Verizon beings unlimited data throttle - Your response?

[BlueSami]

Speed is not in the equation. I think you're just confused as to what you signed up for.

I am not confused.
Do you what u get when you call your isp when your not happy because your internet is running horribly .. you get credited money. Ie customer service.

I think you forgot what that means..


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[brandon9559]

If you're in that top 5% and get throttled you have no valid argument

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[brandon9559]

Why would they credit you money for being a data debo

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[czerdrill]

I am not confused.
Do you what u get when you call your isp when your not happy because your internet is running horribly .. you get credited money. Ie customer service.

I think you forgot what that means..


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Verizon has great customer service imo. The reason you think it's bad is because you thought you were promised things like speed when you signed up for unlimited data. Now when you find out that that's not the case, you're not happy. Unfortunately you weren't promised what you think you were

 

[brandon9559]

Verizon has great customer service imo. The reason you think it's bad is because you thought you were promised things like speed when you signed up for unlimited data. Now when you find out that that's not the case, you're not happy. Unfortunately you weren't promised what you think you were

Agreed

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[BlueSami]

I am perfectly happy with my phone. There other day I got 10mbps download 18mbps upload! Smoking!!


Though I am not in that 5%

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[kptphalkon]

I don't know if this has been mentioned, its late and I don't feel like reading the whole thread.

Has anyone even read verizons web page regarding this network optimization strategy?

They state that this is not throttling. In their terms throttling is when your speeds get retained for a billing cycle. This practice is only in affect during peak times, when a certain cell area is congested, etc.

My understanding may be wrong but from what I read you won't be affected by limited speeds at every moment once you pass this "2 GB" (which I assume is just a posted metric to make people observe their data behavior) limit or top 5% tier, whichever it may be for that month's statistics. It will only impact heavy users when other people need the network as much as you do.

So why does everyone keep shouting "throttle bad, throttle bad! Its not unlimited!" Just calm down. And before you make useless inferences, wait and see how it really works. Or track your dl/ul speeds throughout all times when you pass the imposed limit before you can scream unfair practice.

 

[brandon9559]

I am perfectly happy with my phone. There other day I got 10mbps download 18mbps upload! Smoking!!


Though I am not in that 5%

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I wouldn't say smoking. 20's would be smoking IMO

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[Malvado]

I am not confused.
Do you what u get when you call your isp when your not happy because your internet is running horribly .. you get credited money. Ie customer service.

I think you forgot what that means..


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That is not true. They won't credit you money back just because your internet is slow. They will simply tell you that you've used an overwhelming amount so they slowed it down.

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[Malvado]

I don't know if this has been mentioned, its late and I don't feel like reading the whole thread.

Has anyone even read verizons web page regarding this network optimization strategy?

They state that this is not throttling. In their terms throttling is when your speeds get retained for a billing cycle. This practice is only in affect during peak times, when a certain cell area is congested, etc.

My understanding may be wrong but from what I read you won't be affected by limited speeds at every moment once you pass this "2 GB" (which I assume is just a posted metric to make people observe their data behavior) limit or top 5% tier, whichever it may be for that month's statistics. It will only impact heavy users when other people need the network as much as you do.

So why does everyone keep shouting "throttle bad, throttle bad! Its not unlimited!" Just calm down. And before you make useless inferences, wait and see how it really works. Or track your dl/ul speeds throughout all times when you pass the imposed limit before you can scream unfair practice.

There's a link I posted where it says at the bottom of the page that they will reduce speed for up to 60 days. They simply chose to call it "NETWORK OPTIMIZATION" so it wouldn't sound as bad. In reality, its the same BS

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[kodiak799]

Sprint is capping mobile hotspot users at 5gigs....So I guess VZW is now the only game in town and you'll live with their rules.

 

[djembeman]

Switching to 4G greatly increased my data usage!!!

So when I got my LG REVO back in May or June (release day) my area didn't have 4G yet. On 3G my usage was somewhere in the 2-5 GB level. Once 4G hit I use over 20 GB per month. This last month that recently closed I checked a couple days ago and I had used 27G of data. My behavior on my phone hasn't changed at all really. Just having more bandwidth available seemed to make my phone suck it up.
Which brings me to my next question.... How is anyone going to survive on a 4G on a $30 2GB data plan? Or even 10GB for $80??? Each additional GB $10 more. Freaking insane!!!!!

 

[brandon9559]

So when I got my LG REVO back in May or June (release day) my area didn't have 4G yet. On 3G my usage was somewhere in the 2-5 GB level. Once 4G hit I use over 20 GB per month. This last month that recently closed I checked a couple days ago and I had used 27G of data. My behavior on my phone hasn't changed at all really. Just having more bandwidth available seemed to make my phone suck it up.
Which brings me to my next question.... How is anyone going to survive on a 4G on a $30 2GB data plan? Or even 10GB for $80??? Each additional GB $10 more. Freaking insane!!!!!

If you download a 2mb file over 3G or 4G its still a 2mb file. 4G just downloads it faster.

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[rlind1]

How do you abuse an UNLIMITED data plan?? I feel like if it is unlimited they should let you use it as much as you want! I am definitely not in the top 5% but it should not be called unlimited if they are limiting it

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[djembeman]

If you download a 2mb file over 3G or 4G its still a 2mb file. 4G just downloads it faster.

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Completely obvious!!!! You're forgetting that YouTube and I'm pretty sure Netflix will push more data based on your connection speed, and streaming sites like South Park Studios.com. I rarely just straight download a file. It's really about the streaming services. Plus I can do a whole lot more surfing if I can load a page faster.

I also barely ever get on WiFi, unless I want to use smartshare.