Shelly Palmer Radio Report – May 17, 2012

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If you thought your grandfathered unlimited data plan on Verizon was safe, think again.  During a speech at an investor conference, Verizon’s Chief Financial Officer said that Verizon’s 3G Unlimited Data plans are about to go extinct.  What will replace them?  Tiered data plans, of course.  Although Verizon has not said anything about pricing, you can bet it’s going to be less bandwidth for more money.  Verizon did say that it will be pushing its customers toward family data share plans on its 4G network, which will allow families to connects all of their devices to one plan.  Of course, the plan will still be tiered.  What does this really mean for consumers?  Nothing good.  What are your choices?  Well, T-Mobile has an unlimited data plan that it slows down when you use it too much – which leaves Sprint as the only truly unlimited data plan available.  Are you ready to move your data business to Sprint? OK Then.

About Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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