Verizon Wireless announced in their Q3 call that they now have 75,000 broadband wireless subscribers. That may not sound like very much for a comapny with 42.1 million subscribers, but hey, they've got to start somewhere. And we're not talking about an inexpensive service; at $80/month this is strictly a business service right now.

The 75,000 does not reflect the 14 cities that the BroadbandAccess service is now avaiable in. Most of the cities only just went live. My guess is that the majority of the subscribers are based the DC area, with a healthy percentage based in San Qualcomm (I mean, San Diego).

So, let's see, 75,000 x $80/month equals $6 million per month.

Here's a good piece about Verizon, Sprint and Cingular in Bloomberg

Question: Now that Sprint is deploying a similar EV-DO network, when will Verizon Wireless start dropping prices, and how low?

My prediction: $59/month by this time next year. And bandwidth will no longer be "unlimited."