US mobile operators to limit Internet access

According to the WSJ, wireless operators are taking steps to limit Internet access of customers who consume large amounts of network capacity.

... "The wireless carriers say they are taking this approach because cellphone networks, which transmit signals over radio waves, inherently have far less capacity than land-line networks.

... "Verizon Wireless has sent it says are using excessive network capacity. Sprint and Cingular Wireless, meanwhile, have moved to charge people for the amount of data bits they wirelessly transfer to their computers each month.

"They market it in such a way that you would think it's Internet-on-the-go, then they start piling on restrictions," says Bill Roland, an information-technology administrator in Ocala, Fla., who uses a Sprint high-speed connection. "What they want you to do is just basically surf the Internet and nothing else."."

emily | 8:20 AM | News, Buzz |
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