Feb
3
Verizon Says It May 'Throttle' Heavy Data Users Ahead of iPhone
To combat potential traffic jams that might arise down the line, Verizon said, in a notice posted Thursday on its website, that it is reserving the right to throttle the customers who fall in the top 5% of bandwidth use.
Getting ready for the iPhone, eh?
Verizon Wireless spokesman Jeffrey Nelson said the introduction of the policy wasn’t related to the coming debut of the iPhone. “This is clearly something we’ve been looking at for some time and introducing now,” he said. “There’s nothing magic about the timing.”
Right…
