Verizon to Restrict Heaviest 'Unlimited' LTE Users
Jul 25, 2014, 11:09 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Verizon Wireless plans to use its Network Optimization policy later this year in order to manage its heaviest users. The change in policy applies only to subscribers with an unlimited LTE monthly data plan, who were previously grandfathered in and essentially unrestricted in their use of mobile data. According to Verizon this change only applies to the top 5% of users, who typically consume more than 4.7GB of data per month. Rather than use straight throttling, Verizon will prioritize the traffic of subscribers who pay for tiered data plans (2GB per month, 4GB per month, etc.) The prioritization scheme will be put to work in high-traffic areas when cell sites become congested. The change goes into effect October 1. Verizon has applied similar network management techniques to its 3G customers since 2011.
Comments
I smell a lawsuit
They just launched a 100GB plan. That says only one thing, unlimited's data's days are numbered
I hope because It hardly leaves my house that I wont be affected to much.
I guess no one can promise unlimited at any speed anymore.
they dont want you to use streaming data but show it in the commercial. i say they are feeding the behavior to encourage ...
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Sprint should do this
Nowadays all the carriers need to manage the access to the network, since with HD videos and music streaming such as Spotify is really easy to use much GBs of data.
Cost
What about the cost of the data?
Verizon regardless of whether or not they did promise or are obligated to provide unlimited data, I know for a fact they never promised cost.
So why don't they just raise the price up to 100 a month per line?
Unlimited users can still get it
