From 2004 until April of this year Verizon terminated the accounts of some 13,000  “unlimited” wireless internet users for excessive usage ie: streaming audio, video etc.

Yesterday Verizon reached a settlement agreement with the New York Attorney Generals Office. Verizon admitted their unlimited plans were actually limited. It cost Verizon one million dollars to reimburse terminated users as well as $150,000 penalties and costs to the New York Attorney General. Additionally Verizon no longer prohibits common internet usage. (how ever that is defined)

Read more about this at http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2007/oct/oct23a_07.html

This might be catch the attention of some of the other ISP’s and make them reconsider some of their practices. Time will tell.

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