Comments on: Verizon to Shift Usage Forecasting to Consumers With Tiered LTE Pricing http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/ Fri, 24 May 2013 14:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Always On Real-Time Access » In case you missed …. http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-571225 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:09:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-571225 [...] GigaOM – Verizon to Shift Usage Forecasting to Consumers With Tiered LTE [...]

]]> By: Opera Sees Feature Phone Opportunity in New Ad Network: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-290899 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 19:12:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-290899 [...] Ad clicks on low end devices are growing and on pace to rule the roost. In light of the move toward tiered data plans, Opera’s new ad network could even gain some traction from smartphone users: Opera Mini [...]

]]> By: Look Out Dropbox, Here Comes Verizon’s Mobile Cloud « http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-276166 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:31:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-276166 [...] service, but raises an interesting question. As the industry moves to a tiered-pricing model, which we know Verizon is prepping for in conjunction with its LTE rollout and AT&T has already made the move, will there be a “double-dip” cost? From a [...]

]]> By: T-Mobile Preps Network For First HSPA+ Handset http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-252631 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:50:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-252631 [...] AT&T which moved to a tiered pricing model just prior to the Apple iPhone 4 launch last month. Verizon too has strongly hinted at pay-per-use data plans once it launches an LTE 4G network later this [...]

]]> By: AT&T Shuts Down the Mobile Broadband Buffet by Ending Flat-rate Mobile Plans « Apple iPhone app Soft http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-252630 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:22:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-252630 [...] move comes less than a week after Verizon said it would move to a tiered pricing model for its next-generation LTE network. But AT&T isn’t waiting for a new 4G network to make the pricing changes. Instead, the [...]

]]> By: No More Unlimited Mobile Broadband | Tea Break http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-252629 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:28:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-252629 [...] The move comes less than a week after Verizon said it would move to a tiered pricing model for its next-generation LTE network. [...]

]]> By: Always On Real-Time Access » In case you missed … http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-252628 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:55:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-252628 [...] GigaOM – Verizon to Shift Usage Forecasting to Consumers With Tiered LTE [...]

]]> By: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of AT&T’s New Pricing Plan http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-252627 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:49:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-252627 [...] fees on smartphones and unveiled plans to implement tiered pricing. While the details of Verizon’s tiers aren’t published yet, its CEO said last week that Big Red would offer buckets of data that a customer could use to [...]

]]> By: AT&T Shuts Down the Mobile Broadband Buffet http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-252626 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:58:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-252626 [...] move comes less than a week after Verizon said it would move to a tiered pricing model for its next-generation LTE network. But AT&T isn’t waiting for a new 4G network to make the pricing changes. Instead, the [...]

]]> By: Ray http://gigaom.com/2010/05/27/verizon-to-shift-usage-forecasting-to-consumers-with-tiered-lte-pricing/#comment-252625 Fri, 28 May 2010 03:11:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=122748#comment-252625 “Indeed, tiered pricing offsets the cost of delivering content because all customers will pay for what they’re truly using, which helps moderate the delivery costs while also hedging the profit margin for Verizon.”

There’s just not enough detail in this article to verify the truth of this statement. If Verizon’s plans charged for number of bytes actually used (and why not throw in voice, text, etc., i.e., everything into a single “bucket” since it’s all bytes now anyway) then I could see it, no buckets required.

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