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As we learned from a recent study, Verizon has been remarkably efficient at convincing unlimited wireless data plan holders to switch to newer, more profitable data plans. According to market research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, just 22% of Verizon’s mobile subscribers were still on unlimited data plans as of the end of the second quarter. That still leaves millions of people with unlimited plans though, and we have bad news for all of them: According to a new report, all Verizon Wireless subscribers with unlimited data plans will be subject to throttling beginning October 1st.
Verizon’s “Network Optimization” policy, which says that the company may intentionally slow your wireless data speeds in certain cases, currently only applies to 3G networks. Droid-Life reports that as of October 1st, however, it will apply to 4G LTE service as well.

According to Verizon, here are the criteria that have to be met in order for 3G, and soon 4G, data speeds to be throttled:

•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 their minimum contract term
•Are attempting to use data on a cell site that is experiencing high demand
According to the report, Verizon will begin notifying subscribers of the policy change on August 1st with the following notice:

Wireless strives to provide its customers with the best wireless experience when using our network. In 2011, Verizon Wireless launched Network Optimization, which slows the data speeds of its unlimited data subscribers with 3G devices who are in the top 5% of data users when they connect to a cell site experiencing high demand. Effective October 1, Verizon Wireless will expand its existing Network Optimization policy to include its unlimited data subscribers using 4G LTE devices who have fulfilled their minimum contract term. Based on your plan and recent data usage, one or more lines on your account may experience a reduction in data speeds when connected to a cell site experiencing high demand. Customers on MORE Everything or other usage-based data plans are not subject to Network Optimization. For more information about our Network Optimization, please refer to http://www.verizonwireless.com/networkoptimization.
UPDATE: A Verizon Wireless representative has contacted BGR via email to note that CIRP’s claim that 22% of Verizon subscribers are still on unlimited plans is not accurate, and the actual percentage is lower than that.

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I left verizon two years ago WITH a grandfather plan, and it

was the best thing I did.

Im with tmobile, got faster speeds and save seventy five dollars a month..

plus I got vonage so I can make local international calls even in austrillia..

so its with that I say... fuck you verizon, your downfall is coming..

btw, verizon has zero respect for user, they look at all of their customers like crack head junkies who will never leave them....
 
As long as people give them money, their fuckery will continue. They'll keep pushing the envelope until their bottom line changes.
 
I left verizon two years ago WITH a grandfather plan, and it

was the best thing I did.

Im with tmobile, got faster speeds and save seventy five dollars a month..

plus I got vonage so I can make local international calls even in austrillia..

so its with that I say... fuck you verizon, your downfall is coming..

btw, verizon has zero respect for user, they look at all of their customers like crack head junkies who will never leave them....

^^^^

i NEED to just cut them off
 
I left verizon two years ago WITH a grandfather plan, and it

was the best thing I did.

Im with tmobile, got faster speeds and save seventy five dollars a month..

plus I got vonage so I can make local international calls even in austrillia..

so its with that I say... fuck you verizon, your downfall is coming..

btw, verizon has zero respect for user, they look at all of their customers like crack head junkies who will never leave them....

this, i didnt save that much, but i did save, and my phone stays updated.
 
I wonder if connecting to a cell site with high data demand = sites like netflix. A lot of people watch on mobile devices.

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everybody has a smartphone with netflix and ect. they wanna do this b.s. now when data is necessary. throttling should be illegal.
 
FCC 'deeply troubled' by Verizon's plan to slow down LTE for unlimited data customers

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler isn't happy about Verizon's plan to start slowing down customers on unlimited data plans this October. In fact, he seems really angry about it. Verizon announced the update to its "network optimization" policy on Friday, making sure to note that throttling will only happen under very specific circumstances — and only when network cell sites are experiencing heavy demand. But those assurances do nothing for Wheeler, who says he's "deeply troubled" by the news.

His tone gets even harsher as the letter goes on. "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 and other carriers that have implemented throttling say they have every right to do so since it falls under "reasonable network management." But Wheeler is also critical of this defense. "I know of no past Commission statement that would treat as reasonable network management a decision to slow traffic to a user who has paid, after all, for unlimited service."

"Wheeler has a huge problem with Verizon singling out unlimited data customers"

Wheeler floats another interesting point in his letter to Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead: throttling LTE data may violate the obligations Verizon undertook when it acquired valuable C Block spectrum. Those rules specifically state the largest US carrier "may not deny, limit, or restrict the ability of end users to download and utilize applications of their choosing on the C Block networks." Wheeler has asked Mead to offer his thoughts on the subject in a "prompt" response. He's also interested in hearing Verizon's "rationale for treating customers differently based on the type of data plan to which they subscribe," and why throttling and similar measures are necessary for such a vast LTE network to begin with.
Again, throttling is common across every other major US carrier, so it's a bit odd to see the FCC come out swinging so aggressively at Verizon. Wheeler seems to be hinting that those C Block rules make a difference here, though the FCC's attempts to go toe-to-toe with Verizon have sometimes backfired in disastrous ways.

We've reached out to Verizon for comment.
 
I left when they kept telling me that my 16 years of customer loyalty meant shit to them. They weren't allowing me to carryover my unlimited plan and now this. I'm not better off with Sprint but at least I got what I wanted, unlimited.
 
I'm in my 1st month with 23 more to go with Verizon. This shit ain't good. Metro PCS was upgrading their network from 3G to 4G and was forcing a new phone purchase by the end of June. No discounts on the better smartphones so I had to say "bye-bye" to my $30 monthly rate. T-Mobile service sucks in CT so that was not an option (at the time).

Verizon had that deal on the Samsung S5 for $99 and $50 unlimited calls/text so I went with that. Data over 2GB is extra but I don't use. My girl got her S5 from Best Buy but there was no $50 rebate from there, only if purchased at Verizon owned stores, non-franchise. My shit was $40 but they gave a "free" 7" tablet that costs $10 a month.

I may have to go to T-Mobile with their "pay your termination fees" program and hope their 4G upgrade makes their service better than it was before.
 
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I left when they kept telling me that my 16 years of customer loyalty meant shit to them. They weren't allowing me to carryover my unlimited plan and now this. I'm not better off with Sprint but at least I got what I wanted, unlimited.

^^^^
 
When they started this three years ago with 3G users no one cared. You guys should have known it was going to happen with 4G at some point.
 
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