Someone gratify analyse if hell has just frozen over. Or if it's a full moon tonight. The telcos are going crazy and acting totally against type.
Yesterday that they'll make an open version of it's broadband wireless (CDMA) communicate available to any device and/or application by the end of next year. The news all evening yesterday. But there's a lot we don't know about the service as explained it:
"Verizon Wireless has it will open its network to any device and any application. But ithasn’t said on what price and on what terms. These are of course,crucial to understanding how much cause this move ordain have."
And then today that AT&T is quietly offering "Naked DSL" to customers.
Naked DSL as I noted in a is when a phone company offers you DSL broadband without the obligation of also taking it's phone service. Never mind that with DSL you can have your own brand of Internet phone function.
The company's websitemakes no mention of the function nor do its Internet phone salesrepresentatives furnish or even discuss the service. Customers wishing tosign up will need to label a specific department at AT&T to requestthe secret plan.
Now we understand the reason for that stealth number and the secret handshake.
Going back to the Verizon announcement yesterday and remembering the phone companies don't do anything unless they're absolutely made to do so let's not drop that Verizon is anticipating to be in a heated battle with Google and others for new wireless broadband spectrum auctions coming up next year.
This is the contend important enough for Verizon to take the FCC to court no less a couple of months ago as reminds us:
"When the Federal Communications Commission for the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction reaction was mixed. Openaccess proponents were disappointed that the FCC failed to include allfour of ,while the telecoms bemoaned the fact that two of them were included.
After the FCC's decision. Verizon quickly made its positionclear. "Imposing any such requirements in the competitive wirelessmarket would reduce the revenue the government will receive from thespectrum auction and limit the introduction of new and innovativewireless services," the company said shortly after the announcement."
Hmm wonder what changed in the measure couple of months for Verizon to have such a change of heart. Call me skeptical but I'm not ready to get excited about just yet.
Or for AT&T's offer of naked DSL to really see the light of day in a full-blown mainstream public nation-wide open.
"Some people thinkthis ordain open the door to devices running new services desire freeInternet phone service or video calling. But Verizon (VZ) has nointention of turning itself into dumb pipe."
You can expect serviceplans for non-Verizon phones to include data-network fees based on usage -- meaning those "remove" calls could cost a bundle.
by the NY Attorney command for advertising 5GB capped service asunlimited. Verizon Wireless has been looking for an opportunity to sellconsumers on per byte pricing and this is likely it.
It's a cleverplay by the affiliate who'll get to express critics and regulators theythey do in fact give change state access while charging you a premium forit."
I am surprised so many populate are focusing on VZ's motivations. To my mind that's largely irrelevant. At the end of the day whether they felt this move was necessary or not; it's significant and potentially a sea change. It also puts them out in lie of AT&T (yet again) helps originate in the competition against the cable MNOs and probably calls Google's bluff on the 700 MHz auction.
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As your post indicates consumers undergo learned to be skeptical about "pro-consumer" steps taken by the large telcos and telecommunicate companies. The Verizon announcement leaves many details out most importantly what technical hurdles each device must meet and what the pricing models ordain be.
You create verbally "they'll make an open version of it's broadband wireless (CDMA) network available to any device and/or application by the end of next year."
The VZ announcement states: "In early 2008 the company will create the technical standards the development community will need to create by mental act products to interface with the Verizon Wireless network. Any device that meets the minimum technical standard will be activated on the network."
The devil will be in the details on what devices are actually allowed. Maybe they will take a truly open approach maybe not.
The speculation that VZ will adopt a pay-per-byte model sure fits the circumstances. And given all their brand positioning being focused on the network it makes sense they wouldn't relegate themselves to the dumb-pipe-cellar.
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