Verizon to Cut Off Unlimited Data Customers Who Exceed 100GB of Usage Per Month

[44267547]

Let me understand this correctly.

You, Kobayashi Takeru, arrived at a restaurant that offers "All you can eat hot dogs" and a pay as you eat hot dog menu.

When you decided to go for the all you can eat but the restaurant is telling you that you can only have so 100 hot dogs or else they are going to call the cops on you.

Meanwhile, Joey Chestnut arrived and ordered 101 hotdogs off the menu and the restaurant is happily serving him...

Did I miss anything?

You did. Matt 'Megatoad' Stonie came in after Chestnut and ate 102 Hotdogs, which the restaurant told Stonie to leave after he consumed the 102nd hot dog due to max capacity allotted.

 

[zzLZHzz]

just to be fair, 50USD for 100GB is still cheap. In Singapore, 50SGD(36USD) for 11GB.

while not many people actually used 100GB per month, but if you do not have a PC (which mean you do everything thru the phone) it is actually possible to use that much.

there are just so much cats video to watch on facebook.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Verizon does a lot of stuff that's terrible and user-hostile, but this is honestly not one of them. There's no reason to be using >100GB per mobile device.

Talk about yourself. There are so many legitimate ways someone could exceed 100 GB in a month.
Use your imagination and you'll figure it out.

 

[Carlanga]

Verizon does a lot of stuff that's terrible and user-hostile, but this is honestly not one of them. There's no reason to be using >100GB per mobile device.

It depends if their entertainment only comes from their device then not really that incredible in 2016.
Just normal use alone, FaceTime and seeing a few official streams I can go 10-15 gb a month.
These people are prob using it as their sole internet device or using it as their home network.

IMO I would have throttle these people like att does after 22gb

 

[Kobbr]

No sympathy here from a Canadian. We pay $100 to get 6gb

Americans man.. Land of the entitlement. Lmao
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Talk about yourself. There are so many legitimate ways someone could exceed 100 GB in a month.
Use your imagination and you'll figure it out.

There is absolutely zero. It's MOBILE data. I use a **** ton of it and never go over 6gb

 

[naeS1Sean]

How do you use that much data???

 

[eoblaed]

Apparently Verizon and its customers disagree on the definition of 'unlimited'.

 

[bushido]

Dont see the big deal? Every plan is unlimited here but they still throttle you to 16kbs! after a certain amount (usually between 500 mb to 5GB) depending on your plan. Its still unlimited since u can still use it after. Just really slow lol

Also i never managed to use more than 3GB a month

 

[Sefstah]

Verizon does a lot of stuff that's terrible and user-hostile, but this is honestly not one of them. There's no reason to be using >100GB per mobile device.

Then that means Verizon is false advertising by claiming "unlimited" data. The customer is not wrong here. 100 GB or not.

 

[baypharm]

It's all about money - profit. Suck as much cash as they can from its customers and throw some peanuts their way in a show of gratitude.

 

[thisisnotmyname]

My partner and I are both on ATT unlimited plans. My partner received a text message that after using 65GB (I think that was the amount) this month speeds would be throttled if there was a repeat next month. Something very similar to that anyway, never got that message myself. Seems all the providers are keen to squash the legacy plans.

 

[Michael Scrip]

My partner and I are both on ATT unlimited plans. My partner received a text message that after using 65GB (I think that was the amount) this month speeds would be throttled if there was a repeat next month. Something very similar to that anyway, never got that message myself. Seems all the providers are keen to squash the legacy plans.

I'm surprised they've let them go on this long. Verizon stopped selling these plans years ago... (2011?)... but they have let existing customers continue to use them. And then they complain when they use a lot of data.

Why can't Verizon say "you're on an invalid plan... pick a new one" ?

I'm sure they don't want to lose these customers... but there can't be many of these customers left anyway. But at the same time... these customers consume tons of data every month.

It might not be unlimited anymore... but they're giving them 100GB for only $50 a month.

No one else can get this deal. That same plan for someone else costs $450 a month!

It's almost as if these grandfathered customers are being rewarded for using so much data. And yet... Verizon hates that they use so much data.

It's totally bonkers.

 

[2010mini]

wow 999GB, with no throttling and tethering I guess- how much is that if you dont mind me asking.

They do throttle. Everybody throttles because unlike broadband, cellular networks don't have unlimited bandwidth.

 

[coolfactor]

100GB a month is a lot, and seems excessive to me. I could see multiple family members consuming that much, but not one person, at least not on a regular basis.
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Excuse my ignorance, but how does one even attain 100GB+ of data usage during a single month? I'm not talking multiple shared users, just one.

My guess is they have to be using it as a tether, right? As a sole means of Internet access, with no WiFi at all? And lots of video streaming? Seems to me the only way.

I could be wrong.

Probably the same people that have 30 minute showers, don't recycle, don't compost, and leave their vehicle idling for long periods. This world is filled with all kinds.

 

[sclawis300]

I can answer this.

Verizon sold me an UNLIMITED PLAN.

THIS MONTH ONLY.....

I don't have home internet.

I pay an extra $30/month for hotspot, total $60-data, comparable to comcast internet, which i cancelled.

I use it for netflix, hulu, HBO etc, podcasts, apple music, youtube, AIRPLAY movies from iPhone to apple TV.

I use the data because why not? Its my plan and Verizon say it 'has my back' to use my data how i want.

I have used just over 70GB.

We who have the plans use them since we are not tethered to Wi-fi all the time.

I usually average 20GB with normal use. This month, and months prior (as during a move) have been the exception.

When you just use data for iMessage and apps, i can see only using a couple GB's off wifi.

This isn't the case always in the real world with 1080p everything nowadays.

