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To Verizon, "Unlimited" Means 5 GB
Jason writes "For years there have been stories about people getting their unlimited Verizon EVDO Wireless accounts terminated because of excessive data usage, but Verizon never explicitly said that there is a limit. Now if you dive into the terms of the Unlimited Data Service plan they have put a section in that specifically states that anything over 5GB of data usage in a one month period is considered prima facie evidence that you must be downloading movies, and you will be cut off."
Optimist: The thumb drive is half empty! Pessimist: The thumb drive is half full...
Engineer: The capacity of the thumb drive is inconsistent with data retention requirements.
I think most of you have missed something here: This is NOT for home internet. This is for a cellphone. Yes, you could plug your laptop into your cellphone and download that way, but that is NOT what Verizon is marketing this for. It's designed for text messages and WAP browsing. For the usage it's designed for, it's a large enough limit that there is no practical difference between the limit and unlimited.
I agree that they should not be allowed to market it as 'unlimited' if it's not, but saying that 5GB is too little is just insane.
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