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> The "reduced speed" is whatever it takes to prioritize customers on the same tower who are not over the limit so they get full speed. If you aren't on a conge

by croon 10y ago

> The "reduced speed" is whatever it takes to prioritize customers on the same tower who are not over the limit so they get full speed. If you aren't on a congested tower, your speed isn't impacted. Seems fair to me. I'm not saying it isn't fair, I'm saying it's false advertising. I also know the technical limitations on the radios on the towers (worked in the industry). But suggesting that it's unlimited, both from the ISP side and the Bloomberg side, is disingenous at best, and suggesting it can replace wifi in that implementation, even more so. That said: You can get unlimited 4G in both Tokyo and Seoul, and those are pretty dense. Again it technically couldn't work if everyone got it and used it as much as they could, but arguing that the US ISPs can't do better is patently false.

scarface74 10y ago
How is it "false advertising"? 1. It is "unlimited" - not "unlimited full speed" 2. They tell you about the deprioritization. On an anecdotal note, my family was in an extended stay for a few months while we were waiting to get our house built. The hotel wifi was abysmal. We were tethering our phone to our AppleTV - Binge On allowed us unlimited video tethering - we were using 80-100Gb per month successfully without a noticeable slow down. We were not in a congested area. But part of the problem isn't the carriers fault. It takes years to get approvals from cities to build towers sometimes.
- michaelt 10y ago
  It is "unlimited" - not "unlimited full speed" It doesn't say "unlimited full speed any day any time any location" either. I'm planning an internet service that provides unlimited 600 Mbit/s wireless internet. But it'll only be available from 3pm-4pm on the day of the first full moon of every month in one building, in the basement, inside a locked filing cabinet in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying beware of the leopard. I think we can both agree that calling my product "Unlimited" would be false advertising.

by croon 10y ago

scarface74 10y ago

How is it "false advertising"? 1. It is "unlimited" - not "unlimited full speed" 2. They tell you about the deprioritization. On an anecdotal note, my family was in an extended stay for a few months while we were waiting to get our house built. The hotel wifi was abysmal. We were tethering our phone to our AppleTV - Binge On allowed us unlimited video tethering - we were using 80-100Gb per month successfully without a noticeable slow down. We were not in a congested area. But part of the problem isn't the carriers fault. It takes years to get approvals from cities to build towers sometimes.

michaelt 10y ago
It is "unlimited" - not "unlimited full speed" It doesn't say "unlimited full speed any day any time any location" either. I'm planning an internet service that provides unlimited 600 Mbit/s wireless internet. But it'll only be available from 3pm-4pm on the day of the first full moon of every month in one building, in the basement, inside a locked filing cabinet in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying beware of the leopard. I think we can both agree that calling my product "Unlimited" would be false advertising.