[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] KidJoe:
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SO Verizon wants to throttle only Unlimited users who used "too much" data (exceeded 4.7G) and are on a congested tower... They will be throttled when connected to any tower that is experiencing congestion, and will last the remainder of this billing cycle and the next... and could be continued infinitely?

IF Verizon was going to manage the network by saying... all users connected to a congested tower will be throttled, oh sorry, be network managed to a lower speed, until the congestion has been relieved, that would be one thing.

But to target UNLIMITED users who use too much of that unlimited data, is my issue. So a person who pays for 6gb tiered data plan is somehow more special that someone who PAYS FOR unlimited?

A few quotes from Verizon's response -> http://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-wireless-ceo-fires-back-at-fcc-over-throttling-brouhaha/ along with my thoughts..

Your 3G wasn't bound by the 700Mhz C block auction rules.

The other providers are not bound by the 700Mhz C block auction rules. And the other carriers only carry out the throttling until the end of the current billing cycle, and not beyond!

Fair, but you are only blocking/slowing throughput for a SELECT targeted demographic (unlimited data plan subscribers), not *ALL* LTE customers across the board.

In Mr. Wheeler's letter... per the C block rules, "Verizon Wireless may not deny, limit, or restrict the ability of end users to download and utilize applications of their choosing " Verizon You are LIMITING my ability to use streaming video, audio, etc. by throttling my speeds or threatening to throttle! You are restricting my use of apps like Netflix, HBOgo, the Apps for my local ABC, CBS, and Fox news stations to watch the noon/evening news, by throttling my data speed. (if the data speed isn't fast enough, I can't use them.). You are limiting my use of web sites by slowing my data down to the point where it takes forever to load, or the request could time out.

You are not providing transparency in that you do NOT tell a user if/when he is being throttled, or how long that throttling will last. By Verizon's own web site, that throttling could continue indefinitely as long as the customer continues to use data in excess of 4.7GB, there by LIMITING your UNLIMITED plan.

You are not providing transparency because you can't tell me why a user paying for a TIERED DATA bucket is less responsible for "congestion" than a user paying for UNLIMITED that uses the same amount (if greater than 4.7GB). In other words, please answer how is a user that pays for a 6GB bucket that uses 5.9GB causing less congestion that a customer who pays for UNLIMITED and uses only 5GB. The Unlimited user would be throttled, yet the tiered user wouldn't.

So, I'm using my phone around home this month, and use more than 4.7GB of my UNLIMITED data, yet when I go visit NYC, my data will be throttled there too, even though the bulk of my usage was at home in PA?? how does that factor in? Or, I go to the on vacation for a week, so I use more data uploading pictures and videos of my trip to facebook, instagram, Google+, and looking up places to eat, things to do, etc. that when I return home, I will be throttled?

I might object less if that 4.7GB was a higher plateau, or was only to the end of the billing cycle.

You still have them? Really? Can I go sign up to one now? Oh, no I can't. Can I make changes to my account and not lose unlimited? Oh, no I can't. So really, you "have" them? Ok, in your defense you don't say "we offer unlimited" but really, saying you have them, is playing a little loose with the wording.

And to keep my unlimited data plan, I have to buy phones at FULL RETAIL, yet my monthly bill still includes the subsidy (since my plan cost doesn't go down) and can't make changes to my account/plan (even if I want to add minutes or texts).

Well, Mr. Mead, if you know where the congestion happens... use the pile of cash you make to re-invest into your network so that you can reduce/eliminate that congestion in the first place. Funny, ATT didn't invest and got killed because of the "unexpected traffic on their network from the iPhone" And Verizon touted this in their quarterly meetings with us back then.. Shoe is on the other foot now VZW. Put your money where your mouth is!

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