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Verizon Reverses Course on Plan to Throttle Unlimited LTE Customers
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This. Don't thank Verizon, thank the FCC for doing their job.
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Of course it can handle the load. UL users aren't throttled now and their network works so well they are poised to introduce streaming TV services!
A big difference is that most people don't perceive T-Mobile and Sprint as viable carriers (which Sprint isn't, and up until recently, neither was T-Mobile). People still think that Verizon is the #1 US carrier like they were a few years ago (it has dropped to #3, AT&T and T-Mobile now outperform them), so people don't seriously consider switching to T-Mobile or Sprint.
Anyways, just another win for customers in the US. How does unlimited LTE with Verizon compare to fiber optic with Verizon? Is it viable and cost effective to use cellular instead of fiber optic yet?
This is good news for the few people who still have grandfathered unlimited plans with Verizon. And bad news for those of us who have to share the same bandwidth.
I don't know. I was a long time att customer. Had a grandfathered unlimited and lost it. I switched to t-mobile for the unlimited and it's been great. Yeah there have been some minor coverage issues at times, but it's actually been rare. I'm in northern California where coverage is good. Having truly unlimited that's actually faster lte than I was getting with att makes it all with it.
My brother in law just switched too after getting throttled one too many times.
As a grandfathered unlimited user on ATT I am very confused why Verizon got so much grief for threatening to throttle while ATT has been doing it for years and no one complains? Or at least the complaints weren't as loud so they weren't forced to reverse course?
As Dainin pointed out, Verizon agreed to certain stipulations when they bid (and won) the C Block spectrum auction:
They also can't lock their LTE phones. That's why you can buy a Verizon off-contract LTE iPhone, pop in any suitable (GSM) US or overseas nano-SIM, and be off and running.
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=187&p=230
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HOLY MOSES! What are you doing to use 5 GiB in a week?! I usually hit that mark a week BEFORE the end of my billing cycle.
I don't think AT&T will follow suit just yet. They need to get more customers off the unlimited data plans before doing this. Remember, AT&T has crap load of more customers on grandfathered unlimited than Verizpn has.
Bye Bye ATT
This is the exact reason I got rid of ATT. I could not handle that after a few days, I would have speeds that were barely usable.
Went to T-Mobile. My service isn't as good, less locations, but I get MUCH MUCH faster speeds and save SOOOO much money.
This is the exact reason I got rid of ATT. I could not handle that after a few days, I would have speeds that were barely usable.
Went to T-Mobile. My service isn't as good, less locations, but I get MUCH MUCH faster speeds and save SOOOO much money.
Screwed forever im afraid. Traded a paltry $500 subsidy for what can easily be worth thousands per month depending on your data useage.
And, since this is a thread about unlimited data, I pay about $205 for 3 lines of UL data, with tethering for the SIM in my iPad. Your deal is decent. I like mine better.