Verizon trots out analyst to say unlimited data is bad for customers
(Ars):
http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/04/verizon-trots-out-analyst-to-say-unlimited-data-is-bad-for-customers/
"Where Gold really reveals how stupid he thinks we are, however, is
when he explains why we shouldn't even want Verizon to upgrade its
network to handle this increased traffic. "Invariably, degraded
networks would cause the carriers to seek upgrades to their networks
to increase capacity," he writes. "Much like highways that need to be
widened for peak rush-hour traffic, this would require major
investments that someone would have to pay for--that someone being the
subscribers." This is ridiculous. If subscribers were really that
fearful of price increases then they should have been begging Verizon
to never upgrade from 3G to 4G. After all, the upgrade to LTE was a
major investment and according to Gold, major investments are
something wireless users should be fearful of."
- - -
OK, true story: Many years ago, in the dim days of the ARPANET, I was
arguing with an administrator at UCLA pushing for the installation of
at least 9600 bps capable serial cabling. I noted that the terminals
we were deploying went up to at least 9600 and sometimes higher (e.g.
19200). It was a bizarre conversation, because his penny-pinching
counterargument was that nobody he knew could even read as fast as
1200 bps, so he didn't see the need for higher speeds. I won out in
the end, though. (I don't know if this guy ended up working for
General Telephone/GTE/Verizon.)
--Lauren--
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