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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by sundvor on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:54PM (#17815280)
Then be honest instead of lying: "Unlimited data; limited bandwidth".
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by userbinator on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:01PM (#17815651)
...which turns out to be limited data anyway.

It's so pervasive that I automatically ignore any mention of "unlimited" regarding bandwidth or total volume of data. These "unlimited" plans are more like "first X amount of data per month at Y speed; Z speed thereafter", but of course that's not catchy enough for marketing...

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by JanisL on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @09:27PM (#17815474)
Limited bandwidth means limited data over a finite time frame. Something like "No overages on data; limited bandwidth" would be more accurate.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by Spivak on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:23AM (#17818492)
Unlimited bandwidth still means limited data over a finite time frame. The distinction is meaningless.
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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by JanisL on Saturday August 25, 2018 @11:36PM (#17844093)
Infinity times something finite is still infinite. I think this distinction isn't as important as telling people how much data their maximum really is based on how much they could actually use through the system
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