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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by rayiner on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:07PM (#17815003)
Amusingly, freemobile sells a "4G+ illimitée" (unlimited 4G) plan that's limited to 100GB/month: http://mobile.free.fr.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by BugsJustFindMe on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:19PM (#17815068)
The difference between Free's website and Verizon's is huge. On Free's website the details are front and center, bold, prominent. 100GB is right there. The plan details also give you a lot more for a lot less money, but that's a whole other can of bits.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by chipperyman573 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:38PM (#17815178)
True, but the website is very clear that the unlimited refers to voice and text and only 100gb is included. It's still shifty but way better than what the article is about.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by seszett on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:40AM (#17817271)
No, actually they say "4G+ illimitée abonnés Freebox" and as they explain in the "en savoir plus" link, the limit applies to people who do not sign up to the Freebox plan (for home Internet).
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by lostlogin on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @09:44PM (#17815578)
Having just used it, it’s good but not great if travelling about. This mostly my fault and not theirs as I didn’t realise I needed a mobile number that can sent/receive sms. Many services require an sms for account setup and it’s a PITA not being able to receive them. Bike sharing and taxis were the two I wanted it for. The other weird thing was that one of the cards I bought worked in the U.K. and one didn’t. I never did figure that out but the prices are so cheap it wasn’t particularly problematic. Their (physical) store is also extremely easy to use for a jet lagged foreigner.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by bsder on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:47AM (#17816612)
You need to go deep into the bowels of "Settings" and muck with some very obscure stuff called "Access Point Names".
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by rdl on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:23PM (#17815776)
The Free plan is amazing. 25GB roaming outside of France, too.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by rmc on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @02:27AM (#17816762)
EU law requires no roaming rates, so there places outside France (and in the EU) which would be covered by the 100GB a month rule.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by cbzoiav on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @04:03AM (#17817132)
If you are paying less than €3/GB (before VAT) they can apply a fair use roaming limit which is lower than your domestic limit Which is calculated from the EU cap of €6/GB - so 25GB is well above what they have to give you for that price.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by Strom on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:42AM (#17819009)
More information here: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-tel...
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by moviuro on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @05:15AM (#17817398)
Free was actually offering free roaming before it made it into EU law. Not much of an edge now, sure, but credit given where credit's due.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by apexalpha on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @03:55AM (#17817099)
Only for 60 days a year, I think. So this might cover the other days?
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