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Sprint to Start Throttling Heaviest Users

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De-priortization, NOT throttling

rawvega

Oct 16, 2015, 12:36 PM
Is Quality of Service the same as throttling?

No. With throttling, when you hit the applicable data threshold, your wireless data speed is reduced for your entire cycle, 100% of the time, no matter where you are. With QoS, your data is de-prioritized only when and where network resources are constrained.Once network resources are no longer constrained or you move to a non-constrained location, your speed will return to normal.
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Papeng27

Oct 19, 2015, 1:18 PM
That's true. Some users may get irritated by it but this is just to ensure fairness on other users that are not on unlimited high speed data bucket.
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Jarahawk

Oct 19, 2015, 2:08 PM
Hypocrisy nevertheless. Sprint can no longer throw stones at T-Mobile. Truly unlimited data was the only thing Sprint had going for themselves. This is tantamount to waiving the white flag of surrender.
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