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Verizon To Offer iPhone Users Unlimited Data

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.'"

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  1. Maybe... by Sarten-X · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's time for me to actually get a new phone. This bag's pretty heavy.

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  2. Yeah, right. by intellitech · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I call bullshit. We should all know the marketing definition of "unlimited" by now.

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  3. Really, really bad timing on your part by SuperKendall · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every other time it's been clear it's a rumor. This time it's obvious it's no rumor, there are leaks from techs testing and the news is all over the place. It's like saying that there's not going to be an eclipse just because there wasn't one all last year. New data is at hand...

    But the really funny thing about your post is, you make it in the same year Duke Nukem Forever is actually set to release for real...

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  4. Unlimited ? by Pop69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.