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"unlimited plan" means "you pay for a bandwidth instead of an amount of data downloaded". And if you're able to download 2TB in a period of time, you have the r
by rlidwka 11y ago
"unlimited plan" means "you pay for a bandwidth instead of an amount of data downloaded". And if you're able to download 2TB in a period of time, you have the right to do so.
Yes, I know, common carriers are overselling bandwidth like hell, but it's not a good excuse for blaming customers for using the service they paid for.
- userbinator 11y agoOne idea I've always liked for solving the "unlimited" problem and complaints about overage charges is to provide fixed data transfer but do exponential throttling: the first X GB are unthrottled, the next X GB throttled to half the advertised bandwidth, then quarter, 1/8, 1/16, ... so customers can never go over the limit despite how hard they try, but they can still try to use as much as they want. Another alternative would be constant, but very low-bandwidth, "unlimited" plans.