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Verizon FIOS has a new plan for Media Influency

Posted on March 18, 2013 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 1 Comment

Media, Influency, and The Unbundling of Television Channels

We’re always looking for new forms of Influency and new ways to create business change. In fact, so is everyone, including huge telecommunications media companies like Verizon.

Yes, I just called Verizon a media company. That’s a business change for sure, and historically not the way the behemoth is referred to, but it’s apt. Verizon wants to be your one source for media and media delivery and they’re trying something new.

Something huge. Something that will help Verizon tremendously and their customers in a lesser way. In fact it’s possible that it could actually hurt Verizon customers, but this one is going to take some time to play out so … think about this: ... READ MORE of Verizon FIOS has a new plan for Media Influency at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (494 words, 1 image, estimated 1:59 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Influency, Media

How To Get A Wireless Carrier To Lower Your Monthly Charge

Posted on March 8, 2013 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 0 Comments

Republic Wireless: A Wireless Telecom Carrier Offers a 'Fair' Price

Influency comes in many forms, and with almost everyone having a mobile phone, your wireless telecom carrier sure does occupy a position of influency in your life. You’ll pay what they tell you, or bad things will happen.

Or maybe not.

Over three years ago, Google took a shot at disrupting the wireless telecom business when they introduced the NexusOne. Nothing happened. But time has passed, business has changed, and the idea of buying a phone inexpensively and taking it to another carrier is starting to mature. ... READ MORE of How To Get A Wireless Carrier To Lower Your Monthly Charge at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (458 words, 1 image, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Customer Service, Influency

Verizon Pay Phones and ‘Location, Location, Location’

Posted on July 13, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 0 Comments

Advertising, WiFi, Verizon, Van Wagner, and Pay Phones

What if you owned a bunch of real estate that you had no use for and couldn’t get rid of? If you’re like most of us that sounds like a dream, right? I’ll figure THAT problem out! But if you’re Verizon it’s a lot trickier.

Some years ago I did a stint at Verizon, where I was wrapped up in the “what do we do with our payphones?” question. The company installed WiFi at quite a few of the then-company-owned phones, but that wasn’t making any more money than the all-but-defunct coin phone business made. ... READ MORE of Verizon Pay Phones and ‘Location, Location, Location’ at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (574 words, 1 image, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Verizon FIOS Quantum, and the 300 Mbps You’ll Never See

Posted on June 18, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 65 Comments

Verizon FIOS Quantum Speeds and 300 mbps

It was over two years ago that Comcast introduced 105 Mbps Internet speeds, and I told you you’d never see that speed. Today, Verizon is introducing Verizon FIOS Quantum with speeds of 300 mbps, because the Internet has come so far that you can now download illegal movies even faster.

Umm, no, you (still) can’t.

Here’s the good news: Verizon FIOS Quantum 300 mbps service theoretically offers three times what Comcast offered for downloads and six times the speeds for uploads, at the same price. So the “price of fast Internet” is coming down. ... READ MORE of Verizon FIOS Quantum, and the 300 Mbps You’ll Never See at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (777 words, 2 images, estimated 3:06 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Verizon Has Made My Head—And Likely YOUR Wallet—Hurt. A LOT

Posted on June 13, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 0 Comments

Your phone calls just became free. So did your text messages. Sounds great, right?

Guess again. If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer, your prices, under the guise of Verizon Wireless making plans that are theoretically less expensive, just went up. WAY up. If we hadn’t already christened The Verizon Wireless Customer Service Wall of Shame for them, this sleight of hand would have been enough to earn Big Red that honor.

... READ MORE of Verizon Has Made My Head—And Likely YOUR Wallet—Hurt. A LOT at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (501 words, 2 images, estimated 2:00 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Half-Baked Reviews and The Decline of Journalism

Posted on January 17, 2012 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 6 Comments

galaxy nexus screenshot screen shot

Some days, I wish I was a journalist. Or still a journalist. Or something that would make me feel as though I was contributing to a vocation that I’m starting to get really worried about.

The aftermath of the problems I had last week with Verizon Wireless Customer Service was that I replaced my Droid with a shiny new Galaxy Nexus, albeit with some more customer service stupidity thrown in. And because there’s still a big piece of computer geek floating around inside me (and I had stuff to transfer from my Droid to the Galaxy Nexus SmartPhone), I spent some time playing over the weekend. ... READ MORE of Half-Baked Reviews and The Decline of Journalism at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (777 words, 1 image, estimated 3:06 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

FTC To Slap Cuffs on Google. Here’s a Better Idea

Posted on June 28, 2011 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 4 Comments

One of my clients just made the switch to an Android phone. He’s a technology consultant and über-geek, and so he understood that in going Android he’d need to make some decisions about how he uses bandwidth on his wireless device. If he stays with the data plan he’s selected, he’s better not plan to use Google Music or any other streaming service, because he’ll go broke.

And he understands this stuff. Most people don’t. ... READ MORE of FTC To Slap Cuffs on Google. Here’s a Better Idea at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (535 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

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Watch Movies? Like Music? Run a Server? Get Ready to Pay.

Posted on March 15, 2011 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 3 Comments

The all-you-can-eat train is coming to the end of its tracks.

Every now and then I come across someone who’s still paying by the minute to make phone calls. If you’re very young you might not even know that paying for each call you make was once a possibility, but until 1984 it was the only way phone calls outside your immediate area were sold and until the mid 1990s it was still pretty much the standard way things were done.

