Verizon Clamps Down on Heaviest 5% of Users
Why does VZW Throttle its good paying loyal subscribers?
What's the point of a netflix app now, except to add movies to my instant queue?
Throttling just means slower speeds, you aren't being cut off.
In fact, unless they were told that they were being throttled, it is doubtful that they would even notice it. If your download speed is reduced from 15mbps to 5 mbps, I doubt most people would notice....
I watched an entire 6 seasons of a show on Netflix on my unlimited plan and barely used 3 gigs that month. That kind of usage isn't likely to qualify you as the top 5%.
Now, things seem to be turning around for Sprint (somewhat) if the recent growth continues, we can expect them to do something when congestion becomes a problem.
Yeah what is the point of a Netflix app with a 2gb cap? The average feature film is 750mb - 1.5 gb , not only is it availible they are FREAKING PROMOTING IT on TV! It's like a speed trap or a cop sitting his fat doughnut eating @$$ behind a bush at a speedtrap.
They WANT you to go into overage! It's pure profit goes right into the operating margin!
But let's be clear here: things that are really heavy on data usage, like Netflix, are not really intended to be used over 3G, but over WiFi.
And ultimately the long term solution is offloading data to privately owned WiFi networks.
Mossberg said:
What's the point of a netflix app now, except to add movies to my instant queue?
It's meant to be used primarily over WiFi?
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