Verizon CEO Says "We Will Hunt Heavy Users Down"

Zerocool3001 writes "In an interview with WSJ editor Alan Murray,Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg talks about how the FCC's broadband access studies are wrong (and the US is definitely 'number one, not even close'), how he had someone else stand in line for him Saturday to pick up his iPad, and how Verizon will soon hunt down, throttle and/or charge high-bandwidth users on its network."

Comments

want more bandwidth?

[Anonymous Coward]

then pay for it.

my gas, water, electric are metered.

so what if i pay by the gigabyte?

Re:Come to Verizon!

[bonch]

Which is their right to do as the provider of that service, but I'm sure government-loving psychos will insist they get federally regulated anyway.

Re:Come to Verizon!

[Duradin]

"...I don't see the need to take more than I need..."

But the Pirate Code tells me to take whatever I can and to give nothing back!

Only a commie pinko socialist non-free market hippy doesn't abuse resources until someone makes him stop.

Re:Dishonest

[The End Of Days]

Sense of entitlement? He pays people to perform services for him. That's not entitlement, that's value for money.

Entitlement is things like expecting Verizon wireless to ignore contractual caps on data service just because it's the "right" thing to do, right being defined by the geek code of ethics that states that charging for things a geek really wants is wrong.

Re:Come to Verizon!

[VGPowerlord]

I'm guessing you have 100 Gbit judging by your numbers? That might be fine for you, but seeing as 100 Tbit is the lowest I could get even if I tried here in the Borg Collective, I can't imagine going back to what I had literally 14(!) years ago. And no, I'm not saying I need 100 Tbit/s (my current speed) 24/7, however, once you experience how fast your every day Internet becomes, there's no turning back.

*cough*

We are the Borg. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Your culture will adapt to serve us. Resistance is futile.