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 @07:55PM (#17814950)

"Unlimited" doesn't mean "unlimited in one aspect if you squint." There's a limit, and then you get throttled.

It's perfectly sensible to design the plan that way. I'm not complaining about the technical aspects, I'm complaining about the naming.

I don't really see the relevance of your second paragraph. Yes, people will complain regardless. That doesn't make false advertising OK. The real issue is that companies want to sell something they cannot provide.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by rayiner on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:25PM (#17815097)

> There's a limit, and then you get throttled.

There is no a priori limit at which you get throttled. If there is no congestion, you can exceed your limit and not get throttled. Even if you get throttled, you don't get cut off, just slowed down.

There's certainly more accurate ways to describe that than "unlimited" but I don't think it's particularly egregious compared to U.S. marketing in general.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by mikeash on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:32PM (#17815145)

22GB and 75GB are limits. They may be soft limits, but they're still limits.

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