“Verizon through a low key policy page confirmed that it had switched on its data throttling as of Thursday,” Electronista reports. “The top five percent of 3G users on unlimited plans will have their connections slowed down when on heavily congested cell sites both for what’s left of their billing period and for the following period. Those on 4G devices or on a capped plan don’t see the throttling at all.”
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“As described, the limitations are light relative to AT&T and T-Mobile, a fact Verizon is keen to point out,” Electronista reports. “AT&T’s upcoming practice will be a more absolute throttling that slows the top five percent regardless of their choice of network speed or their cell site. T-Mobile’s strategy will automatically slow users down anytime they pass 5GB in a given billing cycle.”
Electronista reports, “Its timing, like AT&T’s, comes just a few weeks before the iPhone 5 is set to show and US carriers could expect a surge in data use.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]