Okay, I'm not a regular here, so I didn't know it had been hashed out already.
Back when I got my droid, before I heard anyone here mentioning the 5GB cap, I came across the language myself on the Verizon Wireless website. I saw it while going through the the online ordering process where you pick a plan, pick a phone, add features & accessories. After selecting my talk plan and selecting the droid, the site told me that I needed to pick the data plan for the droid. Next to my unlimited data plan was a link for the details, terms & conditions. When I clicked the details it said what I stated in my original post (unlimited, but if you exceed 5GB they'll assume you tethered). I saw it with my own eyes on the Verizon site in the terms & conditions for the unlimited personal data plan. Actually, someone else copied and pasted the language:
"DATA PLANS AND FEATURES
Data Plans and Features (such as NationalAccess, BroadbandAccess, GlobalAccess, Push to Talk, and certain VZEmail services) may ONLY be used with wireless devices for the following purposes: (i) Internet browsing; (ii) email; and (iii) intranet access (including access to corporate intranets, email, and individual productivity applications like customer relationship management, sales force, and field service automation). The Data Plans and Features MAY NOT be used for any other purpose. Examples of prohibited uses include, without limitation, the following: (i) continuous uploading, downloading or streaming of audio or video programming or games; (ii) server devices or host computer applications, including, but not limited to, Web camera posts or broadcasts, automatic data feeds, automated machine-to-machine connections or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing; or (iii) as a substitute or backup for private lines or dedicated data connections. This means, by way of example only, that checking email, surfing the Internet, downloading legally acquired songs, and/or visiting corporate intranets is permitted, but downloading movies using P2P file sharing services and/or redirecting television signals for viewing on laptops is prohibited. A person engaged in prohibited uses, continuously for one hour, could typically use 100 to 200 MBs, or, if engaged in prohibited uses for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, could use more than 5 GBs in a month.
For individual use only and not for resale. We reserve the right to protect our network from harm, which may impact legitimate data flows. We reserve the right to limit throughput or amount of data transferred, and to deny or terminate service, without notice, to anyone we believe is using an Data Plan or Feature in any manner prohibited above or whose usage adversely impacts our network or service levels. Anyone using more than 5 GB per line in a given month is presumed to be using the service in a manner prohibited above, and we reserve the right to immediately terminate the service of any such person without notice. We also reserve the right to terminate service upon expiration of Customer Agreement term."
This was the language accompanying the droid's data plan
at that time.
It's no longer linked to the droid's data plan on the Verizon site. I did a Google search and found an article (I think on PC World) where the writer saw the same thing and contacted Verizon for clarification. Verizon told him that the information on their web site was outdated, and the site was due for an update. So, I guess they updated it and it's no longer there for that data plan; it may apply to other plans, but not the unlimited plan for the droid.
Anyway, my point was that whether the language is there or not, it doesn't matter because the fact is that the Verizon is not capping us at 5GB. People are using more than 5GB and they're not getting charged, so there is no cap. The unlimited plan is unlimited.
