Virgin Mobile MiFi Unlimited Plan is Limited

by Darrell
(Archer, Fl)

Jan 25, 2011

Unlimited Broadband is Dead
by: PrepaidWirelessGuy

I hear you, and I completely understand your dilemma and frustration! The big wireless carriers went thru a huge PR hassle when they first limited their unlimited broadband plans to 5GB based on a "reasonable usage" clause. Since then, I haven't seen the unlimited marketing; it's now just a straight 5GB plan.

Prepaid broadband companies have been making these changes/restrictions recently (i.e. this year) as popularity of prepaid mobile broadband has increased. If there are any remaining that don't have this clause, or have it but won't ultimately invoke it, I'd be very surprised.

I wrote in another comment that this clause makes a lot of sense to preserve the network quality for 99% (or more) of users. However, the 5GB limit that truly never used to cause issues for the average person, now certainly does. Maybe 10GB should be the new reasonable limit, but certainly not 5GB.

I ran into the same issue (different provider), and ended up having to get COX home Internet service to avoid these caps. It was a sad day, and really lame, but after starting to use Netflix on demand, this was a must. If you're using it to access television, you'll definitely have issues. I actually found that average 3G speeds didn't deliver the experience I was looking for anyway, so even without a cap, mobile broadband in its NON-4G mode really doesn't deliver the goods anyway.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

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