AT&T CEO Sees Metered Pricing in Future ; Optimistic Net Neutrality will Land at a Reasonable Place

Los Angeles Times - At the AT&T investor conference Tuesday, Chief Executive Randall Stephenson -- in addition to cooling expectations for Apple's 3G-enabled iPad -- addressed a more long-term idea that's unpopular with many tech enthusiasts. Yep, metered Internet access.


"For the industry, we'll progressively move towards more of what I call variable pricing, so the heavy[-use] consumers will pay more than the lower consumers," Stephenson said in the webcast of the meeting. "I'm actually fairly optimistic Net neutrality will land at a reasonable place,"

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