is verizon 3g really capped

[doogald]

Hmm, you seem to be arguing as much. A link from this site, somebody who called Verizon about it: http://forum.androidcentral.com/carriers/1674-unlimited-data-plan-verizon.html#post11566

Some info from a Verizon employee here, which also includes a person who says her child used 7 GB of data viewing YouTube without a charge: Is data plan truly unlimited? - Verizon | Forums and Blogs - Verizon Community (on the second page.)

All anecdotal, but I have searched but never found a customer who was not tethering who was charged extra for over 5 GB on a smartphone within the US. I think it would be awfully hard to use over 5 GB in a month myself, and I think that if you use something like 50 GB you may get a phone call, but if you are using 7 GB, or 10 GB, and you are not tethering or using a P2P network, I wouldn't sweat it.

 

[GivenToFly]

I hit 7 GB last month, and 5.8 the month before because I stream music an hour each way to work, then more streaming during the day if I'm out at an on-site job. I use remote desktop, and that eats a fair bit of data. And I use the TV.com app, and youtube quite a bit. (i get bored quickly) I received no such letter or warnings or anything. If I did, I would argue that I am not abusing the network, I am using apps freely available to everyone on an android phone. I'm not tethering, or doing anything nefarious.

They can tell what you are doing, and if you are not breaking any rules, or using like 20GB per month, you don't have anything to worry about.

 

[megagamer44]

But ive almost went over before i got pdanet sooo what do i doo i dont have internet at home and i. Need to game on battlefield 2 online

 

[takeshi]

Seems to me that this "truth" mentioned in this thread could be easily supported by some links...

 

[GenericMessage]

But ive almost went over before i got pdanet sooo what do i doo i dont have internet at home and i. Need to game on battlefield 2 online

Lol, with the whopping .768 as a upload speed, you aren't going to do ANY gaming with tethering

 

[megagamer44]

Well im not teathering no more so ill be good wit that part but i dont adversly affect the network with normal smart phone usasage

 

[megagamer44]

I did do online gaming w/ teathing bf2 but lagged like a truckers brake distance

 

[megagamer44]

Well at this present moment im at 10 gb but bill cycles in a few days

 

[Qazme]

Again, you are both not completely correct. It may be that overusage raises a flag, but there is nothing in terms of service that mentions any sort of data usage byte limit. You are limited to specific activities, such as email, web browsing, gaming, audio, video, and VOIP; you are prohibited from running any sort of server; they reserve the right to protect their network and limit your access if you do violate the terms by using non-allowed protocols. However, they do not mention in their TOS that you will be flagged for overuse.

I would strongly suggest, however, that anybody who uses more than 5 GB of data per month not use any sort of tethering app if you are worried about being shut off, because that is something that is not allowed by TOS.

Here are the TOS: Terms & Conditions

Terms or service and contract limits are two separate things. Terms and conditions are generic statements in which they place the over laying rules in which they can enforce and lean heavily towards the service provider to allow them to change rules. Take AT&T changing their plans mid stream this week. Your printed contract that came with your service, on page two states (If you have a data plan):

"Unlimited access for internet browsing, email and intranet access. If more than 5 GB/line/month are used we presume use is for non-permitted purposes and we will terminate service. "

Then continues on to state what isn't permitted, streaming music, tv etc is all in there. But funny enough they never say anything about people using Pandora or Slacker either.