Carrier Limited Unlimited Plans!?!

[eyoungren]

Sadly, Verizon deprioritizes you no matter what tower you are on and no matter how busy the area is. They have already been caught doing it in rural areas for no reason. So theirs is limited.

Still not true.

They are giving you unlimited, you just aren't getting it from a firehose anymore, it's through a straw. Again, in the strict definition of the word "unlimited" you'd be right. But we aren't using that definition anymore because it's never what the disingenuous carriers meant - and most people have moved on.

Same old dead horse.

 

[Grimham]

Still not true.

They are giving you unlimited, you just aren't getting it from a firehose anymore, it's through a straw. Again, in the strict definition of the word "unlimited" you'd be right. But we aren't using that definition anymore because it's never what the disingenuous carriers meant - and most people have moved on.

Same old dead horse.

I understand they are giving out "unlimited" still. But when you give out unlimited, and it supposed to be deprirotized, and it is deprirotized for everyone no matter what tower you are using, just to save the network overall usage, its then considered limited. Because I would expect a tower in the middle of no where not have many users on it and be full speed.

 

[posguy99]

Because I would expect a tower in the middle of no where not have many users on it and be full speed.

And of course THAT tower has its own connection to the wider internet, rather than using the carrier's exit to the Internet.

Oh, wait...

 

[Grimham]

And of course THAT tower has its own connection to the wider internet, rather than using the carrier's exit to the Internet.

Oh, wait...

Umm what? I don't believe you understand how a cell tower works.

https://gizmodo.com/5177322/giz-explains-how-cell-towers-work

They all have their OWN connections usually from the local provider in the area by Fiber. Just like a business gets Internet be it 5mb or 1gb, the towers get it the same way.

 

[posguy99]

They all have their OWN connections usually from the local provider in the area by Fiber. Just like a business gets Internet be it 5mb or 1gb, the towers get it the same way.

That's not what that article written in 2009 says, but whatever.

 

[Grimham]

That's not what that article written in 2009 says, but whatever.

It gives you an idea how they are wired. I actually have worked on the backbone of those towers since I am in IT.

 

[borgranta]

Sadly, Verizon deprioritizes you no matter what tower you are on and no matter how busy the area is. They have already been caught doing it in rural areas for no reason. So theirs is limited.

Everyone in a rural areas that is negatively impacted by wrongful deprioritization could potentially complain to the FCC that Verizon is deprioritizing aka throttling lightly used towers in violation of their own policies and procedures. Since their deprioritizing policy is clearly spelled out the FCC will likely consider their policy as a legally binding agreement and force them to abide by their own policy. Complaints can also be filed to the FTC by these same rural Verizon users since it may be considered false advertising for Verizon to advertise their policies if they are violating them routinely.
[doublepost=1530758444][/doublepost]The best unlimited plan to get is the one with guaranteed 75GB of unmolested data. If they throttle it prior to using all 75GB than it would be a more clear cut case of false advertising and/or anti-competitive which would make a complaint to FCC and FTC carry more weight.