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Verizon will throttle heaviest LTE data users starting in October |
July 26, 2014
If you have an unlimited data plan with Verizon and use it heavily, here’s some bad news: Verizon says it will begin throttling the “top 5 percent” of LTE data users in certain situations starting in October.Under the new new policy, which was announced in a posting to the Verizon website entitled “Ensuring the Optimal Wireless Experience,” the carrier reserves the right to limit 4G LTE data speeds for the heaviest unlimited data users as network conditions dictate.“While all major wireless carriers employ tools to manage the traffic on their networks, Verizon Wireless uses network intelligence to slow the speeds of only some of its heaviest users on unlimited data plans, and only when those users are connected to a cell site that is experiencing peak usage at that particular time,” the post states. “Once the heavy usage eases, or the user moves to a different cell site, the user’s speeds return to normal.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2458230/verizon-will-throttle-heaviest-lte-data-users-starting-in-october.html#tk.rss_all
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