VZW will slow your data - document inside

[sx4dude2013]

So after poking around my acct, I found this document.
Supposedy if you added a data plan on/after Feb 3, 2011 VZW will slow your data speeds if you use too much. lol

Why Feb 3, 2011? Has anyone had this happen?

 

[dautley]

There have been many reports of Verizon throttling data and even nasty calls for large amounts of tethering via unofficial apps but this is the first time I have seen it in writing. Maybe Feb.3, 2011 was when one of those little noticed changes in Terms of Service occurred. Who knows. I guess I need to poke around my account more often.

 

[pool_shark]

Well, as you can see by the date this info is pretty old.
There were plenty of threads about it back then.

 

[SeekerOfTheWay]

How much data is too much? 5+ GB? 10?

 

[BigRedNole]

I think limited data and throttling is ridiculous. With apps like Netflix streaming video, 2GBs is hardly anything.

 

[SeekerOfTheWay]

I agree. I don't use Netflix or anything intensive and I Used 6 GB a months.

 

[BB2DROID]

I haven't seen this before. I was actually going to start a thread because once I hit my 2Gb this month, my connection started to slow down. I have had my plan for years now.

 

[djfrost]

THIS IS BS!!!!!!

how do u know if u r in the 5%? there is no transparency...except until they throttle u back!!!

 

[BB2DROID]

When I called them to complain about tiered data the csr told me only 5% use more than 2gb.

 

[pool_shark]

When I called them to complain about tiered data the csr told me only 5% use more than 2gb.

That's probably because a great many people who stream, or do lots of downloads use wifi because it's faster.

I'm on wifi most of the time. The most I've used on Verizon's network in a month was 2GB.

 

[sic0048]

I've read somewhere that 95% of the people on V use less than 2gb. That is one argument that V used when they created the 2gb tier. So many people on this forum would fall into the 5% bucket by the looks of things.