Clarification on throttling

ZeroPing · EVDO User Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 50

Okay, to my understanding there are three TOS for EVDO and the "unlimited" terminology. The first being that your service is truly unlimited, and that you will never be throttled or cut off due to usage. The second being "unlimited", but you are throttled after 5GB at Verizon's leisure. The third, 5GB and once you go over that, billed per your usage over that limit as outlines by their overage prices.

I signed up for my aircard service in December of 2007, and it appears that Verizon has been throttling me when I go over the 5GB in two consecutive months. I was under the impression that I was under the original terms of service where I would not be throttled, and that the 5GB throttling policy came into effect later down the road for other customers, and obviously the 5GB with overage costs policy came in the most recent.

Is there something that I'm missing? I see people around here pulling 20GB+ a month and saying that they're not getting throttled. Just wanted some clarification as to why I am all of a sudden.

3Gstore · EVDO Addict Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 3171

its my understanding that even when people though there was truly unlimited, there was always the possibility verizon was going to throttle you and there was argument/discussion about what the 'magic number' was that triggered it.

i think the reality is that throttling will only occur if someone else on the tower(s) you use, complains often enough that verizon has to do something about it.

the guys getting away with whatever high GB/mo, are just lucky enough to be on a tower that nobody is complaining about, or are mobile so they are spreading the consumption across multiple towers and never being identified as a specific reason for someone else's complaints.

i'm not saying i KNOW this to be fact. its my educated guess.

ZeroPing · EVDO User Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 50