Could you explain why "unlimited data" is unsustainable? I still can't find a reasoning that's logical without an attempt to make additional money. My main questions are: does data transfer cause any maintenance requirements where more data = more maintenance? Are tower connections capped below the number of people that could potentially use it anyway, making large crisis calls unreliable? What makes cell-tower internet fundamentally different than land connection (dial-up, DSL, cable, T1...)?
It just seems... maybe not rude, but teasing that a company would offer internet that is as-good-as if not better than average home connections and then suddenly cap the alloted usage for it. Why implement the system at all? I don't see a point to going 100mph if I'm only allowed to drive an hour...
its unsustainable because service provides do not have enough hardware installed to handle the volume of usage that unlimited brings to the table.. everyone has limits, even home providers altho its extremely high ~300 g per month. It slows down the network for everyone when people take it to the extremes, and with the fact that everything streams now, service providers do not have the hardware installed to handle 100,000 people streaming high definition t.v shows @ 7.pm lol....
What i find as a **** move tho is that they forced us to get data to start with to make money.... remember the "premium phones" a few years ago, you had to have $10 data package and it was worthless.... no apps, browsing the net was horrible, but because it had "VCast" it was premium..... B.S! the alternative was a better phone with unlimited, which at the time the usuage was so low it was no big deal. Now since everyone is hooked on mobile data, lets take it away from you and charge you more... Thats a **** move IMHO.. Sure cap me if i go above reasonable amounts of data for long periods of time, but don't force me to pay more!!