Network Optimization

BREAKING: Verizon Cancels Plans for Network Optimization of Unlimited Data Users

Kellen October 1, 2014

That title says just about all you need to know. Verizon has informed us that they are canceling plans to move forward with Network Optimization of unlimited data customers. In other words, Verizon is not going to slow down the data connection of customers...

Verizon Unlimited Data Customers, You Have One Day Left Before Throttling Begins

Kellen September 29, 2014

After tomorrow, if you are a Verizon customer with unlimited data and an LTE phone, you could be throttled. Starting October 1, Verizon could slow your data speeds to help relieve strain on a cell site, assuming you tick the boxes on a set of pre-determined...

FCC Still Concerned About Throttling, Asks All Carriers About Throttling Practices

Kellen August 8, 2014

Over the last couple of weeks, the FCC has decided that it wants to know more about the throttling or "Network Optimization" practices of wireless carriers in the US. Their initial probing began with Verizon, after the company announced plans to start...

Verizon Responds to FCC Over Throttling Questions: Unlimited Data Users Have “No Incentive Not to” Hog Resources

Kellen August 4, 2014

Shortly after we first reported Verizon's plans to begin throttling unlimited 4G LTE data users who gobble up enough data (4.7GB per month) to land them in the top 5% of the carrier's data users, the FCC sent a letter to VZW CEO Dan Mead, asking for answers to...

Verizon Plans Response to FCC Over Throttling, Stands by Its Network Optimization

Kellen July 31, 2014

Yesterday afternoon, a letter from FCC chairman Tom Wheeler to Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead concerning the wireless carrier's plans to throttle unlimited data users under its "Network Optimization" policy stole headlines. Wheeler was clear in his letter that...

FCC Chairman Not Excited About Verizon’s Plans to Throttle Unlimited Data Users

Kellen July 30, 2014

Last week, we exclusively reported that Verizon planned to begin throttling the top 5% of unlimited data users with 4G LTE phones come October 1, a move which Verizon has since confirmed. The throttling is a part of Big Red's "Network Optimization" policy,...

Verizon Makes It Official: Throttling Comes to Unlimited 4G LTE Customers in October

Kellen July 25, 2014

Verizon took a minute this morning to confirm our report from yesterday, announcing that they are indeed going to include unlimited data customers with 4G LTE devices in their version of throttling, which they refer to as "Network Optimization." Starting in...

Starting October 1, Verizon Will Include Unlimited 4G LTE Customers in “Network Optimization”

Kellen July 24, 2014

Back in September of 2011, Verizon introduced a new initiative called Network Optimization that only affected unlimited data customers. What is Network Optimization? Well, it's a little bit like throttling in that Verizon can slow down your data connection if...