Freedompop is an operator that does not charge for any of the services you usually use, free calls and data, and sms that even if you don't use them have no cost. The American company that has been accumulating customers for a year now offers its platform also in the United Kingdom.
Where is the catch? It is a freemium system that we detail below.
Free Package of 200 Minutes, 200 SMS and 200 MB
In the United Kingdom now it can contract this package at no cost, but if you spend you will pay a conventional price per call or per MB consumed, advanced users who anticipate being passed purchase the extended Freedompop services that suit them.
Steven Sesar, co-founder of Freedompop, claims that they see themselves as a Lowcost telephone operator, and that they want users to feel free and to be able to opt for basic services for freeSteven also explains that Freedompop intends to earn money with expanded premium services, such as anonymous browsing, a roaming extension, or the extension of mobile data and call minutes.
The model resembles what we have seen in low cost airlines, in which initially everything is very cheap but little by little with each extra the amount begins to rise.
This company is ideal for those who use their mobile infrequently and moderately, or for those who want to buy a second phone. Whenever possible it is better to make sure that the company informs us that we have reached the quota or they put restrictions on us automatically, otherwise if we have not contracted an extended package, we will pay more.
At the moment there is no news that it will arrive in Spain
It is not known at the moment if we will be able to enjoy this operator in our country, but in the United States where the free package is 500 minutes, 500 MB and 500 SMS, and it has been accumulating subscribers for a year and the company has already reached almost one million of them.
One last interesting fact. 51% of customers use the free service while that 49% pay for additional services.