Verizon To Offer iPhone Users Unlimited Data 327
Hugh Pickens writes "The WSJ reports that Verizon Wireless, the country's largest wireless carrier, is confident enough in its network that it will offer unlimited data-use plans when it starts selling the iPhone around the end of this month, a person familiar with the matter says. Such plans would provide a key means of distinguishing its service from rival AT&T Inc., which limits how much Internet data its customers may use each month. Verizon has a lot at stake as it starts to carry the iPhone, which it is expected to announce Tuesday at an event in New York City. Verizon, more than any other US carrier, has built its reputation on its network quality, and any stumble in handling iPhone traffic will call into question Verizon's major selling point. On the other hand, if it does handle the iPhone well, then AT&T will have a harder time arguing it didn't mismanage its own network. Anthony J. Melone, Verizon's chief technology officer, says the company has invested heavily in its 3G network to handle surging smartphone traffic, including nine million Android subscribers, up from none a year earlier.'"
Maybe... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Maybe... (Score:4, Funny)
Not me. I'm waiting for the Commodore 64 Phone! That, or the Sinclair ZX81 Phone. THOSE will be game changers, for sure!
The real truth (Score:5, Funny)
Verizon is going to announce a new Windows phone tomorrow, the Kin(g) of Kins.
- by someone close to the matter
Re:Maybe... (Score:4, Funny)
iPhone has been "Coming to Verizon" for almost 3 years now.
You need only wait until this time tomorrow to determine if your comment was omniscience in action or merely another nattering nabob of negativism.
Unlimited ? (Score:5, Funny)
Government regulation results in better products (Score:5, Funny)
Government regulations do not have that effect. Not even close. Quite the opposite, really.
Copyrights and patents are fine examples of government regulation that encourages innovation.