[General Topics] PFusion:
Today Oct 1st 2014 Verizon Wireless begins throttling their Unlimited Data Customers Read Verizon's "Network Optimization Practices for Customers with Unlimited Data Plans"

For those who have Unlimited Data on the Verizon network, please post any throttling issues that you have noticed starting today.

***A Few thoughts to chew on ***

Many people I know have been able to download well over 100 GB each month. I think it will be important to stress test how much you can download since Verizon started throttling their Unlimited Data Customers. Why you might ask should some stress test this? Well let's say in a hypothetical situation Verizon throttles your typical speed of 40Mbps to 10Mbs, and let's say perhaps Verizon throttles you even more then that. Well if significant throttling is done, you will not be able to achieve 100 GB a month, you might only be able to download (Again hypothetically speaking depending on how much throttling is done) -you might only be able to download 50 GB a month because you can't download any faster. Therefor not only is your download speed throttled but in fact you really don't have "Unlimited Data" anymore.

I'm hoping we can get some good feedback from the XDA Verizon community on their experience with the new Throttling. Hopefully the - Tom Wheeler the FCC's Chairman will soon put Verizon in their place on this issue. Because throttling should be the same for everyone and should be done in real time, treat everyone the same (except for emergency etc.. personnel, adjust network traffic for everyone as needed. Or offer Unlimited Data Customers incentives for conserving data.

**Some Additional Questions to ask and Issues to address***

We are asking a lot of questions, because you can't trust gov & big corporations these days to be honest

***What is the nature of the throttling algorithm in place?

***What specifically is the parameters of this throttling that we can best determine?

***How is your network network priority status effective by the throttling?

***What throttling exemptions are there? (Such as Government, Military etc.. Does a simple Military discount exempt you from being throttled?

***Is the throttling done based on your sim card's ICCID number or your phone's IMEI number?

***Does changing sim cards, or phones, reset your throttling?

***How long are you typically being throttled for once throttled

***What are the typical times and places that you are being throttled

***Can we get some clarity on how long your throttled for? (There seems to be some conflicting answers about this, if you are a repeated offender it appears you could be throttled into the next billing cycle.)

***What exactly are the determining factors that will get you throttled (I know some of the media have layed this out [see below], but let's test it, do these factors really hold true? Could you fall under Verizon's Throttling Gantlet for qualifying for just one of these factors, or do you really have to qualify for every factor.

This is how you qualify for Network Optimization:

Top 5% of data users (you use 4.7GB of data per month or more)

Enrolled on an unlimited data plan or feature

Have fulfilled your minimum contract term

Are attempting to use data on a cell site that is experiencing high demand

Suggestions to respond or answer...

I know I posted a lot in this article. To make these easier if you are replying to just on answer perhaps just quote the line or question instead of the entire post, but do what you choose.

Hope to get some good discussion going about this.