Re: Why Does Verizon Lie
stef7
Master - Level 2

They are not lying. The terms are laid out clearly. Also no where does it say you get unlimited SPEED.

Go unlimited- can be deprioritized at ANY time there is congestion

Beyond unlimited - can be deprioritized at ANY time there is congestion AFTER 22 GB

Go unlimited hotspot/tethering 600 kbps MAX speed

Beyond unlimited hotspot/tethering 600 kbps MAX speed AFTER 15 GB

Very succinctly stated. Bravo. Except...

There are some problems with this. For one, it is not possible to know a priori how congested the towers a person may wish or need to use actually are. Also, the concept of "congested" is really poorly defined and is dynamic. This cannot be known by the average person, only those involved in data shaping / bandwidth management. This also means, the average person does not know the specifics of de-prioritization. This is also poorly defined and can be dynamic.

Some people are opting for "Go unlimited", and the end result - this effectively means, in the areas they expect service, they'll only experience de-prioritization at practically all hours (or at least the hours they are most likely wanting to use data) because of factors completely beyond their control. And while they may have expectations w.r.t. data speed, and while the carrier suggests speeds will be sufficient to stream, they are often lucky to be able to open a web-page.

Is this really a viable / valuable plan offering?

Lastly, putting speed expectations aside, and only speaking about the amount of data that can be exchanged on Go unlimited, i.e. the amount / limit part of the proposal, if you are being constantly de-prioritized and having effective speeds much less than dial-up at all the times you'd want to use data, well, realistically, how much data are you going to be able to effectively exchange in one month? 1GB, 2GB, 5GB, 10, 20, 50?

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