On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:01:44 GMT, Dennis Ferguson
<dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote:

>On 2008-03-07, David <spammers@kissmyass.com> wrote:
>> Dave Rudisill <denali@alaska.net> wrote in
>> news:gpn2t31hqs1p6loq4h6upomg5u8i515uru@4ax.com:
>>
>>> Note that PERMITTED uses now include "uploading, downloading and
>>> streaming of audio, video and games; and ... Voice over Internet
>>> Protocol (VoIP)."
>>
>> At least as compared to a year ago when I started my data plan, they also
>> go in to *MUCH* more detail on what is considered "unacceptable".
>>
>> I was curious as to what they had to say now about older plans, like mine,
>> that specifically state "unlimited" or otherwise didn't clearly establish a
>> limit. For that, they now include this little ditty:
>>
>> "If your usage on a Data Plan or Feature that does not include a specific
>> monthly Megabyte allowance or that is not billed on a pay–as–you–use basis
>> exceeds 5 Gigabytes per account line during any billing period, we reserve
>> the right to reduce throughput speed to a maximum of approximately 200
>> Kilobits per second for up to thirty days."
>
>In general the Customer Agreement which applies to you is the one you
>signed (I always save a copy) rather than the most current one. Verizon
>can't change the terms of your Customer Agreement unless they inform you
>and give you a chance to decline. If you signed the old "Unlimited"
>agreement that's what applies to you.
>
>Note that as part of the settlement of that deceptive marketing investigation
>I think Verizon agreed to remove the limitations in the Customer Agreement
>from existing customers who'd signed up for an "Unlimited" plan, and since
>they haven't done anything to change the terms for older customers my guess
>is that this is still the case and your "Unlimited" service is, in fact,
>unlimited. I have the same plan and I ran well past 5 GB one month without
>any consequences.
>
>You'll lose it if you buy new discounted equipment or do something else
>which requires a new agreement, but for now my guess is that you don't have
>to worry about the usage restrictions current customers sign up for.
>
>Dennis Ferguson

I have been on unlimited for several years and will be quite pissed if
that gets changed. Hell, I can blow through 5G worth of downloads in
one day.