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So I have been hearing more and more chatter that AT&T is thinking of moving to metered billing for the data plan for iPhones and IPads. For those that don’t know, currently the data plans tied to iPhones is unlimited usage, which is very nice. It has been widely reported that AT&T’s 3G network is increasingly under stress as the iPhone gains popularity but more important, as more and more compelling applications are released in Apple’s App Store.
If AT&T moves to a metered data plan of some sort, it will probably have an impact on the success of the iPhone. Individuals like the ability to surf the next, purchase songs, blog, tweet, and Facebook, all without having to worry about how many MB of data they have used in a month. Furthermore, it will already be painful enough to pay a data plan for an iPhone as well as an iPad (should you decide to get both). It is unclear if AT&T is going to potentially not meter the iPhone and introduce metered data plans for the iPad, assuming the data requirements and usage of the iPad will be greater than that of the iPhone user, primarily due to the larger screen of the iPad. One might assume the data usage patterns would increase since users of the large screen would pull down more content such as e-books and e-magainzes.
The wi-fi version of the iPad is due out this month and the 3G version next month; if I hear anything about AT&T’s plans, I will post what I find.
This is a really cool table that combines the functionality of the iPhone with several different data sources, including satellite imagery. Take a look at this video from Wired. I would love to have one …
Anyone who reads this blog knows that from time to time, I write about happenings in the financial world. I have touched on mortgage backed securities as well as some of the complexities of AIG …
I just completed exam 2 in my second level statistics course today. The exam was actually pretty straight forward, to my surprise, but I also prepared a lot for the exam. For those of you …
Information Week’s Plug into the Cloud blog featured an article by Editor John Foley. In the article, John mentions that Gartner predicts that the cloud services market will jump to $56 billion this year. In …
