“In a notice posted Thursday on Verizon’s official website, customers were informed that the carrier is implementing two new network management practices,” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider. “It said that the changes will provide a better experience for its more than 94 million customers.”
“Verizon said that customers who subscribe to a data plan or feature on Thursday or later may see their bandwidth speeds throttled, if they use an extraordinary amount of data every month,” Marsal reports. “The limits will be placed on customers who are among the top 5 percent of data users, Verizon said.”
Marsal reports, “‘We may reduce your data throughput speeds periodically for the remainder of your then current and immediately following billing cycle to ensure high quality network performance for other users at locations and times of peak demand,’ the notice says. ‘Our proactive management of the Verizon Wireless network is designed to ensure that the remaining 95% of data customers aren’t negatively affected by the inordinate data consumption of just a few users.'”
Full article here.
And just how much data might that limit be?
so, 4.8 million people will be affected? and the exact people can change from month to month?
Wow. That sucks.
So when Verizon claimed their network was ready for the anticipated increase in traffic, they failed to note that they would deal with it by rationing.
They advertised an “Unlimited” data plan, and now they’re slapping a limit on it. Nice bait and switch.
If carriers cannot support an unlimited plan, then DON’T OFFER ONE!
…and so it begins.
Already they’re bracing for capacity they never imagined, only to fall into the same situation as AT&T.
And the customer has to suffer (and pay) the consequences…as usual.
Interesting! I suspect Verizon is trying to circumvent the types of problems AT&T encountered once the iPhone 3G was launched. I don’t know how many iPhone users will breach that cap. But listen for the complaints if that happens.
Perhaps Verizon is not going to be the holy grail of iPhone usage after all.
Hello ATT!
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You can bet that most of the affected users will be iPhone users. Suddenly that HotSpot sharing feature doesn’t look so rosy, especially at $20/mo.
HAHAHA Verizon is so much better than AT&T. So said MDN while bashing AT&T.
Wow you been tag…. No fast lane for you.
Let the record show that from the very first day, Verizon is limiting service to iPhone users. Sounds to me like this is exactly the reason Apple went to AT&T for the first 4 years.
Verizon may have a good network, but they are the Kings of Evil.
Throttled for up to 60 days, can you hear me now. No f—ing way would I pay for that. The reviews are already in. Their data rate blows. The reason I pay 30 bucks a month for the Internet in my pocket is just that. If I have to hit redail a couple times per week and once in awhile when I’m using my phone in a fringe area even several times in a days I’ll live with that. Paying up to $60 before getting back usable Internet wouldn’t fly with me.
Can’t wait for MDN to start whining about what crappy service their new Verizon iPhones have.
No dropped calls, unlimited data (and handylight), fastest 3G speeds, and no throttling my speeds when I reach a point.
Glad I’m staying with Att.
Bait and switch, indeed. New class action lawsuit targeting Verizon in 3, 2, 1…
Unlimited data use!
(Except when it’s not unlimited.)
I love it.
All the ‘super self centered jerks’ that have been abusing the cellular system are no longer wanted on Verizon or AT&T.
There is no need to put up with that abuse now that these carriers both have the iPhone!
There is always SPRINT for you. SPRINT loves Android users.
No one can tell they are abusing the Sprint system since it is so bad in many areas to begin with. Sprint/Cearwire does bandwidth throttle them too on 4G based on per cell tower usage over time if it is the same tower and not a transitory mobile connection.
Keeps them from using Sprint as a reliable replacement for a wired ISP.
Like Rolling Black-outs – not enough bandwidth so they plan to ration the supply. Yes, we are “ready” for iPhone at Verizon…
What a Crock.
FWIW, I have never dropped a call on AT&T.
I don’t love them, but they have been good to me.
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Darn! I was hoping most of the bandwidth hogs would switch to Verizon and make my unlimited AT&T data service even better.
I admit that AT&T used to drop voice calls on my iPhone daily, but it’s been much improved, especially since I upgraded to iP4.
Douchebag phone company #2. No incentive. I guess we’ll be waiting for T-Mobile now. Or drop the iPhone and get a craptastic-droid-whatever.
Well most companies, even comcast, does it for home internet. You can only use it for so much before they cut you off. How would you feel if someone was hogging four times the data you are and you can’t get a connection because it’s being hogged? I’m not that heavy of a user and when I want to use my phone to check facebook, twitter, some news sites, and e-mail. I want to be able too and not be blocked because someone near me is being a hog.
@Webmasters Apprentice, now that was funny
For the record, I’ve been happy on ATT, every phone I have ever had has dropped calls.
But I will look again when my contract is up, prolly around iPhone 5 or maybe 6
@ Zach-
I’d be feeling like my network needed to be adding in some more capacity !