Verizon terminating EVDO accounts for excessive usage
Stan Slonkosky
states, in part:
"As you know, the terms and conditions that govern your NationalAccess
and/or BroadbandAccess account, which were provided to you at the time
of service activation and which are posted on VerizonWireless.com,
only permit Internet browsing, email, and intranet access. All other
activities, such as streaming and/or donwloading movies and video, are
expressly prohibited by the terms and conditions. A copy of the terms
and conditions is enclosed.
"We recently reviewed your Verizon Wireless NationalAccess and/or
Broadband Access account and found that your usage over the past 30
days exceeded 10 Gigabytes. Your usage was more than 40 times that of
a typical user. This level of usage is so extraordinarily high that it
could only have been attained by activites, such as streaming and/or
downloading movies and video, prohibited by the terms and conditions.
Based on these facts, your extraordinarily high levels of usage
conclusively demonstrate a violation of the terms and conditions, and
your account will be terminated on 5/30/2006."
Sever users at http://www.evdoforums.com/about2366-0-asc-15.html
reported that. Others have reported that their termination date is to
be June 5.
Also see the article "Use SlingBox, Get Your EVDO Terminated" at
http://www.evdoinfo.com/Tips/PC_5220/Use_SlingBox%2C_Get_Your_EVDO_Terminated_20060601753
and the related item http://www.evdoforums.com/about2548.html . So far
there are numerous reports of Verizon getting their accounts
terminated but only one from a Sprint user getting his account
terminated.
--
Stan Slonkosky
Matthew Reed
--
Stan Slonkosky
__________ NOD32 1.1572 (20060601) Information __________
This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
http://www.eset.com
Richard
Still, I would think that conversation about it rather than termination would be better for everyone. Offer those that pull more a higher surcharge for that bandwidth...some offer of a solution that is positive and not the draconian "...you will be terminated." kind of letter.
Darth Sidious lives at Verizon?
Just more justification of why we need more Muni-WiFi's!
-----Original Message-----
From: SOCA...@googlegroups.com [mailto: SOCA...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Stan Slonkosky
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:43 AM
To: SOCA...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [SOCALWUG] Verizon terminating EVDO accounts for excessive usage
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
--Douglas Adams
Mike Outmesguine
it's over 10 GB". If their threshold is 10GB then the plan should be that.
The market will win on this one. Cable companies killed themselves early in
the bandwidth race by thwarting popular usage behavior. My gamer friends
liked DSL because they could host game servers and multiple computers from
one connection. Draconian terms of service agreements (as exhibited by cable
companies in the early days) that prohibit normal behavior will suffer from
market forces.
If a carrier blocks users from surfing the sites they use when connected by
other means, like at home, then they will jump ship and find a carrier that
lets them surf how they want.
Verizon, Sprint, Tmobile, Alltel, Cingular, Ampd, Disney Mobile, Fred's Hip
New Wireless MVNO, etc. We have a lot of choices.
Sprint and Verizon are at the head of the line for 3G data right now. That
doesn't mean some upstart carrier will say all-you-can-eat means
all-you-can-eat and take the lead in this tiny, but growing market.
Patiently awaiting a letter,
Mike
PS: I believe we are seeing similar trends and corproate behavior patterns
to those when dialup first started entering the home. Back around 1995, AT&T
Internet got huge flack for limiting the number of minutes you can stay
connected with their monthly unlimited dialup program - People jumped ship
to places like Earthlink, who didn't limit anything or care how long you
were connected.
--
Mike Outmesguine
President, TransStellar, Inc. http://www.TransStellar.com
Author, Wi-Fi Toys http://www.wifi-toys.com
Chairman, Southern California Wireless Users Group http://www.socalwug.org
Email: m...@transstellar.com
Tollfree: (866)778-TECH
Direct: +1-818-889-9445 x102
Fax: +1-818-337-7420
AOL-IM: SOCALWUG
Yahoo-IM: mikeoutmesguine
VOIP-Skype: mikeoutmesguine
Say: /OUT-mess-geen/
-----Original Message-----
From: SOCA...@googlegroups.com [mailto:SOCA...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Stan Slonkosky
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 8:43 AM
To: SOCA...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [SOCALWUG] Verizon terminating EVDO accounts for excessive usage
Vinod prabhu
thanking you in advance
vinod
Richard
The 802.16 specification applies across a wide swath of RF specrutm, but specification is not the same as permission to use. There is no uniform global licensed spectrum for WiMAX. In the US, the biggest segment available is around 2.5GHz, and is already assigned, primarily to Sprint Nextel. Elsewhere in the world, the most likely bands used will be around 3.5GHz, 2.3/2.5GHz, or 5GHz, with 2.3/2.5 GHz probably being most important in Asia.
There is some prospect that some of a 700MHz band might be made available for WiMAX use, but it is currently assigned to the analog TV and awaits the complete rollout of HD digital TV before it can become available, likely by 2009. And, in any case, there will be other uses suggested for that spectrum if and when it actually becomes open.
It seems likely that there will be several variants of 802.16, depending on local regulatory conditions and thus on which spectrum is used. Even if everything but the underlying radio frequencies is the same. WiMAX equipment will not, therefore, be as portable as it might have been. And perhaps even less so than WiFi, whose assigned channels in unlicensed spectrum varies more than a little from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Use the whole encyclopedia article for more information.--Douglas Adams