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Virgin Mobile will begin throttling data in October

We did briefly mention the data throttling that Virgin Mobile was planning to start doing come October and well, here are a few more details. Basically, the unlimited plan will remain unlimited in theory. You will be able to use as much data as you want and not have to worry about overages, however once more »

Verizon puts 4 million users on notice

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will throttle 5% of its users. Boom. The top 5% of data consumers will see their speed diminish not just for the remainder of the billing cycle but for the next month as well. Take that heavy-use customers. 5% of Verizon’s 94 million users is 4.7 million. Heads up: more »

T-Mobile to begin throttling data speeds for those who go over 5GB as of October 16th

It seems that T-Mobile is all set to begin throttling data for users that go over the 5GB monthly limit. The news is coming by way of an official statement from T-Mobile and reads as follows; “Data Speed Reduction Threshold Beginning on October 16, T-Mobile will begin to reduce data speeds when a customer reaches more »

Comcast hints that new data cap may not be set in stone

Gigaom is reporting that the new 250GB cap Comcast announced recently may not be set in stone. In a chat with the site, Comcast spokeperson Charlie Douglas said the cap, which is roughly 100 times more than the average Comcast customer uses in a month, will likely rise as average consumption rises.