Clearwire Sued Over WiMAX Throttling

suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: "Wireless operator Clearwire has had a bumpy few months, and now things are getting worse. A lawsuit has been filed by 15 users over the company's throttling practices, accusing Clearwire of not delivering advertised 'high-speed Internet' services to customers and charging them termination fees when they walk away unsatisfied. The complaint focuses heavily on Clearwire's advertising, which not only highlights the speed of the connection, but also the fact that there are no limits on data usage. 'Usage is unlimited — believe it. You can upload, download, and surf as much as you want for one low price with any of the CLEAR Internet plans. We don't slow down your connection — the way some Internet providers do — if we think you are using too much bandwidth,' the complaint quotes from Clearwire's website. (That text appears to have been removed at the time of publication)."

Comments

yay.

[unity100]

deceptive advertising, DESPITE they have advertised that they were not doing deceptive advertising.

Re:T-mobile does this.

[Stenchwarrior]

We really need a federal law that defines "unlimited broadband internet."

Maybe I'm jaded, but anytime I see the words government and Internet in the same sentence I get worried. The last thing we need is the government involved with anything that has to do with the Internet lest we end up with the "government's version" of the web. I like that it's a true "free frontier". Or at least, as much as it can be.

Re:T-mobile does this.

[penix1]

We really need a federal law that defines "unlimited broadband internet."

Ummm...Do you really want a bunch of "get off my lawn!" grampys who have absolutely no clue what the Internet is deciding something that already exists in law?

It is called bait & switch and it is already illegal.

Re:T-mobile does this.

[dkleinsc]

The last thing we need is the government involved with anything that has to do with the Internet lest we end up with the "government's version" of the web.

Yeah, especially not the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. If they got involved, it would just wreck the whole thing.

Also, keep your government hands off of my Medicare!

Re:T-mobile does this.

[N0Man74]

Why does it have to be internet specific? Can't we just have the word, 'unlimited' defined as to mean.... 'unlimited'? Regardless of what the industry is?

Re:A support manager admitted that they throttled.

[mdielmann]

I ran 5 miles one day. The first mile was fine.

Given the premise, did I run 5 miles, or one?

Your pedantry needs work.