[snaimon]

There has been some negative speculation on teltarif.de. First the 300 K number was NOT starter packages. Sales have been suspended and it is again speculated that the stop was neither planned nor voluntary but the result a court order. To reinforce this, just when retail sales are booming, why would a saavy marketing firm like Aldi stop sales of a HOT item. Some forum writers are even saying this was a blunder on Aldi's part and that sales have been very slow in comparison to the expected # of sales.

Personally, I have no inside knowledge sitting here in the US. But I tend to think that something went awry with planning on this. ALDI Talk was supposed to limit the 5 cent rate to other ALDI Talk phones, but at present the rate applies across the board to all E+ customers. That might be a technical glitch that E+, the provider, will wish to correct before mass distribution continues -- to limit the damage to their revenue stream.

Stan