Om Malik writes: "Because we have a near-duopoly in the market place, it’s pretty likely both wireless companies will look to maximize profits on their networks, and as a result, push the prices higher and offer lower data caps.
What that means is that as an app developer, you would have to develop apps for a metered world, where data is expensive for consumers. In other words, the freewheeling culture of downloading apps that helps spawn the new mobile Internet revolution would come to an end. Bluntly put, AT&T is carbon monoxide for this blossoming ecosystem."