Is Verizon throttling 4G unlimited data now?
I've spent several hours trying to determine if Verizon is now throttling 4G unlimited data users. I've read that back in July it was a "go", and then it was halted by the FCC. I've also read th...
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Yes, new technology like XLTE help, but only to some extent until they also reach capacity.
XLTE helps on 2 fronts, its a faster transmission speed; but more importantly, it uses a new frequency band (AWS). Its that newer frequency band that helps us all, whether you're in an XLTE area or not, by moving some of the user load off the LTE 700 MHz frequency band over to the 1750 & 2150 MHz band.
However the above concerns remain valid, this new AWS freq band will quickly fill up to capacity if we keep on the same growth path and in a few years we'll be back where we are. There are only so many frequency bands available, some day they'll all be maxed out if we all think we're entitled to 40 gig a month cellular data.
or using the airplane analogy, we can make the planes fly faster, but we can only have a limited number of planes in the air on each route.
XLTE helps on 2 fronts, its a faster transmission speed; but more importantly, it uses a new frequency band (AWS). Its that newer frequency band that helps us all, whether you're in an XLTE area or not, by moving some of the user load off the LTE 700 MHz frequency band over to the 1750 & 2150 MHz band.
However the above concerns remain valid, this new AWS freq band will quickly fill up to capacity if we keep on the same growth path and in a few years we'll be back where we are. There are only so many frequency bands available, some day they'll all be maxed out if we all think we're entitled to 40 gig a month cellular data.
or using the airplane analogy, we can make the planes fly faster, but we can only have a limited number of planes in the air on each route.
