Verizon Wireless: Unlimited Data Not 'Sustainable'
This argument is old and tired.
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This is true, however this should also come as a surprise to nobody. At least, to nobody working in a field as future oriented as communications. There are 10 and 20 dollar options available, but look at what you get for it. 25 megs, 75 megs... Then compare their $60 offerings and figure the price per megabyte. You can bet Solomon's left .. that carriers are going to continue to charge exorbant rates at the low end where the profit reigns supreme. Mind you, I'm not opposed to profit- I like it, a lot. I do think it undermines their public stance on data consumption, though....
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Recently I read that there are new deployments of EVDO Rev. B, you don't see the CDMA carriers in the US implementing this, I even think you would get voice data at the same time if they did.
Menno said:
most companies already have a 10 or 20 dollar option for limited internet. The problem is that devices are becoming more and more powerful. as a culture, we consume mobile content more than almost any other culture in the world
Menno,
I think the europeans and japanese use more data and have been for sometime, and if not, we have caught up, and now the carriers are seeing weakness.
I would even include tethering with that.... to start out.
I still like the idea of throttling the usage at first.
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