RIP unlimited bandwidth: Verizon LTE to have tiered pricing

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  • the_technocratthe_technocrat IC-MotY1 Indy Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    From the corporate side, and IF the pricing is right, I'd love to be able to pool both my users' BlackBerry and aircard data plans. The more devices I can pool, the less likely any one member can incur a one-month spike in our bill. I'm currently able to only pool voice minutes, so this capability for data would be welcome... if the price was right.
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    I've talked with several people regarding this... the consensus was they are in favor of this idea pending pricing and the tiers. The four people I spoke to have families with teenage kids. The audibility to pool data plans into one plan is very appealing. Add in some notification or "Allowance" system to help avoid overages, BONUS.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    The problem is, they'll probably come up with some excuse along the lines of "It's the customer's responsibility to maintain that they are not using excessive bandwidth" when the kids start burning $100-200 overages on the month.

    They won't make a way for you to lock out a phone after a pre-set amount of data usage because it doesn't make sense for them to do so financially.
  • Raz
    edited June 2010
    Good grief. Verizon, this may come as a shock, but the 'less is more' approach doesn't apply to bandwidth consumption.

    When I sit down to the Internet, I expect it to be a buffet, not a-la-carte.
  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    T-Mobile has the "allowance" system. I can manage the minutes, text, who people can or cannot call, time they can call, just about everything. No data option as of now though but we have "unlimited" data as of right now.
  • ab
    edited June 2010
    There goes any notion of LTE being a broadband answer for rural america. Download 1 movie, 1 video podcast a week, 3 audio podcasts a day during the week and @ the end of the month you will have a $500 data bill. Thanks verizon
  • TiberiusLazarusTiberiusLazarus Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    Raz wrote:
    When I sit down to the Internet, I expect it to be a buffet, not a-la-carte.

    This is probably the best analogy for this topic I have seen yet.
  • jpparker88jpparker88 Lancaster, CA
    edited June 2010
    Just when I was thinking about getting a new phone to finally have a data plan, they spring this. hopefully one company will keep real unlimited data, i just hope it's not like metro pcs or some other regional company.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    The speculation I've seen suggests that Sprint and T-Mobile aren't planning on switching away from the unlimited data model.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    ardichoke wrote:
    The speculation I've seen suggests that Sprint and T-Mobile aren't planning on switching away from the unlimited data model.

    Especially now that they're the sole providers on both primary technologies with unlimited data.

    Great marketing points, for sure.
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