In an interview with the Washington Post, Verizon Wireless chief technology officer Dick Lynch said that metered plans are likely to be put in place eventually. He explained, "The problem we have today with flat-based usage is that you are trying to encourage customers to be efficient in use and applications but you are getting some people who are bandwidth hogs using gigabytes a month and they are paying something like megabytes a month. That isn’t long-term sustainable. Why should customers using an average amount of bandwidth be subsidizing bandwidth hogs?" Lynch indicated to the Post that it will probably charge a general data access fee once its Long Term Evolution network is up and running, and then take advantage of a usage-based model to calculate monthly bills.
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Could this signal the impending arrival of the iPhone for VZ... |
Cleindian44 |
Jan 15, 2010, 11:19 AM |
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THIS IS MADNESS |
techdiva44 |
Jan 14, 2010, 12:53 PM |
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they can't afford to give it away |
ChipDaFone |
Jan 15, 2010, 3:51 AM |
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another way for the 4th reich to charge more for less!! |
snowbdr89 |
Jan 13, 2010, 8:28 PM |
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Some Food for Though... Be Gentle |
VZW_insider |
Jan 13, 2010, 9:12 PM |
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New Verizon plans Sunday 1/17 |
art23ncsu |
Jan 13, 2010, 6:16 PM |
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im thinking about taking bets |
Murphy |
Jan 14, 2010, 3:32 PM |
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I Want No Part of This |
Azeron |
Jan 13, 2010, 4:36 PM |
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I agree completely. |
adilus |
Jan 13, 2010, 4:51 PM |
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Who cares? Just change the billing structure for data service. |
evrodude |
Jan 14, 2010, 9:54 AM |
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WiMax is completely committed to unlimited... |
Slammer |
Jan 13, 2010, 6:42 PM |
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WiMAX is unlimited! |
Jayshmay |
Jan 13, 2010, 4:23 PM |
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Well I was going to switch... |
agostinod |
Jan 14, 2010, 7:31 AM |
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Comes down to greed. |
info411 |
Jan 13, 2010, 6:19 PM |
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Not greed at all, it's capitalism |
hrpuffnstuff |
Jan 13, 2010, 9:01 PM |
- Re: Not greed at all, it's capitalism by Azeron Jan 13, 2010, 9:09 PM
- Re: Not greed at all, it's capitalism by Versed Jan 13, 2010, 9:09 PM
- Capitalism IS greed by jvp3 Jan 13, 2010, 9:21 PM
- Funny by Aethix Jan 13, 2010, 11:20 PM
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JUST KICK OFF THE DATA HOGS |
KMFS1 |
Jan 13, 2010, 5:46 PM |
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For all of you AT&T Haters..... |
bluecoyote |
Jan 13, 2010, 5:51 PM |
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You all freaked |
mist668 |
Jan 13, 2010, 4:28 PM |
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This argument is old and tired. |
Kagehiru |
Jan 13, 2010, 4:51 PM |
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Good corporate maneuvering....harsh reality for all of us |
island-guy |
Jan 13, 2010, 7:58 PM |
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