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Why does VZW Throttle its good paying loyal subscribers?

MadFatMan

Sep 19, 2011, 7:06 AM
The same exact reason a dog licks it balls..... BECAUSE HE CAN!
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T Bone

Sep 19, 2011, 10:22 AM
Who cares if towers are congested, calls are dropping like flies and people are being denied service? The only thing that matters is that you get what you want....
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Mossberg

Sep 19, 2011, 10:53 AM
I still feel this is a tremendous loss for the consumer. We don't want excuses, we want what we signed up for.

What's the point of a netflix app now, except to add movies to my instant queue?
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T Bone

Sep 19, 2011, 1:36 PM
Throttling does not mean being completely cut off...and even then it is only going to happen to the top 5% of users, and even then only in congested areas....we're not talking about a large number of people here, maybe a few thousand, out of about 90 million customers...and even then it is only being doing temporarily while the congestion lasts.

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....
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GeeksAreBest

Sep 19, 2011, 1:46 PM
T-Bone is right, one thing everyone seems to miss is that there are people out there who use a LOT of data. I'm talking like 80 to 100+ gigs a month. *Those* people are why AT&T and Verizon have put a soft cap on the data usage. Sprint and T-Mobile both already have soft caps. T-Mobiles is 5gb and Sprint's is 10gb but they just cut the data speeds, not actually cut out entirely.

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%.
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tbacba

Sep 19, 2011, 2:04 PM
Sprint does not have a cap, soft or otherwise.
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T Bone

Sep 19, 2011, 2:24 PM
Sprint doesn't have enough customers for 'congestion' to be a problem....you can be generous about handing out bandwidth when there is no one using the network.

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.
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tbacba

Sep 19, 2011, 2:37 PM
True enough. But as of now, one of their major selling points is that they neither cap nor throttle.
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MadFatMan

Sep 19, 2011, 3:12 PM
Yep my dog Verizon, just going at it! slurp slurp lick lick slurp!

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!
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T Bone

Sep 19, 2011, 5:09 PM
Throttling means lower download speeds, you'll still be able to use Netflix, throttling doesn't mean either overage charges or a lack of access to data.

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.
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CellStudent

Sep 19, 2011, 4:23 PM
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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