To Verizon, "Unlimited" Means 5 GB
Found on Slashdot on Tuesday, 03 April 2007
For years there have been stories about people getting their unlimited Verizon EVDO Wireless accounts terminated because of excessive data usage, but Verizon never explicitly said that there is a limit. Now if you dive into the terms of the Unlimited Data Service plan they have put a section in that specifically states that anything over 5GB of data usage in a one month period is considered prima facie evidence that you must be downloading movies, and you will be cut off.
Wouldn't that be illegal advertising? After all, people sign up because Verizon calls their service unlimited; even though it's wireless. 5GB per month is nothing these days; it's easily used up in a week (if you slow down your download habits).