Verizon Clamps Down on Heaviest 5% of Users
Amazing
You know, it's funny to read these post and seeing so many people supporting VZN'a decision to throttle heavy and abusive data users. Yet, when ATT was on of the first to do it, every cried about how greedy they are and should allow people to have unlimited data. People cried about TMO putting similar restrictions on their plans, due to the proposed ATT/TMO merger. Hypocrisy at it's finest. I do understand the other issues that people may have with ATT but, I'm not addressing those issues.
I agree with one post that said, some of us here in the US are selfish and unappreciative. But, on the flip side, this is why the federal government and local internet providers need to do more to have reasonable internet services, that most people can...
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I agree with one post that said, some of us here in the US are selfish and unappreciative. But, on the flip side, this is why the federal government and local internet providers need to do more to have reasonable internet services, that most people can...
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"You know, it's funny to read these post and seeing so many people supporting VZN'a decision to throttle heavy and abusive data users. Yet, when ATT was on of the first to do it, every cried about how greedy they are and should allow people to have unlimited data."
Some did, I didn't....I supported it when at&t did this and I support Verizon as well...there's no such thing as 'unlimited' anything, no one can possibly promise you a truly 'unlimited' amount of a finite resource.....
I have supported tiered data plans, caps, throttling, whatnot, for a long time.
Some did, I didn't....I supported it when at&t did this and I support Verizon as well...there's no such thing as 'unlimited' anything, no one can possibly promise you a truly 'unlimited' amount of a finite resource.....
I have supported tiered data plans, caps, throttling, whatnot, for a long time.
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I think tiered data and throttling are good ideas... just not together.
Say you get 2 GB for $25 with $10/1GB over. That's cool.
Or you get 2 GB of 3G/4G speeds for $25, with 2G speeds after that. Also cool.
If you get 2 GB for $25, then pay $10 for each 1 GB over but that overage is only at 2G speeds... that's wrong. If you pay for your data, you shouldn't be getting less than what you pay for. If you just get 'unlimited' at a fixed price, then they should be able to determine exactly what speeds data is going at.
Also, another point, T-Mobile had throttled data on a wide scale before AT&T introduced throttling. AT&T was the first to have a data cap, but they did something similar to what Verizon is doing now, where the top...
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Say you get 2 GB for $25 with $10/1GB over. That's cool.
Or you get 2 GB of 3G/4G speeds for $25, with 2G speeds after that. Also cool.
If you get 2 GB for $25, then pay $10 for each 1 GB over but that overage is only at 2G speeds... that's wrong. If you pay for your data, you shouldn't be getting less than what you pay for. If you just get 'unlimited' at a fixed price, then they should be able to determine exactly what speeds data is going at.
Also, another point, T-Mobile had throttled data on a wide scale before AT&T introduced throttling. AT&T was the first to have a data cap, but they did something similar to what Verizon is doing now, where the top...
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I often hear people complain 'how long before they start imposing tiered data plans on home Internet use?' But the fact of the matter is that they already DO use tiered plans....you just pay by the speed, not by the amount of data...
So....5 mbps costs so much a month
10 mpbs costs more
etc
This IS a data cap, because obviously the slower your connection speed, the less data you will be able to consume
I think it might be a good idea for wireless carriers to adopt a similar model....
So much a month for 2G speed
So much a month for 3G
So much a month for 4G
And so on....
People would probably be less hostile to that kind of tiered data plan.
So....5 mbps costs so much a month
10 mpbs costs more
etc
This IS a data cap, because obviously the slower your connection speed, the less data you will be able to consume
I think it might be a good idea for wireless carriers to adopt a similar model....
So much a month for 2G speed
So much a month for 3G
So much a month for 4G
And so on....
People would probably be less hostile to that kind of tiered data plan.
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Vmac39 said:
...this is why the federal government and local internet providers need to do more to have reasonable internet services, that most people can afford. When I say most, I mean people who can't really afford the standard rates currently available. If we had more access to standard internet services with Wifi, people my spend less time on their phones or at least, bogging down the cellular networks with cell phones.
"The Internet" is not a quasi-monopolized public utility.
The government has no business caring whether you can use it or not.
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That last paragraph describes me. I can't afford to pay for internet TWICE!!! Both in my smartphone and @ home, that's just crazy, no less than something like $60-$65/mo for both mobile & home.
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If you can't afford it on both, then prioritize and only have it on which ever service you can afford and makes the most sense to have. Either way, both home internet and cell phone internet access are luxury services. There's always your public library. If you want the luxury of internet at home or on your phone, then put up or shut up.
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