Comments on: Metered Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:24:30 +0000

There’s no way I can see this working, as we watch more video, download more apps etc data usage will increase, and consumers will demand unlimited broadband and mobile broadband at fair prices.

By: Former FCC Chair Lays Out the Limits on the Agency’s Authority – GigaOM

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:43 +0000

[...] the FCC doesn’t appear to have authority to stop the recent efforts of carriers and ISPs to introduce metered wired broadband, according to Martin. The Commission can, of course, step in when ISPs discriminate by [...]

By: Doc Searls Weblog · Building the Information Squeezeway

Doc Searls Weblog · Building the Information Squeezeway — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:55:16 +0000

[...] these are phone companies. They love to meter stuff. Its what they know. They can hardly imagine anything else. They are billing machines with networks [...]

By: Will Verizon’s LTE Pricing Look Like a Utility Bill? – GigaOM

Will Verizon’s LTE Pricing Look Like a Utility Bill? – GigaOM — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:05:48 +0000

[...] Verizon does, the announcement isn’t a surprise given that Lynch said eventually the wireline side of Verizon’s business would moving toward usage-based billing as well. Although at the time he held the cell phone [...]

By: The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh

The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:29:31 +0000

[...] such consumer ire that the company ended up backing down from it. However, when Verizon’s CTO Dick Lynch said in September that Verizon was also in favor of some kind of consumption-based billing, it was kind of like [...]

By: Yeah, I’d Like Metered Broadband, Too — If It Were Actually Metered

Yeah, I’d Like Metered Broadband, Too — If It Were Actually Metered — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:06:35 +0000

[...] more than they use. And if they go over their tier, they get walloped with fees. Last month when Verizon CTO Dick Lynch talked about meters, it wasn’t an accident that he compared the future of metered broadband to wireless plans, [...]

By: Iguana Theory of Broadband Revisited « Endeavour Partners

Iguana Theory of Broadband Revisited « Endeavour Partners — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:16:31 +0000

[...] the same time, however, we hear Verizon CTO Dick Lynch proclaim that metered broadband will be the pricing paradigm of the future and that “the concept of a flat-rate infinitely expandable service is unacheivable.” [...]

By: Rich Estill » Blog Archive » Metered Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:45:22 +0000

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Links for the Weekend, Enjoy. | News | WhatsUpinYourLife — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:41:12 +0000

[...] Let’s all hope if he very wrong. [...]

By: Art Spivy

Art Spivy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:09:11 +0000

I certainly don’t agree with Verizon’s perspective, but I personally feel like I’m paying too much today given I pay the same price as the guy down the street downloading 200GB of movies every month. We both pay about $40 a month, so I must be paying extra given I incur a lot less cost . I personally wouldn’t mind paying $20 while the other guy pays $60. The key is to deliver value for your money and broadband providers shouldn’t look at this as an opportunity to raise everyone’s prices. They should lower the price, a lot, for people who do more simple email and web browsing.

By: Metered broadband | Geekfluence

Metered broadband | Geekfluence — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:30:43 +0000

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By: Kevin Dwinnell

Kevin Dwinnell — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:58:34 +0000

Agree, Scott. This doesn’t pass the smell test.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:52:38 +0000

>at the end of the day the concept of a flat-rate
>infinitely expandable service is unachievable.

Why do these executives always seem to fall back on hyperbole rather than addressing the issues? In parts of Asia and Europe, broadband access is being offered at much greater speeds and with flat rate pricing. So instead of saying things can’t expand infinitely (who ever said they could), why not tell us why what works elsewhere is impossible in the U.S.?

[Could it be that the answer is that It isn't impossible - unless companies like Verizon are allowed to make it that way be having legislating barriers erected to consumer choice?]

By: Linkpost | 9.30.2009 | L&C Tech Talk

Linkpost | 9.30.2009 | L&C Tech Talk — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:00:38 +0000

[...] Metered Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO – Expect wired broadband to be sold the way wireless service is now: based on how much you [...]

By: BestISPoffers

BestISPoffers — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:58:02 +0000

We pay enough for internet as it is. If this were to become a reality hopefully there will be more companies providing competition.

By: Matt Ellsworth

Matt Ellsworth — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:11:01 +0000

Verizon currently charges $.015 per Kilobyte ($15/megabyte) that they send to my cell phone, but an unlimited plan on a crackberry is $30/month. Lets hope the rate they would charge over fiber is a lot less than $15/MB or we are going to see a downfall of online services.

Part of my reason for supporting bandwidth caps has to do with the ad support web. If people are going to have to pay for an ad to load, they are going to block the ad — fast. I think there is a compromise to be had including “lite” or slower plans as well as a plan that offered either unlimited data and potential to be capped if use is too high — currently time warner road runner terms state that they reserve the right to limit your usage based on amount of data transmitted or speed which you can connect.

Also since the website is paying for the connection from their server to the customer, I think the network owners would then be double dipping and perhaps there is more compromise to be done later on.

Whats the point of 100mbit internet connection if you can only watch a few shows on hulu and then your done – shows on hulu seem to range between 400mb and 800mb per 30 minute show (which is 22minutes). Some 44 minute episodes are about 1.6GB.

They will continue to push you unlimited data to your tv set, but limit the amount you can use on your computer.