Zero1: Too Good to be True?

Zero1 is a new cellular service that we recently learned about that seems to have more questions than answers. Zero1's nationwide unlimited calling and data plan is reported to only price $70 a month and on top of that you tin can sell the same service to friends and family and go $ten a calendar month for each person you sell to.

Too adept to be true? Follow the break for more information that may make you lot think twice about how much control of your mobility with Zero1.

Networkworld.com did some excavation to see if this was 1 of those "if information technology's too good to exist true, then information technology'due south not" blazon schemes. Zero1 is part of a conglomeration of companies including Buzzirk, Global Verge and Unified Technologies Group.

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The of import fact to know nigh Global Verge is that their CEO, Marker Petschel, is currently on probation after pleading guilty in 2005 to securities fraud. Petschel is also on the losing end of several contractual disputes where he's been ordered to pay $fifty,000 by a St. Louis County, Missouri, Court.

Add to the confusion, Global Verge claims to have 50,000 sales associates who are all tossing out dissimilar sales pitches. There are claims that Zero1 volition be utilizing the 2100mhz frequency which they ain just no record with the FCC of Zero1 acquiring any licenses. None of the partner companies own a 2100mhz license either.

For Zero1 to have any success nationwide, they volition demand to establish partnerships with existing carriers which Zero1'south CEO Ben Piilani claims they have but according to the Networkworld.com article, AT&T and T-Mobile stated they don't have a relationship with Zero1. Without AT&T and T-Mobile it is unlikely Zero1 will provide nationwide coverage.

To say the least, there is a lot of business over this upstart cellular service. Since questions were raised about Zero1's, the company has stripped their website downwardly to only the basic data about its partners.

Zero1 is aggressively addressing these reports. In the Computerworld.com written report, Piilani states that he had simply recently found out nigh Petshel's criminal tape and that Petschel would exist stepping down from his office at Global Verge.

In an interview with Laptopmag.com Piilani explained that the conflicting reports and sales pitches were due to the lack of a compliance officeholder. Piilani claims that the associate base grew also quickly before any compliance was put in place.

Responding to the allegations that partnerships with AT&T and T-Mobile don't be he states,

"T-Mobile didn't deny it, they said they can't make a annotate. If you were to contact the carriers I'm sure they would requite you the "we tin't make a comment," [[answer]]. I'm not saying we don't have a partnership. I'm just saying we aren't going to comment on who our partners are and what relationships they have."

In addressing the claims that Zero1 doesn't have a 2100mhz license Pillani responded,

"We are piggybacking on GSM networks. Nosotros never made comments that we bought any, or acquired whatever, specific frequencies. The funny thing is, everyone is making a big deal nearly frequencies when you and I know only as well it doesn't matter what frequency you're on. Information technology's but a radio frequency inside a spectrum. We never made the comment that nosotros e'er bought spectrum."

There'south but too many questions out there to instill confidence in this new wireless provider. Too many questions creating doubt that Zero1 can deliver quality, nationwide unlimited vocalisation and information services and too many questions raising dubiousness as to the companies stability and legitimacy.

According to Piilani devices using their service volition exist available to select journalist and sales assembly in the coming weeks. If this time tabular array holds truthful it won't exist long for us to see if Zero1 is legit or too good to exist true.

Via Consumerist