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FCC Questions Verizon Plan to Throttle Some Unlimited Data Customers

iF34R said:
Customers shouldn't have to pass some legal bar to even understand the TOS.
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Not when it comes to even knowing there are TOS present to begin with and having some idea of what's there. Seems like even those basics are all too often missing.
 
mantan said:
Though the money part is funny around here.

People will grab their torches and pitchforks to support Apple charging a ridiculously high premium and get an unheard of profit margin per device. They'll brush off all the rumors of the Apple negotiating with the cell companies to increase the price of iPhone 6 by $100 (those cell companies are arguing on the customer's behalf by the way.) They'll ignore Apple $100 for a $11 dollar increase in flash memory and insisting the smallest device is still 16 MB.

But if a cell company does anything that somehow seems like they want an extra nickel, people write 11 pages of how evil cell phone companies are.
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Huh what? Apple is not a regulated industry by the FCC. They are under no government auspice to sell or not sell product at any price point. They answer to their shareholders and it's up to the consumer to decide if there is value in their products.

Verizon on the other hand is somewhat regulated. And make no mistake this is a money grab when UL corporate customers who might use 100s of gigabytes won't get throttled, but individual plans who use 4.8 gig might get throttled. (<sarcasm>We already know the corporate customers who use 100s of gigs don't clog up the towers</sarcasm>, but my 4.8 gig does.)
 
Jumpie said:
FCC not happy with Big Red's answers....and it doesn't surprise me one iota. Unlimited is unlimited. And yes, 47CFR27.16(c)(1) does apply.

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/214698-fcc-chief-frowns-on-verizons-slowing-speeds
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It seems like it's still under question if it applies or exactly how, otherwise (if it did apply and they knew how) they would have already gone after Verizon using it instead of asking questions and then just not being happy with the answers.
 
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