Clearwire Sued Over WiMAX Throttling

Posted by Soulskill on Friday March 11, 2011 @03:18AM from the beware-the-internet-traffic-cops dept.

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)."

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yay. by unity100 · 2011-03-11 03:21 · Score: 5, Insightful

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

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Re:T-mobile does this. by penix1 · 2011-03-11 03:38 · Score: 4, Insightful

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.

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Re:T-mobile does this. by N0Man74 · 2011-03-11 04:00 · Score: 4, Insightful

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?