIR LANDLINE VOIP!1

By: paul

paul — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:05:57 +0000

i can absolutely tell you zer01 is the real deal! ive had PERVASIP S LANDLINE VOIP FOR A YEAR AND ITS NEVER EVER CRASHED! if their mobile is as good, its game over! pvsp s shares will soar!!

By: meeee

meeee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:29 +0000

I’m still puzzled over the entire operation. Zer01 is the company that is developing and providing the service to MVNO’s. Their site is very crappy for a company who has invested (did I read?) billions into this company. Zer01’s website has very little information, IMO. For a service this revolutionary they need to provide LOTS of details so that they can win over their projected 10% market share. Furthermore, they Zero01 has links to BuzzirkMobile on their site as a partner/MVNO. However, Buzzirk claims they have an exclusive agreement with Zer01 for the technology in one place and then they claim they have an exlusive agreement as a MVNE in another place. On top of that, CNET reports that the spokesperson for Zer01 said TODAY that they will be announcing additional distributor agreements in the coming weeks???? Wait, I thought Buzzirk had a exclusive agreement?

Here is the link to the CNET article:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10277712-1.html

Here is a link to GlobalVerge’s(aka Buzzirk Mobile’s) support area where they state they have an exclusive sales contact and marketing rights:
http://www.globalvergesupport.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=55&nav=0,8

Continuing, Buzzirk is being promoted via GlovalVerge which is a “direct marketing” company. From my investigations GlobalVerge is just one big MLM scheme. At this point, Buzzirk and Zer01 are going to have to do some serious PR work to win my trust. I mean, come on, buying cellular service from a MLM/pyramid scheme?

Next, the pricing confusion…. Zer01 says its going to 69.95 per month in one spot and then they say its going to be 79.95 in another. For a company that has spent “billions” pricing/marketing should have fit in that budget somewhere. And…..don’t let 79.95 seem like that’s all this service cost. Zer01 says a $30 activation fee will apply. Buzzirk says the activation fee is “TBD.”

Now, onto release dates. It says July 1st was the launch date nationwide. How come there is absolutely no where you can purchase the service? Even Buzzirk does not have a signup system yet. However, Buzzirk “has a strong and growing customer base along with a positive cash flow operation.” Already? They already have a strong and growing customer base but you can’t get the service yet… and they don’t know what the activation fee will be.

Okay, one more thing and then I promise to shut up. All this confusion over the coverage areas and who the data plans are provided by…? All I’ve seen anyone mention is AT&T. According to Buzzirk (who is likely an unreliable source) their “setvice works anywhere where ATT and Tmobile work in US and Rogers in CA Internet as well.” (quoted directly from http://www.globalvergesupport.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=26&nav=0,8 ) So…. T-Mobile, AT&T, and Rodgers????? More confusion.

I would suggest everyone do a little investigation before “jumping on the bandwagon.” While I hope the service does extraordinarily well, there are just too many questionable points. If I made mistakes or misquoted anything, please correct me.

By: tk-093

tk-093 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:51:36 +0000

Billions of dollars spent? Riiiiiiight.

SCAM ALERT!

By: BvB

BvB — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:46:04 +0000

I was approached by a person at my cellphone repair store attempting to get me involved in a MLM…(pyramid scheme) involving this service. His promotional material was exactly what is stated on the Buzzirk Wireless webpage. He was upset when I questioned the 180mbs data speed and he insured me it was just technology no one knows about. I began asking simple questions like why the promotional material was just a BW copy of plain text and why the website of a company that had invested billions of dollars was so horrible and the list gos on and on. Sounds like a scam to me. I would love to hear from someone who knows how this would work instead of someone that already bought into the pyramid scheme themselves just copying text.

By: Lane

Lane — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:14:49 +0000

One of the keys here is that the service is prepaid, no contracts. That is huge, and it means that the service really does cost $79.95, instead of $1,918.80, which is what the plan would cost from other carriers on a two-year contract. Bravo to the investors for trying this out.

By: celz

celz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:09:32 +0000

and i do concour i have tried skype over a solid sprint connection and it was bad at best.. how this will work on a us gsm carrier is beyond me..

By: celz

celz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:01:21 +0000

@ melmac im on sprint and i have a sero plan.. they are hard to get nowadays sprint stopped offically offering them 6 months or so ago.. but you can buy them from people for about 150 or fadangle your way thru retentions or cs and get one.. check sprintusers.com they helped me alot.. i have 500 mins on a touch pro for 30 bucks and 1250 mins on a sammy m520 for 50 with unl everything and nights at 7.. all i kno is i pay 80 plus tax and never check mins, data, or text for overage.. i used to get my 15 percent corporate discount on top of this til sprint fixed their cs an they said hell naw lol i couldnt come up with an argument.. the rep said you do know sprint is a for profit business right lol i had to cave

By: bk

bk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:39:51 +0000

Since all connectivity is through data there will be reduced coverage since there are plenty of more rural areas that do not offer good data coverage (if at all).

