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Your post is overly optimistic, but your oversight of "terabytes" is entirely due to Verizon refusing to elaborate on the details of their data plans or how the
by jcr 16y ago
Your post is overly optimistic, but your oversight of "terabytes" is
entirely due to Verizon refusing to elaborate on the details of their
data plans or how they work in practice.
On plans sold as "unlimited" there is actually a usage cap. When the cap
is exceeded, bandwidth throttling is employed through the end of the
monthly billing cycle. For the newer $50/mo data plans, the cap is
5GByte/mo. For the newer $80/mo data plans, the cap is 10GByte/mo.
The data transfer tech currently deployed by Verizon is EVDO Rev.A in
most places. Some areas only have the older EVDO Rev.0 deployed. The new
new Verizon LTE ("4G" I hate that definitionless acronym) launched in
December 2010 is only available in some areas, but they're still
building out that network.
The typical download throughput I see with EVDO Rev.A is 1.1Mbit/s. If I
hit the bandwidth throttle point by exceeding the cap, the download
throughput drops to 200Kbit/s.
- pyre 16y agoI think that the post you're replying to may have confused the target of the throttling. The comment would make sense in the context of Verizon FIOS rather than Verizon Wireless.
- jcr 16y agoYes. Though he specifically mentioned "wireless" he probably confused land-line broadband services with wireless services. In the case of "Verizon" (parent company), "Verizon Wireless" is an entirely separate company from their other broadband and landline holdings. I actually have both "Verizon Wireless" service and a "Verizon" landline phone, but there's no way to get just one bill for both.