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

[...] http://gigaom.com/2009/09/29/metered-broadband-is-the-future-verizon-cto/ [...]

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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.