Verizon Responds to FCC on Throttling: 'Everybody's Doing It' Last month news emerged that Verizon would begin throttling the company's unlimited LTE customers, unless they moved to a metered plan. Under Verizon's latest network management efforts, heavy-use unlimited customers on congested towers may find themselves throttled for the duration of their billing period. Previously, only 3G (EVDO) customers were throttled, and for a much smaller period of time. Despite the fact that numerous carriers utilize similar techniques, FCC boss Tom Wheeler stated he was " quote: “Reasonable network management” concerns the technical management of your network; it is not a loophole designed to enhance your revenue streams. It is disturbing to me that Verizon Wireless would base its “network management” on distinctions among its customers’ data plans, rather than on network architecture or technology. Verizon has since quote: "This practice has been widely accepted with little or no controversy," writes Grillo. Verizon goes a step further and says its competitors often have "less tailored" policies that can impact customers even when network congestion isn't an issue. Here the company takes a shot at John Legere and T-Mobile, pointing out that the "Uncarrier" gives itself the right to throttle "regardless of whether customers are at a location experiencing congestion." How much use is considered too much use by Verizon? The company suggests that only the top 5% of network users will find themselves throttled, with around 4.7GB per month of congestion per month placing you in that metric. Despite the fact that numerous carriers utilize similar techniques, FCC boss Tom Wheeler stated he was " disturbed " by Verizon's use of network management to push unlimited customers on to costlier plans:Verizon has since responded in a letter to the FCC , insisting that only a small portion of customers will be impacted, while noting that numerous wireless carriers utilize similar network management practices:How much use is considered too much use by Verizon? The company suggests that only the top 5% of network users will find themselves throttled, with around 4.7GB per month of congestion per month placing you in that metric.







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ptrowski

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Woodstock, CT 3 recommendations ptrowski Premium Member Loved how Karl stated this.... "The company suggests that only the top 5% of network users will find themselves throttled, with around 4.7GB per month of congestion per month placing you in that metric".



So true. It should not be called Usage anymore, it is now called Congestion. Well played Karl!!!

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Ottawa 2 recommendations sbrook Mod Everybody's doing it ... trying to rape the customer any way they can We've seen this in Canada for wire based internet services.



Originally it was "congestion", and there was ... but as technology improved it became more and more apparent that throttling was purely for monetization and our regulator realized this and required that ISPs clearly state the traffic management protocols and make them temporary.



The result = throttling went away and the emphasis on caps resumed as a way to "reduce congestion", which has been proven a bald faced lie, since congestion is essentially an instantaneous problem where caps are a monthly process. People downloading when others aren't about are still getting hit by caps, and congestion during the peak hours continues.



They're both just a way to rake more money from the consumer.