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why does verizon cap aircard
ownNov 27, 2007, 11:31 AM
i found out when look for aircard that verizon caps customers at 5gb when using data card on laptop. how come? man. sprints doesnt cap. but i want to stay verizon.
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That is how they get their money
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Because they suck. Bad. Really bad. So bad, in fact, that if I applied the hyperbole and personification that I'd like to, this post would get deleted and I would get another warning.
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Right on.
Not trying to be a troll, but if I can't get Quick2Net on the i760, or if Verizon doesn't lower the data rates, I'm going to Sprint.
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Verizon does cap @ 5 gig, but they no longer shut you off completely. Instead they reduce your throughput speed down to 200 kbps or less. It is because they suck, but for them they are looking to keep network traffic down. To me unlmited means unlimited with no caps and no catches, which is exactly why Verizon got busted for false advertising by the NY attorney general.
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The Real reason is Sprint has more spectrum then Verizon so they can afford for people the freeze up a whole channel with P2P, Games, Videos, etc. Verizon cannot, otherwises people will get slow speeds or unable to connect. Kinda like when thousands of people call 911 at once.. then no one else can make a call. Since Verizon wants all it's business users to be able to login to the web, the high use consumer will take a back seat.
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You honestly think that business users get preferential treatment on a network? Everyone pays the same 60 bucks for the aircard access; so how are you to determine preferential service access? The cap is ridiculous don't get me wrong there, but the cap applies to everyone amd the access is available to everyone all the same. Up until you violate the TOS, ie. with p2p traffic and what not, your access is not quequed up into different access categories.
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bkw79Nov 27, 2007, 6:10 PM
The point of what he is saying is that they don't have enough spectrum.
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