Data? It’s free. Bandwidth is unlimited, all-you-can-eat. Right? Not any more. ... READ MORE of Watch Movies? Like Music? Run a Server? Get Ready to Pay. at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (452 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Media

“Business Change” vs. “Business as Usual” with Verizon 4G

Posted on December 3, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 2 Comments

This weekend, Verizon is turning on their fast new mobile telecommunications network. Early testing shows Verizon’s 4G LTE network to be incredibly fast (although 4G is expensive—there’s no “unlimited” option).

Not a big deal, and honestly not much of a story in itself. But this week I got to thinking about Verizon and business change . . . and politics . . . when I got involved in a discussion about the 4G LTE roll-out here. In fact, it seems I said something worth hearing; my comments on Verizon and politics have started spreading to other places that you wouldn’t expect to find them. ... READ MORE of “Business Change” vs. “Business as Usual” with Verizon 4G at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (640 words, estimated 2:34 mins reading time)

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The iPad Is at Verizon! (Real) Whoopee! (Fake)

Posted on October 14, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 2 Comments

Verizon is selling the iPad. No kidding, it’s not a rumor. Go to Verizon’s web site and you can see the offer:

iPad at Verizon

See the prices? They’re exactly the same prices you pay to get a phone-enabled iPad from AT&T. But Verizon’s iPad isn’t a phone. It comes instead with a MiFi Mobile HotSpot device, meaning that you can have Internet on your iPad anywhere. Which make a lot more sense than having your iPad be a phone. And if you’re technically adept you can make it be a phone by playing with the Internet connection that the MiFi device gives you. ... READ MORE of The iPad Is at Verizon! (Real) Whoopee! (Fake) at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (434 words, 1 image, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Verizon / Google Net Neutrality: The REAL Business Change

Posted on August 10, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 5 Comments

So now that Verizon and Google have proven themselves to be liars, the FCC is out of the Internet regulation business, and you still have to plan for business change, what should your next move be?

None. It doesn’t matter. Move on.

OK, so it isn’t as simple as that, but it’s close. Last week, when I told you about the Google / Verizon Collusion on Net Neutrality Pact, the most important point I made was this: Verizon and Google, working from a place that the rest of us can only dream about, are essentially making law. Oh sure, the FCC will eventually get around to writing the “official” version of how things work, but by attacking the issue preemptively, Google and Verizon have set up a showdown designed to ensure that the ultimate outcome is in their favor. ... READ MORE of Verizon / Google Net Neutrality: The REAL Business Change at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (421 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change, Media

Google and Verizon Just…Take Over. Net Neutrality is Dead

Posted on August 5, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 3 Comments

I’ve mentioned the idea of Net Neutrality a few times. It’s a simple, yet nuanced idea, and basically means that companies providing Internet access shouldn’t have any say in what traffic is important.

And that ship, as they say, has now sailed.

Yesterday, Google and Verizon announced an agreement under which Verizon won’t control what Internet traffic gets priority over other traffic . . . “unless it’s in the consumer’s best interest”. ... READ MORE of Google and Verizon Just…Take Over. Net Neutrality is Dead at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (372 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Google Kills The Droid? Nah. But Verizon Just Did.

Posted on August 2, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 1 Comment

I’ve expressed concern about the way Google is handling the Android Operation System. I even went so far as to suggest that Google Had Killed The Droid.

Today, Verizon put the nail in that coffin. And it’s about grabbing more of your money. Thanks, guys.

Of course, it shouldn’t come as a surprise when Verizon or any other business tries to make money, and let’s be frank: SmartPhones have a notoriously short shelf life. But with the update to Android 2.2 slated to happen to Verizon’s original Droid this week I find it incredibly short-sighted that Verizon has announced that the update will omit the two most interesting features of the so-called “Froyo” Android update. ... READ MORE of Google Kills The Droid? Nah. But Verizon Just Did. at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (301 words, estimated 1:12 mins reading time)

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Kiss Flat-Rate Data Goodbye: Here Come the 4G Phones

Posted on May 28, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 5 Comments

It’s almost here. 4G cell phone networks and the way-faster data transfer speeds that come with them are about to get switched on. Now, your Smartphone will feel . . . even smarter.

And Verizon will be making you pay for that.

Presumably all carriers will be doing the same, so Verizon only deserves credit for opening the floodgates. But Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam is on record: fixed-cost all-you-can-eat data plans will be going away for 4G SmartPhone users. ... READ MORE of Kiss Flat-Rate Data Goodbye: Here Come the 4G Phones at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (238 words, estimated 57 secs reading time)

Filed Under: Business Change

Motorola As a Software Company: Uncontrolled Business Change

Posted on May 12, 2010 by --Jeff Yablon/The Answer Guy-- Influency & Integrated Marketing Strategist • 0 Comments

Forgive me for lack of speed; I needed to let this one roll around in my head for a few days:

Motorola is enjoying a business resurgence. Owing to their decision to start making SmartPhones based on the Google Android operating system, Motorola has become profitable after many quarters of moving in the wrong direction. Palm, on the other hand, is no more, having been acquired by Hewlett Packard for reasons that HP has thus far kept close to the vest. ... READ MORE of Motorola As a Software Company: Uncontrolled Business Change at Answer Guy Central, your Influency and Integrated Marketing Source By Clicking Here (548 words, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

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