While only 6percentt of all cable subscribers signed up for high-speed data service, she said, 20percentt of the superspenders did.
Many of them are starting to pick up cheap Android devices and are signing up for data plans for the very first time.
One reason companies sign up for data integration services is to get data ready for machine learning algorithms, since those algorithms are only as good as their training data.
Although U.S. carriers to date have been reluctant to move toward pay-as-you-go models, Raleigh said ItsOn could help on-board millions of customers who would otherwise be hesitant to sign up for data plans.
Some informants had already implemented this control schedule for their diabetes and (to a lesser extent) COPD patients prior to signing up for data capture.
They will team with wireless carriers to offer subsidized versions of their tablets: you'd get the device for $200 or $300 if you signed up for a data plan.
When the iPhone arrived, millions of people signed up for the data plan, charged the battery and started buying cases, docks and better-quality earphones (not to mention apps).
Eleven firms signed up for the data partnership at launch a few weeks ago, including Greylock, DFJ, Softtech VC, SV Angel, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund, 500 Startups, Betaworks, Foundry Group and TechStars.
(I asked the latter about this curious occurrence, and a representative told me that two researchers listed signed up for the data before working there; it's unclear why in that case the name I saw would list Facebook as their affiliation, but there you have it).
BellSouth earned $817 million, or 44 cents a share, in the quarter as more customers signed up for high-speed data lines.
