Comments on: YouTube Will Kill Flat-rate Mobile Broadband Pricing Forever

By: Verizon to Introduce Tiered Pricing for iPhone?: Broadband News and Analysis «

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:47:37 +0000

[...] Media and Telecom conference said Verizon is still working on the details but that such plans could include higher or lower charges based on speed, consumption or both [...]

By: The Mobile Tsunami is Near: Blame Netflix and Apple: Tech News and Analysis «

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:37:07 +0000

[...] to devices such as tablets, but it’s also something operators are watching because they are worried it will clog their networks while not bringing higher margins. Meanwhile, much of the M2M connectivity will be small amounts of [...]

By: Facebook, Microsoft And Carriers’ Dysfunctional Relationship With Apps: Broadband News and Analysis «

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:30:18 +0000

[...] on mobile operators. One can argue that the restrictive pricing plans play a huge role in this, but that’s a separate story and [...]

By: DSL

DSL — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:11:07 +0000

Thanks for the information..I was not aware of this information..I can only say that the use of you tube has increased among the youngsters and you can see many people using it at a time and the demand on mobile sets to see you tube is rapidly increasing day by day..

By: On Phones Social is the Killer App & it Will Cost You: Tech News «

On Phones Social is the Killer App & it Will Cost You: Tech News « — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:03:22 +0000

[...] the rocket-like growth of YouTube and HTTP streaming via mobile devices, prompting me to write that YouTube will kill fat rate broadband pricing. Well, that’s happening, as AT&T has already rolled out tiered pricing (with lower [...]

By: YouTube to Mobile Operators: Partner Up, Or Else: Video «

YouTube to Mobile Operators: Partner Up, Or Else: Video « — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:46:52 +0000

[...] to users in a way that doesn’t crush operators’ data networks or drive them to institute tiered data plans like the one AT&T pushed on its users earlier this year. As a result, Varela was there at the [...]

By: Android Users Are the New Mobile Data Hogs

Android Users Are the New Mobile Data Hogs — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:44:59 +0000

[...] will be bad news for network operators — who have seen video usage increase dramatically on mobile networks. And, Stacey at GigaOM has long predicted, it’s bad news for consumers, [...]

By: Mobile Video Capture Soars; Now Brace Yourself for Views and Uploads

Mobile Video Capture Soars; Now Brace Yourself for Views and Uploads — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:54:26 +0000

[...] to share it? And that shift comes with hefty implications: a huge growth in mobile data traffic and the all-but-certain death of flat-rate mobile broadband pricing, as carriers follow AT&T’s lead in pricing mobile [...]

By: Why the iPhone 4 Made AT&T Change Its Pricing

Why the iPhone 4 Made AT&T Change Its Pricing — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:02:15 +0000

[...] this year I explained how video — especially accessible video — combined with unlimited broadband plans can overwhelm a wireless network. The new iPhone [...]

By: Moblico.com

Moblico.com — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:43:56 +0000

[...] a February GigaOm article, streaming video is cited as the biggest bandwidth hog, causing carriers to drive up these price [...]

By: FCC Seeks Rules to Avoid $24,000 Mobile Bills

FCC Seeks Rules to Avoid $24,000 Mobile Bills — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:11:45 +0000

[...] will likely be used to change the way consumers are charged for mobile broadband as carriers try to match runaway mobile broadband demand to their network capacity and hoped-for profit margins. Both of those software providers also offer [...]

By: FCC Proposes Rules to Avoid $24,000 Mobile Bills

FCC Proposes Rules to Avoid $24,000 Mobile Bills — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:05:30 +0000

By: Network pricing strategies: tiered vs spot vs flat « Michael S Cox – Elegance in Complexity

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:52:58 +0000

[...] with end-users. It mostly appears when services are either new, highly competitive or simply not well understood. As services mature and increase in usage, and as competitive forces establish an equilibrium or [...]

By: Haakon's blog » Blog Archive » What are operators doing?

Haakon's blog » Blog Archive » What are operators doing? — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:46:33 +0000

[...] YouTube Will Kill Flat-rate Mobile Broadband Pricing Forever according to GigaOm [...]

By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Services - February 24, 2010

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:55:36 +0000

[...] YouTube Will Kill Flat-rate Mobile Broadband Pricing Forever [...]

By: Were the Mayans right? 2012 The End of the Internet | Kirsten Winkler

Were the Mayans right? 2012 The End of the Internet | Kirsten Winkler — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:56:24 +0000

[...] don’t forget the internet on mobile devices. There are rumors already that mobile operators are rethinking their prices because the usage of mobile streaming rose 99% between the first and the second half of [...]