Despite the significantly faster network speed, capacity and latency, The Verge has confirmed that there will not be LTE support for the new iPad's Facetime service, which will continue to require that users log into a Wi-Fi network to use it. It's a little silly since as the website notes, Verizon is allowing the new device to be used as a mobile hotspot at no additional cost, meaning you could make a Wi-Fi to LTE Facetime call using your iPhone and iPad:This is of course a carrier-imposed restriction, likely due to two factors. One, a concern about too much network load too quickly (think iPhone on AT&T circa 2009) when backhaul in many markets still isn't in place. Two, a concern that users will burn through their caps too quickly, generating a lot of negative publicity highlighting rather severe limitations -- on a supposedly next-generation service.

With AT&T and Verizon charging users $10 per gigabyte you'd be right in thinking the companies are eager to start raking in the cash, but rushing too quickly toward the overage gold mine could raise regulator hackles. The FCC has made a lot of (mostly empty) noise about tackling wireless "bill shock," and a bunch of iPad owners having to take out second mortgages simply so they can video chat won't look particularly good when it comes to marketing either LTE or the low cap, high overage pricing model.