Either I was late on this or it’s happening way too soon. Verizon is reacting to the increased demands put on their wireless data network. As always, BGR provides the scoop: Verizon CTO hints at tiered data plans. Read the BGR analysis and then hit the jump to see more from the Broadband/DSL Reports blog. Read more…

White papers are either too dull or too much of an ad. Websites are often too much work to sort through with what you don’t want to know. Podcasts have much greater utility because of mobility such as in your car, while working out, or just sitting down somewhere with earplugs. The problem is, where do you find something worth listening to? Read more…

File this under, ‘Be Careful What You Ask For’. BGR, as always, holds nothing back. I love this site for mobility info. Check out this article: RIM’s Mike Lazaridis wants manufacturers to limit your data usage . RIM’s CEO suggestion that the key to the growing burdens on wireless data networks is to handle it at the device/user level. Here’s BGR’s response:  ‘…It’s called actually having a wireless data network that can handle the things consumers and businesses want to do on their phones, and it’s called planning…’

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AT&T apparently has woken up and recognized the impact smartphone users – especially iPhones – are having on their wireless data network. See W. David Gardner’s piece in today’s InfoWeek; even PBS’ Nightly Business Report mentioned it. Incredibly, those pesky iPhone users are sucking up all the bandwidth in places like New York and San Francisco. Uh, guys, remember all those ads that said, ‘there’s an app for that’? Didn’t it occur to anyone in the room that the unprecedented proliferation of iPhones and all its capabilities would have a proportionate Internet demand?

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