Title: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: DeathAndTaxes on May 02, 2012, 06:58:44 PM If you currently are using prepaid cellphone/wireless/mobile broadband or planning to in the future would you be interested in a service which provides pin codes and RTR (real time recharge directly to phone #) paid for with Bitcoins?
Would you honestly use such a service? What if 1% of purchase price was donated to Bitcoin open source development team? Prices would be slightly below retail (i.e. $50 prepaid PIN or RTR would be $48 to $49 equivalent in BTC)? Pin codes would need block confirmation(s) but I think the risk of double spend is low enough on RTR to have them processed 0-confirm. Interested? Comments? Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: twobitcoins on May 02, 2012, 07:21:43 PM I think this is a good fit for Bitcoin. It seems like a risky business that could really benefit from Bitcoin's irreversibility. You could do it without collecting any identity information.
I would give your service a try as long as it is reasonably competitive with other discount sellers. Discounts of around 5% off of face value seem fairly common. By avoiding CC/PayPal fees you should have a better margin (though much lower volume for now unfortunately). Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: Yankee (BitInstant) on May 02, 2012, 07:26:18 PM We're working on a similar service as well ;D
320 Mobile Operators, 100 Countries Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: Indemnified on May 02, 2012, 09:59:26 PM I would use such a service if available in Canada for my Virgin Mobile prepaid.
Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: teste on May 02, 2012, 10:10:03 PM Yankee,
Brazil is included in the list of countries? Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: jwzguy on May 02, 2012, 10:12:06 PM Thumbs up to you guys.
Not a service I currently need, but with the way this country is going, I am overjoyed to see anything that protects what's left of people's privacy. Hope it is successful. Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: Yankee (BitInstant) on May 02, 2012, 10:13:51 PM Yankee, Brazil is included in the list of countries? Yes, Brazil: Claro Nextel Oi TIM Vivo Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: edd on May 02, 2012, 10:16:57 PM I've bought pre-paid mobile minutes before and will surely do so again and I would love if I could pay for it with bitcoins. I can't honestly say I would sign up for it immediately, but I can promise that I'd use it eventually.
Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: Stephen Gornick on May 02, 2012, 10:19:46 PM If you currently are using prepaid cellphone/wireless/mobile broadband or planning to in the future would you be interested in a service which provides pin codes and RTR (real time recharge directly to phone #) paid for with Bitcoins? PIN codes for U.S. carriers sold here: - http://www.btcbuy.info/CallingCards.cshtml - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=78050.0 Pin codes would need block confirmation(s) but I think the risk of double spend is low enough on RTR to have them processed 0-confirm. Yup, PIN codes are like a bearer negotiable instrument, so you'ld site pretty vulnerable the risk of a race attack or a Finney attack. Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: datafish on May 03, 2012, 05:11:06 AM I have the bitcoinwireless.com and bitcoinwireless.net domains. I would be willing to transfer them to a reputable member of the community if he/she were going to do something awesome with them. I also think this is a great idea. You should offer a selection of phones, too. It would provide the opportunity of having a completely anonymous phone service, with the ability to refill without going into a retail store.
Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: DeathAndTaxes on May 03, 2012, 03:48:16 PM I have the bitcoinwireless.com and bitcoinwireless.net domains. I would be willing to transfer them to a reputable member of the community if he/she were going to do something awesome with them. I also think this is a great idea. You should offer a selection of phones, too. It would provide the opportunity of having a completely anonymous phone service, with the ability to refill without going into a retail store. PM sent. Selling Phones is something I have considered however it will require holding (depreciating) inventory so I would want to see enough demand first but I agree that it would be a great idea. You could pay for phone, SIM card, and airtime all by BTC. Only phone & SIM need physical delivery and it could be anywhere you want. Prepaid wireless is really starting to reach parity with contracted plans. Google is selling the Galaxy Nexus (unlocked w/ no contract usable on 200 carriers globally) direct to consumers. https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=galaxy_nexus_hspa Simple Mobile (T-mobile reseller) offers unlimited plan for $40 a month. http://www.mysimplemobile.com/plans-40-unlimited.aspx Title: Re: Gauging interest. Pay for prepaid wireless with Bitcoin. Post by: datafish on May 03, 2012, 07:39:37 PM I received a lot of inquiries on the domains, so I decided to auction them and donate the proceeds to the bitcointalk.org forum. Please see this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=79115.0 |