Verizon To Throttle High-Bandwidth Users 305
tekgoblin writes "Verizon has enacted a new policy today that allows them to throttle 'high' bandwidth users on their network. We're not sure exactly what 'high' means but it is probably over 2GB of data per month. This comes as the iPhone launches on Verizon's network. The policy is said to only affect the top 5% of data users on the network. When these 5% of users hit the soft limit they will be throttled during peak times of the day. From the note sent to customers: 'Verizon Wireless strives to provide customers the best experience when using our network, a shared resource among tens of millions of customers. To help achieve this, if you use an extraordinary amount of data and fall within the top 5% of Verizon Wireless data users we may reduce your data throughput speeds periodically for the remainder of your then current and immediately following billing cycle to ensure high quality network performance for other users at locations and times of peak demand. Our proactive management of the Verizon Wireless network is designed to ensure that the remaining 95% of data customers aren't negatively affected by the inordinate data consumption of just a few users.'"
Re:Why don't carriers just use these exact terms? (Score:4, Funny)
I'm the CEO of Verizon Wireless. I'm intrigued by your idea. Just one question: how does your plan make us more money?
Just a stop-gap measure, right? (Score:4, Funny)
This just in... (Score:4, Funny)
High-bandwidth users to throttle Verizon.
Re:advertising reality (Score:4, Funny)
Either advertise it and let people do it, or don't advertise it. And especially do not advertise it if you know from the start that it is not technically possible for lots of people to use these options because your network is not good enough.
No, see you aren't supposed to do that *all the time*!
You're just supposed to watch Youtube videos while riding on horseback with your girlfriend on the beach, or while at work as a bellboy at a nice hotel. The commercial was pretty clear on this.
Re:Why do these people keep pushing video?! (Score:4, Funny)
There are other amusing tidbits too. My verizon droid came with skype that refuses to run unless I *disable* wifi.
I can download the non verizon version that refuses to run on 3G... but then I just get confused and want to lie down for a while.