en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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| reply to chesney09
Re: Typical...
Good old Verizon, just about as bad as Cable Internet offering Unlimited downloads
Its more of an 'Unlimited*"
* We don't _really_ mean unlimited, we just say that as a bait and switch technique. What we really mean is.. we give you a large amount of minutes that a bean counter has determined 99% of the people should never hit, of course this is subject to change. |
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rideboarder
welcome to the social
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join:2003-07-28
Snohomish, WA
clubs: | at least verizon states the limit, unlike comcast. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| I have to agree with you there...
Its similar to cell phone plans - 5000 Night and weekend is just that, not unlimited. I think that consumers rights groups have to help set a law or policy about the use of the term 'unlimited' in advertising due to its deceitful nature. |
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jp10558
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join:2005-06-24
Willseyville, NY
| Well, I don't think there needs to be a new law, just enforcement of the old laws.
IIRC the reason CHEEZ WHIZ or whatever that canned chedder like stuff is that is pressurized isn't called Cheese Whiz is because legally they cannot call it cheese as it does not contain cheese. Also why Velveta isn't marketed as cheese.
Well, this would seem to be a cut and dry application of that law. You can't call something with a finite and specific amount of allowed use an unlimited use service. I'm not sure why they aren't being sued under those laws.
And with VoIP, it's not even ambiguious as to what the unlimited might refer to as it may be with data services - I mean, it's not unlimited time connected, and I can't see any way they could claim it's unlimited data transferred during the x minutes.
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JoshNJ
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Freehold, NJ
| said by jp10558  :IIRC the reason CHEEZ WHIZ or whatever that canned chedder like stuff is that is pressurized isn't called Cheese Whiz is because legally they cannot call it cheese as it does not contain cheese. Also why Velveta isn't marketed as cheese. both cheez whiz and velveeta do indeed contain cheese and are both considered cheese
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheez_Whiz
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Akron, OH |  This is a good example of the importance of the internet as a learning tool. Where else could you find such insignificant information in an instant and send it out to the world. We are all better off as a result. |
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