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

Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by alxlaz on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @05:47AM (#17817530)

> Marketing a 50 mbps plan as 200 kbps just because it cannot "handle 50 mbps all the time" does nothing useful

It's actually very useful in that it correctly tells you what speed you can expect.

If "50 Mbps" is the right way to describe a 200 kbps plan that can do 50 Mbps in bursts, what's the right name for a plan that can do 50 Mbps all the time? Really honest to god 50 Mbps?

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by Spivak on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:25AM (#17818504)

"50Mbps dedicated" which just about any ISP will sell you if you're willing to pay business prices.

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by wtallis on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:37AM (#17824619)

That's a step further than necessary. What's needed is for 50Mbps to mean by default that it's a 50Mbps best-effort connection without any artificial throttling below 50Mbps. Congestion is unavoidable and even a "dedicated" line will at some point put your packets onto an oversubscribed link if it's a real Internet connection and not just a point-to-point link. But it's inexcusable to sell something as 50Mbps when it's really "50Mbps for part of the month, then you're screwed".

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Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by alxlaz on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:56AM (#17825405)

There's a world of difference between "speed will sometimes drop due to congestion" and "speed will definitely drop by throttling", and a dedicated line is way out of this spectrum :-).

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