| LTE Verizon should be selling off all their landline networks in rural areas so they can deploy 4G services to those areas quicker! Verizon says LTE will cover its entire current footprint by 2013. |
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| "smoke and mirrors"... Verizon: The new Doug Henning of 2009. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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Wonder what the cap will be.
Seriously, in many areas Verizon doesn't have fiber to their towers (areas where Verizon isn't the ILEC). Maybe they'll pull a Clearwire and push bandwidth via wireless and all will be well, but I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon slapped a 20-50GB cap on LTE service, though OTOH they might not and everything will be fine and dandy. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by iansltx:Wonder what the cap will be. Seriously, in many areas Verizon doesn't have fiber to their towers (areas where Verizon isn't the ILEC). Maybe they'll pull a Clearwire and push bandwidth via wireless and all will be well, but I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon slapped a 20-50GB cap on LTE service, though OTOH they might not and everything will be fine and dandy. There won't be a cap, just pay per byte billing. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| Doubt it. Caps allow for a high-cost basic tier in the name of "look at all the bandwidth you get for free". Pay-per-byte also doesn't discourage usage as much as a cap-and-overage system does, if the overages are punitive enough. For example, Verizon charges 5¢ per MB overages on its $60 5GB capped mobile broadband plan. So the overage charge is $50 per GB, vs. $12 per GB for regular service.
The result of caps and tiers? More lower-use folks buy a plan than higher-use folks. It's a win-win for Verizon...people don't use up their 5GB, Verizon doesn't have to invest as much in infrastructure upgrades, etc. |
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