Verizon Wireless preps for changing of the guards?
By Michael Caputo 
posted Dec 19th 2006 2:30PM
posted Dec 19th 2006 2:30PM
In the ever evolving world of wireless, there are very few things that stay constant, even when it comes to the CEOs and their positions. No stranger to the limelight is Verizon Wireless and its current CEO and President, Denny Strigl, who is reportedly leaving the successful wireless division and making his way to the Verizon Landline division to report to Ivan Seidenberg. No indications why the changes are taking place, however there is a bit of hint who will be filling in those giant shoes of Denny: it's the current Executive Vice President Lowell McAdam. Now with all these changes being made, we wonder if they will ever launch that Rev. A network we keep hearing so much about. [Thanks, dizzle]
Maybe the new guy will understand that unlimited data does not mean 5GB.
And yet if you wanted, one day, to go online and just check your email, and it was incredibly slow due to Verizon dropping that restriction, you would piss and moan and cry because everyone was using all the bandwidth they could get their hands on. The data plan is for business. Not gaming, not video, not for the average consumer. Don't be stupid.
~JMD
Lets see if VZW will actually compete with other carriers on feature prices (data, text, ...).
"Verizon Landline division to report to Ivan Seidenberg. No indications why the changes are taking place..."
Nope, almost. He's going to Verizon Communications, the parent company of Verizon Wireless. He will be COO and President, reporting to CEO Seidenberg. He will have the Presidents of Verizon Wireless, Verizon Telecom (landline) and Verizon Business (former MCI) reporting to him. Additionally, there are few other companies, I think, like international joint ventures that may report directly to him. Finally, he may have the legal, financial and HR officers report directly to him. He will be in charge of landline, but to say he is moving to landline is inaccurate. This is a promotion, plain and simple. Babbio left. Strigl gets the call.
JMD...It's not a bandwidth limit. It's an overall-per-moth data limit...
What JMD means is if everyone Slingbox, played Online Games, Streamed Audio/Video, etc.... you data connection is going to suck. One person can use up a full channel that is usually available to multiple people on a tower close to you for data usage. Once all the Channels are locked up... then you'll moan about having a bad connection.
Hey JMD, then why doesn't VZW say that? Why do they say unlimited, if in fact it's not?
Why do they assume that if I go over 5GB that I am doing prohibited activities?
That is why people are upset. Everyone understands that you can't stream video 24/7 to thousands of people. If Verizon said that up front it wouldn't be an issue.
Keep your personal insults to yourself next time.
John Maddog is retadred......
actually if you are doing legal activities on with your data like transfering large files (architect files etc...) they will allow you. but if you are using it for streaming video, gaming, downloading on p2p netowrks, its illigal to do on the cards. they prefer the users use it for business use rather using it for entertainment. if you are using the 5 gig limit, they invesitgate on it. if its legit, youre good to go!
"Lets see if VZW will actually compete with other carriers on feature prices (data, text, ...)."
Why? They VZW clearly doesn't need to. Might I ask quarter after quarter which carrier keeps reporting the lowest churn and most new additions?
Now VZW isn't perfect, but obviously whatever they are doing is working. So why change it?