After trading barbs with the FCC over the summer upon announcing a plan to start throttling some customer's LTE data speeds, Verizon announced today that the company was not going to proceed with the change to their network optimization policy. The new policy was going to impact users who crossed over into the top 5 percent of data users and were on a legacy unlimited data plan. This would include users on the LTE portion of the network. Users on 3G are already subject to the policy.
In a statement issued by Verizon, the company says “We've greatly valued the ongoing dialogue over the past several months concerning network optimization and we've decided not to move forward with the planned implementation of network optimization for 4G LTE customers on unlimited plans.” Verizon also said they would continue to work with “industry stakeholders” on ensuring customers in the U.S. get “world-class” service.
Just last month FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler indicated he was concerned “some customers are being singled out for disparate treatment.” He also raised the specter of accusations that Verizon was engaging in a bait-and-switch if customers signed up for plans thinking data speeds would not be throttled.
source: FierceWireless
WhoooHooo! *Shew!* Dodged a bullet with that one! Now, back to hotspotting from my phone while I stream media from four devices…
too late, I jumped ship. Sorry VZ, you keep making bad choices.
But how long before they just get rid of it altogether? It’s a victory but it might be short-lived. Unfortunately, all the other carriers have worse coverage and I need the coverage. T-Mobile is apparently nice in metro areas, but once you get outside those areas, 4g coverage is sparse and I do not always have access to WiFi.
Keep in mind that Tmo has plans to convert all 2G coverage to 4G by mid-2015. *fingers crossed*