If you have unlimited data you don't pay $60 including hotspot. Unlimited alone is $50.
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Are those grandfathered plans even under contract? If not, they are free to discontinue/change as they wish.

Bingo. 30 days notice and boom you are done. If people keep complaining/abusing the data amounts Verizon will just cancel all the plans.

I have been having terrible problems with lte lately and when I called they said I was in a poor coverage area (lived in the same spot for 8 years). When I asked what solutions they had in mind the guy literally said, we can switch you to a different provider. Looking for any way they can find to dump unlimited users.
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see my last post.
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my UDP is under contract until 2017.

How? I thought if you upgrade the line you have to get a new plan.

 

[megapopular]

Excuse my ignorance, but how does one even attain 100GB+ of data usage during a single month? I'm not talking multiple shared users, just one.

My guess is they have to be using it as a tether, right? As a sole means of Internet access, with no WiFi at all? And lots of video streaming? Seems to me the only way.

I could be wrong.

This is how. People fail to realize how much data Netflix uses. Or Slingbox.

 

[C DM]

It doesn't matter whether there is a reason or not. It was Verizon who decided to call it "unlimited," not the users.

What most people understand by the term 'unlimited':
-without limitations, use as much as you want, don't worry about it, you're covered.

What mobile networks mean by the term 'unlimited':
-more data than the other plans*, but we can add arbitrary limits whenever we like to cover for our own poor planning when we promised too much, and there's not really anything you can do about it, so suck it up.

*unless it isn't.

Let me understand this correctly.

You, Kobayashi Takeru, arrived at a restaurant that offers "All you can eat hot dogs" and a pay as you eat hot dog menu.

When you decided to go for the all you can eat but the restaurant is telling you that you can only have so 100 hot dogs or else they are going to call the cops on you.

Meanwhile, Joey Chestnut arrived and ordered 101 hotdogs off the menu and the restaurant is happily serving him...

Did I miss anything?

Restaurants that offer all you can eat dining often do have various rules/restrictions related to it, and can in fact stop things at some point if/when they believe their service/products are being used up excessively. This kind of thing isn't exactly new or strange in the business world.

 

[zelman]

Can someone at Verizon write a contract where the user pays "unlimited dollars" per month for service? I'd like to arbitrarily decide how much to pay every month.

 

[sundog925]

If you have unlimited data you don't pay $60 including hotspot. Unlimited alone is $50.
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Bingo. 30 days notice and boom you are done. If people keep complaining/abusing the data amounts Verizon will just cancel all the plans.

I have been having terrible problems with lte lately and when I called they said I was in a poor coverage area (lived in the same spot for 8 years). When I asked what solutions they had in mind the guy literally said, we can switch you to a different provider. Looking for any way they can find to dump unlimited users.
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How? I thought if you upgrade the line you have to get a new plan.

I was able to upgrade last year (2015) BEFORE the $20 price hike AND keep unlimited data. There's ways to do this that I can't discuss here. Google them.

Therefore: my contract is up 11-2017. I pay $30 for unlimited and $30 for hotspot activation. So using upwards to 100 GB for emergency purposes this month is not that convoluted when you look at it this way.
[doublepost=1469176323][/doublepost]I find it hilarious when people wonder how others can use more than 2GB of data per month.
I'm a hardcore Apple Music user and podcast user. Mostly during commuting. Having unlimited data means I don't worry about how I use my "mobile" device. Mobile devices weren't meant to be tied to a wifi spot lol. Back when everyone ditched unlimited for a subsidy, those of us who saw the potential these devices had on 3G said no. And here we are. 5 years later still with unlimited when phones get faster, more ornate and use more data and companies charge MORE for less. I don't have to pay the extra $20/month for vzw udp until 2017, but I will gladly pay it knowing that the data is worth more than the phone itself.

 

[617aircav]

Still a good deal.

 

[deany]

yes it's streaming video that is the data hog.
amazon prime video need to offer SD, I think netflix does- for folk that rely on wireless.
Also people in rural areas who can't get standard broadband shouldn't be charged more than $50 for 100GB and elderly and disabled should have a subsidy in these areas.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Stupid greedy selfish ****ers using 100 GB of data that ruined it for everyone else.

 

[Howyalikdemapls]

How do you use that much data???

I've had several friends use their unlimited Verizon mobile data as their home internet. When they were home they plugged their phone in and created a wifi network. They ran their Xbox, tv, PC, etc all off their mobile plan because it was cheaper than home internet.

Most of these people have now moved to legit home cable/fiber optic internet plans now that Verizon is raising prices and whatnot.

I'm actually on Verizon's side on this. 100gb is still insanely generous for the price but they're trying to stop people from abusing the system.

 

[JosephAW]

It's only a matter of time when sprint cuts me off using an average of 20gb per month.
No it's not all from streaming video but also "streaming audio" that apple is pushing.
I live in a remote location which means no cable or DSL Internet only electric and in the U.S. We don't have electric utility internet like my friends in Europe.
All my data is through my phone and the 2gb hotspot is a joke. Sometimes I have to download an apple update for OS X, MacOS or iOS using my phone and a discontinued iOS browser and hotspot won't cut it.
Unlimited was why I first bought a verizon iPhone and is why I had to switch from verizon to sprint. Where do I go when sprint is no longer unlimited?

 

[fischersd]

If you were tethering a mac that supported 4k, watching Netflix, that would eat up your 100GB pretty damn fast.

According to Netflix here is the amount of data you will use per hour: 0.7 GB per hour for SD (Standard Definition) 3 GB per hour for HD (High Definition) 7 GB per hour for UHD (Ultra High Definition also known as 4K)

7 GB per hour. Ouch! (my monthly cap at home for cable is 150GB) (free d/l's between the hours of 2am-8am, so everything's automated)