$6 per Gig sounds fair to me
McAdam was careful to also mention that the cost of carrying 1 megabyte of data across its LTE network will cost one-half to one-third what it currently costs
Current 3G rates for AT&T and Verizon are $60/ for 5 gigs, or $12 per gig. If they can get the economies needed to drop the price to $6 per GB, with something like a $15 per month per SIM minimum, I think it just might take off.
$60/month gets 4 devices (cell, PC, camera, refrigerator?) sharing 10 gigs used any way you want them? That would sell out all day long.
People using way more data then that need to buy a DSL or cable modem connection, anyway. Heavy, heavy users will never be acceptable in wireless. It's just too costly, even at 4G economie...
(continues)
...
Good plan, they will charge more than that for sure. They would lose a ton of money with that plan. I prolly barely use 1/2 GB per month with my blackberry, but I still pay the same as someone using way more data. Is it fair? Not really, but verizon is smiling all the way to the bank.
Under this idea (which would be great for low end users) I would only $6/month for my berry, which would be pretty cool, but not feasible from a verizon financial perspective.
It will certainly be interesting how they break it down. I think people are worried about tiered rates, but they could be great for moderate to lower end data consumers.
Chris
Under this idea (which would be great for low end users) I would only $6/month for my berry, which would be pretty cool, but not feasible from a verizon financial perspective.
It will certainly be interesting how they break it down. I think people are worried about tiered rates, but they could be great for moderate to lower end data consumers.
Chris
...
Cellstudent appeared to be referring to aircard service.
Still, if you assume smartphone service is always going to be about half of aircard service, and future per MB/GB rates on aircards will be half of what they are now, smartphone data would be about $3/GB.
However, Verizon has been telling us on the inside for some time now to expect services to flip at some point. Right now, on a single line, you pay at least $40 for voice, $5 to $20 for text, and $30 or more for web. At some point in the next few years, we may see data service as the base service at $40, with voice and text at $5 or more for each service as add-ons. Family shares might be done similarly, or as a central fee for up to five lines with add-on rates for each line...
(continues)
Still, if you assume smartphone service is always going to be about half of aircard service, and future per MB/GB rates on aircards will be half of what they are now, smartphone data would be about $3/GB.
However, Verizon has been telling us on the inside for some time now to expect services to flip at some point. Right now, on a single line, you pay at least $40 for voice, $5 to $20 for text, and $30 or more for web. At some point in the next few years, we may see data service as the base service at $40, with voice and text at $5 or more for each service as add-ons. Family shares might be done similarly, or as a central fee for up to five lines with add-on rates for each line...
(continues)
...
epik said:
Cellstudent appeared to be referring to aircard service.
Still, if you assume smartphone service is always going to be about half of aircard service...
Actually, no. I'm operating on the assumption that ALL devices have the SAME gigabyte pricing structure. Charging a different rate per MB just because a different type of device is using the MB is ridiculous. Why should 500 megs of tethering have a different cost than 500 megs of on-phone youtubing?
I'm envisioning a cost per GB tempered by a minimum cost per connection point (SIM), 100% device agnostic. They wouldn't even care what your IMEI is because there's no difference in billing.
For example, there may be a $20 mini...
(continues)
...
My guess is:
5 GB @ $49.99 (Introduction/Special Offer?)
5 GB @ $59.99 (Standard -- If they don't wanna do a special push)
10 GB @ $79.99
20 GB @ $109.99
Also, I'm guessing that it will be $3/month per SIM (So if you split up the 10 GB amongst 5 devices) = $79.99 + (5 x $3.00) = $94.99/month 10 GB shared.
That's just my guess...
5 GB @ $49.99 (Introduction/Special Offer?)
5 GB @ $59.99 (Standard -- If they don't wanna do a special push)
10 GB @ $79.99
20 GB @ $109.99
Also, I'm guessing that it will be $3/month per SIM (So if you split up the 10 GB amongst 5 devices) = $79.99 + (5 x $3.00) = $94.99/month 10 GB shared.
That's just my guess...
...
