I’m confused. Either that, or I’m being force-fed garbage. I’ve been out of a contract for going on 2 years. I shared 8 gigs of data with my family, all of whom were out of contracts. I used a lot of the data and we would get pretty close to our limit each month because I stream a lot of music. I thought I’d be polite and get my own line with unlimited data. Jump on the iPhone bandwagon, even. Sure, I’d triple my bill, but it’s the right thing to do, and I’d be able to stream/browse/surf as much as I want to. Except no, I absolutely can’t. My service was utterly throttled. I can’t watch a video in 720p, I can scarcely get through a song without buffering or skipping. I do a speed test and I’m reading 55kbps. This is ridiculous, and it’s consistent. 50-65 KILOBYTES per second. Unless I’m operating out of a cache stored from WiFi, I essentially can’t connect to the internet. I’ve been back and forth across town today and it’s the same story everywhere. I’m furious. Is there any solution? Is there any way to get decent service for less than $150/month? Do I really have to pay another $10/mo to get the somehow better unlimited service? What is the best deal? I read that I’m subject to throttling at any time for any reason and this incredibly expensive plan affords me no luxury, no priority in cell towers. Please Verizon, tell me there’s some bug.
