Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during wildfire

Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by mikeash on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @06:28PM (#17814420)

I don’t think “misleading” is the right term. Advertising a plan as “unlimited” when it really isn’t is fraud. It’s crazy that they’re allowed to keep doing this.

I have no problem with capped data plans, but you have to advertise them honestly.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by always_good on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:06PM (#17815962)

Reminds me of how Tic Tacs have "0g sugar" on the label.

You'd expect the average person to see this information and extrapolate that they are ingesting 0g of sugar whether they eat 1 or 100 Tic Tacs.

> Tic Tac® mints do contain sugar as listed in the ingredient statement. However, since the amount of sugar per serving (1 mint) is less than 0.5 grams, FDA labeling requirements permit the Nutrition Facts to state that there are 0 grams of sugar per serving.

Bizarre.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by aerotwelve on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:28PM (#17816060)

One of my favorite instances of this is non-stick cooking spray. From the can in my kitchen:

Serving size: 1/4 second spray

Servings per container: about 565

Calories: 0

When you can make the serving size small enough, you can say there's no calories!

They actually fixed this with the new labeling requirements the FDA enacted a few years ago, so at least that's one step towards transparency.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by CryoLogic on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:05AM (#17816204)

If it's under 5 calories there is a margin of error rule that allows you to label it as zero. So just get the serving size small enough and it's calorie free!

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by hunter2_ on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:43AM (#17816359)

I wonder if I could sell a box of 0.49g sugar packets. Serving size 1 packet. 0g sugar.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by hexane360 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:39AM (#17816342)

A great video about this kind of manipulation: https://youtu.be/mxNPpte_6m4

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