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Verizon Reserving Right to Throttle Data Speeds for Top 5% of Users
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It has never been capped at 2GB it was at 5GB but that was only for data cards not smartphones.
Oh noes, lets scold people for actually using the internet for what it was intended for. Watching a typical TV show which is streamed at 3mb/s for just ONE day uses 260Gb.
Sorry, but this isn't 1995. We have broadband for a REASON. People don't want to drive down to the store to look for a movie to buy only to find out it's not in stock. There's a reason music stores are going out of business.
There's also a reason we don't use horse and buggy anymore.
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So you don't trust any company, then. By definition, a for-profit company's priority number 1 is their profits. I wouldn't want to do business with any other company. It's how they go about maximizing those profits that differentiates a good company from a shortsighted, bad one.
When did this "natural resource" become the property of "the people"? One could logically argue that "the people" (read: The bureaucrats) have no real right to take possession of this "natural resource." However, even beyond that, once it's leased, full usage of it passes to the lessor.
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Before everyone does this to me,
do be aware that very few people will make extensive use of the "MiFi" capability of the Verizon iPhone 4. Most people will use the iPhone 4 primarily for very light duty Internet access--people forget that Twitter and Facebook access on a cellphone imposes a pretty low load on 3G data access, since the information sent back and forth is mostly text anyway. As such, Verizon's plans will apply to very few users.
This isn't like the iPad, where you do need more 3G data access because people will be surfing full web sites.
This isn't like the iPad, where you do need more 3G data access because people will be surfing full web sites.
All good bearbear.
I'm in a similar boat: got the '07 launch day iPhone, the 3G, 3GS and have had a relatively good experience with AT&T. By far, the best customer experience of the other U.S. carriers. And still, they have their issues (more on this in a moment).
And no, it is not shocking to me at all. What I find - I wouldn't say "shocking" - more "entertaining" (and by "entertaining" I mean "funny") is the sudden change in tune from those VZW users/"fans" that so conveniently bashed AT&T (and their users) for 4.5 years from the comfy confines of their carrier that did not offer the iPhone. And now that VZW does, and we're seeing some imperfections in the experience, it's funny how those same people that ranted about AT&T apologists are now doing the same: defending VZW. And how anyone can defend ANY U.S. carrier is just completely beyond me. For anyone not keeping score, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. Maybe one is slightly better at this, or another offers better pricing on that. But at the end of the day, they ALL (again, major U.S. carriers) have the customer locked into an uncompromising position: a 2-year contract which yields little incentive for the service provider to do exactly that - provide service. What is the customers' options if they aren't happy with their service? Break their contract for an increasingly insane fee? What a wretched deal for the customer. I just can't fathom how anyone can defend any U.S. carrier. Until we drop contracts, we're not going to see real service, real options, real innovation.
Anyway as you were.
Another reason why Verizon sucks. They have a slow network, can't talk and surf at the same time, and now this....the Verizon iPhone has all of these limitations now...no fun at all
I am probably alone on this view but personally, I am sick of the american consumer and I call BS on the "the consumer is always right" mentality. Obviously yes, companies operate for the purpose of profit, otherwise there would be no drive to provide service at all. With that in mind, control is ENTIRELY with the consumer. The problem is, nobody takes responsibility for their decisions! Make an effort to understand what you are buying because guess what, they ARE out to get your money, so maybe you SHOULD be informed. You don't like contracts, fine, buy the phone at the manufacturer price and keep your options open, but guess what, Apple doesn't sell iphones for 200 bucks, it sells them for 600. Anyone remember the iPhone first generation? But what happens then, consumers don't buy(oh but they actually did...but that's another point), so hey businesses get together and say, well they won't pay 600, but they'll agree to a contract for 2 years and pay my monthly fee, so the prices change. Why did they change? Purchasing power. Or maybe you did sign a contract and got the discount and are unhappy with the service, ETFs are only to recoup that discount, and they're even prorated! In closing, I hate you all. You want the best of everything and to pay for nothing. Good luck finding innovation with those incentives.
