Verizon is gonna axe its 'unlimited' data hogs

Found on The Register on Monday, 09 January 2017
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Subscribers who average more than 200GB of data downloaded per month have been told they have until February 16 to either move to a different plan or find a new carrier. It's believed atleast 8,200 customers have been sent the letters notifying them of an impending shutdown.

As far back as July of last year, there were reports of a mass-cancellation for those who used extremely high amounts of data on their wireless plans.

For those who think that 200GB is a lot, let's break it down onto a 30 day average: 6.67GB per day. At times where mobile devices make more and more traffic, such limitations should be a problem of the past. Unlimited means that you should be able to saturate your offered bandwidth 24/7 without causing any problems. If you do, your ISP has to invest into its infrastructure instead of kicking you out.