FTC Nails TracFone for $40M Over False Advertising
Throttled is still unlimited
Carriers should be allowed to throttle if they feel they need to in order to keep enough bandwidth open for all their customers. The cable companies do this.
This throttling shouldn't be a surprise if people actually read their service agreements.
Are they not getting unlimited data? just a little slower?
Why is it TracFone's fault people don't read?
the about the ine print i have a problem with because everyone does it...its the point of it being there, most people dont bother with it
'Unlimited means unlimited' the FCC needs to grow the hell up, what next, are they going to sue the Olive Garden because they won't keep their promise of 'unlimited pasta and breadsticks' if you ask for your 75th refill? Any promise of 'unlimited' has an implied restriction 'unlimited provided your usage is reasonable'.
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Unlimited implies, NO LIMITS - not limits with stipulations or under certain conditions, this includes speed restrictions.
To be fair, companies need to stop marketing "Unlimited Web" as part of the deal, they need to say, "Unlimited Web Access" then state how much of it will be at higher speeds and how much at lower speeds. Access to the internet is unlimited as in you can access and pull up as many web pages as you would like without being charged overages, but it needs to be stated at what point does the high speed internet not get used and it slows down.
un·lim·it·ed adjective \-ˈli-mə-təd\
: without any limits or restrictions
: not limited in number or amount
So that means that any company at all that advertises unlimited internet is doing false advertising. Its impossible to have unlimited internet. If you are throttled to 500 kbits/s then you can only download 2.47 GB a month if you download continuously for the entire month. 2.47 GB is not unlimited.
So please get your facts straight.
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