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I think this is a reduco ad absurdum. If AT&T didn't throttle, I suppose "unlimited" would still be a lie because there is still a limit to how fast your phone

I think this is a reduco ad absurdum. If AT&T didn't throttle, I suppose "unlimited" would still be a lie because there is still a limit to how fast your phone will download it. If you remove that it's still a lie because there's a limit to medium bandwidth, and so on. All of these things are artificial! Should AT&T upgrade all users to phones with the latest modems because otherwise they are "artificially limiting" their experience? The impact on AT&T would be the same as stopping traffic shaping: spending more per user.

JohnFen 7y ago
> I suppose "unlimited" would still be a lie because there is still a limit to how fast your phone will download it. I disagree. In my view, "unlimited" means that the service provider will not introduce artificial limits. Of course there are natural limits (the speed of the devices involved, network congestion and signal quality, etc.). None of those are the service provider imposing an artificial limit, though.