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Virgin Mobile to Implement Throttling in October

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Caps, tiers, throttling and overages

OmegaWolf747

Jul 13, 2011, 4:08 PM
Are all just ways for the providers to limit our freedoms and bleed us dry. There is absolutely no reason to deny people unlimited use of the Net we have always had other than greed, greed and more greed.
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Caucasian

Jul 13, 2011, 4:16 PM
just ways for the providers to limit our freedoms and bleed us dry


I have to disagree.

They aren't limiting your freedom to switch to their parent networks unlimited use network. Swap to Sprint, check your employer discount and you might be surprised how little extra it will cost, not to mention better phones along with a nice 2-year subsidy on a new device.

And they're not charging extra for more use, they're throttling. Bleeding someone I generally regard as trying to get more money. People were upset when T-Mobile started throttling, but they weren't claiming their freedoms were being taken away or that they were being bled dry.

They're targeting folks (like me) who use their data connection a buttload...
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patrickrlewis

Jul 14, 2011, 6:42 AM
Hate to tell you but Sprint throttles too....it says so right on your account management page, when you hit 5gb, your speed will be lowered.
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Red_Minx

Jul 14, 2011, 1:48 PM
Um hate to tell you, no it doesn't. Sprint at this time does not throttle at any point.
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jeffdws

Jul 14, 2011, 3:43 PM
Even if they did, 5GB/mo is a sh*t-ton on a phone.
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patrickrlewis

Jul 14, 2011, 11:34 PM
Directly from Sprint's Terms Of Service:

"Data Usage Limitation: Sprint reserves the right, without notice, to limit throughput speeds, and to deny, terminate, modify, disconnect or suspend service"

If that is not throttling, I don't know what is.
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Red_Minx

Jul 15, 2011, 8:15 AM
That isn't throttling, that is just a clause in the contract that basically gives them the right to change something if they have to. So I guess you "don't know what is". If it were throttling they would have to explicitly say that after so much usage your speeds would be diminished or throttled like T-Mobiles does.
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Phineas

Jul 15, 2011, 11:16 AM
That is correct, just gives them the opportunity to throttle later if they want to without violating the T&C's. I have never heard of Sprint throttling data.
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Hitur Petar

Jul 13, 2011, 5:09 PM
There is no reason, other the finite amount of bandwith that exists, the capacity of existing towers and equipment, and the sincere desire to keep the most amount of customers happy, and therefore, you know, remaining customers, not to mention the money they pay each month which goes to pay the salaries of employees, for equipment etc.

Other than that, you're right. There is absolutely no reason.
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tether

Jul 15, 2011, 1:13 PM
Finite bandwidth? I got maybe 1MB download speeds at best with Virgin. If they don't have enough capacity to handle the customers they are selling service to, they should either BUILD MORE TOWERS, STOP SELLING SERVICE or GO OUT OF BUSINESS. The employees Virgin pays for are all in India. They make like 4 cents a day. It is plain greed. I hope they lose customers over this. Nothing personal against Virgin (I hope Verizon loses customers too charging thme up to $100 a month to add data for a single user to a voice plan!).
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Azeron

Jul 13, 2011, 8:42 PM
Pointing out that a company is greedy in America is like saying the Sun is yellow.
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Lord Azrael

Jul 13, 2011, 9:18 PM
I saw the sun this morning, and it was red 👀

Truthfully, if a company has no greed, then it has no reason for existence.
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Tofuchong

Jul 14, 2011, 7:09 PM
Greenpeace, Ducks Unlimited, World Wildlife Fund, The Salvation Army, The Red Cross, Goodwill, Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Unicef, The Food Bank, Honest Ed's, and those are just what I can think of in 10 seconds off the top of my head.

Cellular phone companies have given companies, in general, a bad name.
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Lord Azrael

Jul 14, 2011, 10:13 PM
And as such are non profit. True, not all their members are volunteers, but you get what I mean. They don't sell anything really, and what they do is just to raise funds for their true nature, which is whatever 'good works' they do.

Tell me a restaurant that's non profit and open for everybody. There you go.
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Azeron

Jul 15, 2011, 7:59 AM
BP, ExxonMobile, Wells Fargo and General Motors agree with you.
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TheRickster

Jul 14, 2011, 10:41 AM
It's funny that this is happening with Virgin Mobile when Sprint just released a commercial blasting T-Mobile and other phone companies for data caps and throttling.
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Azeron

Jul 14, 2011, 3:50 PM
I remember when Verizon had $0 activation fees on two year contracts. We blasted the hell out of Cingular for charging $36 Act fees. Next thing you know, corporate dropped the bomb...$35 Act fees. Why? Because we were losing revenues of $35 per customer. Better believe the bean counters at Sprint are tallying every customer who is killing the unlimited exceeding say 2GB per month or 5GB and calculating ALL the revenues they are losing.
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TheRickster

Jul 14, 2011, 6:46 PM
Oh most definitely.

Unlimited, uncapped plans are going the way of the dodo.
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jeffdws

Jul 14, 2011, 3:41 PM
Don't know what everyone is crying about... 2.5 gigs is a lot of data. Especially when new inventions like Wi-Fi are right around the corner.
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