For cover, the wireless carriers have invoked a tried-and-true “sky is falling” scenario, saying that putting restrictions on data use is essential to preserving network capacity in the face of skyrocketing data demand and a dearth of available wireless spectrum. Wireless carriers have found that it makes economic sense to impose tiered pricing systems on customers, and to profit when customers use too much data. In fact, Virgin Mobile–the low-price, prepaid leg of Sprint–has announced that it will begin throttling down users who exceed 2GB a month, beginning March 12. Most people in the industry believe that Sprint will eventually capitulate and end its unlimited data plan in favor of a tiered scheme with overage charges. Sprint can be seen as the insurgent here, but the company is so troubled– financially and technologically–that the other large carriers aren’t inclined to view its unlimited data plan as much of a threat. So they don’t have much market incentive to offer unlimited anything. Among the “Big Four,” competition isn’t especially strong, either: AT&T and Verizon claim a combined 85 percent of the business. subscribers, the nation’s wireless market isn’t very competitive. AT&T even decided to throttle subscribers who are still on one of the old unlimited data contracts.Īnd why not? With just four national carriers accounting for almost all U.S. Sprint is the only carrier clinging to the truly unlimited concept, but even it requires subscribers to pay a $10 “data fee.” AT&T and Verizon have adopted tiered pricing plans for data, under which they charge hefty overage fees if you exceed your monthly allowance. Starting with AT&T, most carriers have done away with unlimited data plans. To have my 4G speed restored for March, I’ll have to pay my regular monthly bill early.
#Upload speed being throttled android
Connecting with the Android Market and downloading an app from it took so long that I gave it up as not worth doing. A 1-minute YouTube video that had taken about 1minute, 3 seconds to load and run all the way through now took 4 minutes, 35 seconds. At that slow speed, a Web page that had taken just a few seconds to load before I hit the limit instead took 17 seconds to load.
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