So 'Unlimited' is now a meaningless moniker that can be used as we wish? Cool, my wallet has Unlimited Money. My iPad has Unlimited Storage. My iPhone has Unlimited Battery.
Kind of like Apple products called "Pro" isn't it?
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So 'Unlimited' is now a meaningless moniker that can be used as we wish? Cool, my wallet has Unlimited Money. My iPad has Unlimited Storage. My iPhone has Unlimited Battery.
No, you get restricted data.Unless I'm reading it wrong they don't shut you off after you go over the 75GB, they just drop you down to 3G speeds which are still fine for most everything. So you still get unlimited data.
I am no fan of what all the carriers are doing here, but TECHNICALLY they are giving you unlimited data... They don't advertise unlimited speeds...Throttling is still limiting.
You aren't reading this incorrectly, rather the problem is that this article is poorly written, worded, and/or researched. MacRumors is passing this 75GB off as a data cap, but it is really just deprioritization. After 75GB, your speeds will only be slowed down if you are in a congested area – people who have used less data will be put ahead of you on the tower. While you will face slow downs at these times, there is no speed cap or throttling. You get what is left over after those who haven't reached their deprioritization threshold have been served. On the other hand, if you live in an area where Verizon's network isn't congested, you won't experience any network management and you can actually use as much as you want.
You aren't reading this incorrectly, rather the problem is that this article is poorly written, worded, and/or researched. MacRumors is passing this 75GB off as a data cap, but it is really just deprioritization. After 75GB, your speeds will only be slowed down if you are in a congested area – people who have used less data will be put ahead of you on the tower. While you will face slow downs at these times, there is no speed cap or throttling. You get what is left over after those who haven't reached their deprioritization threshold have been served. On the other hand, if you live in an area where Verizon's network isn't congested, you won't experience any network management and you can actually use as much as you want.
I go over 22gb and I’ve never been throttled, for what it’s worth.I am tired of the abuse of the word "unlimited". How stupid do these companies think their customers are?
So then what would you call it when you never lose access no matter how much capacity you consume?
This is my situation, I used 30gb on my number the last billing cycle and didn’t have any slowdowns.You aren't reading this incorrectly, rather the problem is that this article is poorly written, worded, and/or researched. MacRumors is passing this 75GB off as a data cap, but it is really just deprioritization. After 75GB, your speeds will only be slowed down if you are in a congested area – people who have used less data will be put ahead of you on the tower. While you will face slow downs at these times, there is no speed cap or throttling. You get what is left over after those who haven't reached their deprioritization threshold have been served. On the other hand, if you live in an area where Verizon's network isn't congested, you won't experience any network management and you can actually use as much as you want.
You live in a comparatively low income area then!
If you look at the size of the USA versus Israel, it’s easy to see which one is more cost efficient to cover. The plans are cheaper because they have to build and maintain less cell sites.Those prices are astonishing.. Is the free market sleeping in America? Where is the competition?
In most of the European world today you can get better service for a fraction of that price. Seriously, check out this screenshot I just captured from a leading cellular provider here in Israel (you can ignore the Hebrew text, the numbers speak for themselves):
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That one on the left is 70 Shekels (not dollars) for 100GB LTE. That is $20 a month for 100GB. About a quarter of the price? Am I correct? And that's before multiple line discounts.
My friends, something is very wrong with the US cellphone market. These companies are clearly not actually competing..
If you look at the size of the USA versus Israel, it’s easy to see which one is more cost efficient to cover. The plans are cheaper because they have to build and maintain less cell sites.
Which still doesn't even really compare to most states in US, let alone the whole country.True, though not entirely correct.. In fact, our southern part (over 50% the area of Israel) is a desert with extremely sparse population. And even it is covered quite nicely - you can go on hikes in much of this area and never lose reception. Part of the success is that the cellphone companies learned to be very efficient at sharing antennas and infrastructure in these less populated areas, realizing that it is for their mutual benefit. This has been very significant at driving down costs.
To be fair, car rental companies have various limitations of that type, they can say unlimited mileage but you aren't allowed to go to another state or something like that.That is their plan to purposely confuse people as most people correlate 4G LTE with speed. There is no other reason to put in the "4G LTE" in the "Unlimited 4G LTE Data" and instead just say "Unlimited Data."
Imagine if car rental companies offered Unlimited Miles and then put in a disclaimer of saying "After 500 miles your car will be throttled to bicycle speeds."
Finally someone actually gets it!
Go unlimited deprioritized all the time
beyond unlimited deprioritized at 22gb
above unlimited deprioritized at 75gb
Deprioritization is not a throttle people!
Yes. Exactly. Everyone complaining about the use of 'unlimited' isn't reading the information correctly. The data use is unlimited, the portion that is limited is the access to unrestricted LTE data.
You are confusing unlimited data with unlimited bandwidth. The data is unlimited, the bandwidth is not.
I am no fan of what all the carriers are doing here, but TECHNICALLY they are giving you unlimited data... They don't advertise unlimited speeds...
Oh wow. Verizon Cloud, how exciting!500GB of Verizon Cloud storage
un·lim·it·ed
adjective
- not limited or restricted in terms of number, quantity, or extent.