T-Mobile caps smartphone users' data at 500 MB/month

Re:T-Mobile caps smartphone users' data at 500 MB/month by lukeschlather on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @12:59PM (#2096999)

Here in America advertised speed doesn't even have to relate to actual speed. "Unlimited XMb/s" means "You will never get more than XMb/s, and there's a cap, but you'll have to figure out what it is on your own. Don't worry, it's very large."

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Re:T-Mobile caps smartphone users' data at 500 MB/month by steveklabnik on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @02:44PM (#2097369)

At what point is this false advertising? I see it more like this:

    Unlimited[1] Internet, at blazing fast Xmbps[2] speeds!

1: Subject to a cap, don't worry it's large[3]

2: We did the math, and it's theoretically possible, but you can get 60% of this speed[5]

3: 'Large' being defined as 'we won't tell you how big it is, or what happens when you go over. Trust us.'

4: Only at 3am when nobody else is on, with a brand new computer, fresh install of Windows, speed determined by loading http://google.com/

5: Subject to interplanetary alignment, some other conditions may apply.[4]

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Re:T-Mobile caps smartphone users' data at 500 MB/month by lukeschlather on Wednesday January 12, 2011 @04:27PM (#2097798)

Has anyone tried suing? The figures so blatantly misrepresent the service provided that it seems like a shoe-in for a victory if you got enough people on board for a class-action.

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