By: Anonymous - JM

Anonymous - JM — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:17:19 +0000

I have inside knowledge about the company (I am not employed by them, this is not an official statement from the company). The article is severely understating what it is. Zer01 spent many, many billions of dollars on this. This is a high bandwidth fiber optic GSM data carrier not a reseller. The actual available prices are, $79.95 domestic (which also includes calls to several countries, when the calls are made from the USA, will be at least 5 countries that I know of, in a fairly short amount of time). $89.95 ($10 bucks more) for international calling to 40 countries (also, when the calls originate from the USA). Here comes one of the good parts, the rates include all taxes and fees. No contracts. They have unlimited everything. Certain phone models will be able to stream HD out to your HDTV. It also includes tethering to your computer for free high-speed internet. It also includes 6-way video conferencing on supported phones. Zer01 also bought the rights during the recent TV transition for the 2100MHz frequency, allowing them to have data speeds of up to 180megabits per second it’s called 3G+ (I don’t known real world speed). They have a lot of proprietary technology that allows them greater speed than everyone else, even on the other carriers networks (the phones check once every millisecond for the best possible signal). No data caps or acceptable use policies (truly unlimited). If you are a independent distributor you get $10 per customer, per month, for life. My phone will be free. There is so much more it would take me over an hour to type it all. Cell phone access will not be available to the public until they are done training the distributors, current word is absolutely not earlier than August 15th. I will be using it by the end of the month. One more thing, they are so confident in their service that all the phones they sell are unlocked. They have many phones and brands that will be available fairly soon (not right away at launch). They are also working with manufactures on designing new cell phones with technologies in them that could never have been supported before on other networks. I almost forgot the service is called Buzzirk Mobile (they provide the phones). The distribution part is handled by Global Verge I would provide you with a link to my distributor site with all of the info, but I think that would be inappropriate. So find your local Buzzirk Mobile Independent Distributor. This will not be available in stores (unless we personally sell it to private cell phone stores). The official site doesn’t have all of the information yet because it is not yet open to the public, so watch for updates and nicer sites. Here is the official link for the, fairly plain, pre-launch Buzzirk mobile site.

http://www.buzzirkmobile.com

By: Agent Smith

Agent Smith — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:44:29 +0000

This is the dumbest idea I’ve ever seen. VoIP over EDGE? We know how crap AT&T’s 3G network is – holy crap. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I can’t stop laughing.

I give this company 6 months before they go under from being idiots.

By: melmac

melmac — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:01:34 +0000

Uh, celz, do share what network that is on and how you got that deal.

By: skyboxer

skyboxer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:44:13 +0000

This will match up with Blackberry’s upcoming 8520 nicely. Of course they need to get busy on writing the software for that platform but I could see some people going this route.

By: D.

D. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:26:33 +0000

@5th

yeah, we’re ok here, at the at&t, still gonna get your money;) “on ATT’s network”

By: ncswerve

ncswerve — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:03:36 +0000

Its not MVNO. They don’t resell airtime. They have their own software and just use AT&T to piggyback their data.

By: Keemz

Keemz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:46:49 +0000

This Zer01 mobile people look fony to me, 1st of all they never return phone calls. 2nd of all, how can the main website not have the details on how to suscribe to their services. These and many more reasons scare me about these guys
I was very anxious when i heard about them from CLark Haward from CNN, but now…i’m scared to give them a try

By: Truman

Truman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:34:43 +0000

And then it said, “on ATT’s network” … pfff

By: reltm

reltm — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:06:52 +0000

Why would voice over a data connection be any worse than voice over a regular cell connection? Doesn’t a cell phone essentially convert voice signal to a data-equivalent connection anyway?

By: celz

celz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:35:12 +0000

im cool i have two phones, 1750 mins, nights at 7pm, unl data, text, and mms.. and i can tether all i want.. for eighty bucks… i thought about goin unl but this is cheaper and i get two phones

By: StevenGlansburg

StevenGlansburg — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:07:52 +0000

If they get the HERO fully functional, I’ll throw my iphone at the nearest apple store

By: 5th

5th — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:19:23 +0000

I wonder what will the crybabys at AT$T and VERI$ON WIRELE$$$ will do. im getting this and they can suck it.

By: melmac

melmac — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:45:11 +0000

If they get Android support…and seamless integration / full normal functionality on the handset…I’d be down. The price is right!

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:43:36 +0000

I think this could work as long as call quality is good. My experience so far with internet-based calling has been frustrating… What? What? I can’t understand you!?…

By: Mr. Hi-Definition

Mr. Hi-Definition — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:23:11 +0000

Eh, I think I’ll pass on this as I already have unlimited minutes, data, and messaging on T-Mobile for less than $90 a month…

Nice try though Zero01… I’m sure someone will find your services useful.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:54:16 +0000

Keep growing Zer01! You’ll be ready for prime-time in no time:)