On 10/3/2019 at 10:50 AM, jerryneal said:

Verizon has an unlimited prepaid plan.  Looks like it’s back again.  We’ve been using for over a year  https://www.verizonwireless.com/prepaid/#singlePlan

This is the smartphone plan - and if you look carefully, it includes no mobile hotspot use at all. 

This should not be confused with the Unlimited Prepaid Jetpack plan (ie. 'pUDP' - http://www.rvmobileinternet.com/pudp)  that retired on May 21, 2019 - which did not have hard throttling, but was always subject to network management. 

And for more on understanding the lingo used when describing "unlimited" data plans:

http://www.rvmobileinternet.com/unlimited  

Edited October 4 by Technomadia

  On 10/4/2019 at 1:55 AM, Bill Joyce said:

"Network prioritization" is what happens after 22GB on the Mobley plan, which is not "throttling".  Throttling (what some call "hard throttling") is where the carrier intentionally slows you down.  My  Verizon phone will do 15GB of full speed hotspotting, but at 15GB it is throttled to unusable speeds.  

Our Cricket phone has unlimited data and no throttling. I don't believe that plan is offered any longer, latest plan is 15G then maybe network prioritization which has never occurred and we used 80G for a couple of months.

  On 10/3/2019 at 9:39 PM, SWharton said:

Looks like the throttling threat is a CYA.

It appears you are confusing throttling with network prioritazation.  

Call it what you want, if it slows me down it is throttling. nuances.

Edited October 4 by SWharton

  On 10/4/2019 at 5:03 AM, SWharton said:

Call it what you want, if it slows me down it is throttling. nuances.

Have you ever been slowed down on a heavily used tower even with no throttling? That's about the effect we've seen on a few occasions, and we really can't tell if it's from prioritization or just normal traffic density. So far, it's never caused us any problems even when streaming...

I generally check the strength of the signal so I know what to expect. I have never been slowed down to my knowledge. If I have it has not been noticeable.

Strength of signal and download speeds are two different things.  I have a good strong signal where I am.  During the day, I get speeds of 25-50 down and 10-15 up.  In the evening when workers come home and use the cell, my speeds are half of that...............but my signal strength is the same.

  On 10/4/2019 at 7:49 PM, chirakawa said:

Strength of signal and download speeds are two different things.  I have a good strong signal where I am.  During the day, I get speeds of 25-50 down and 10-15 up.  In the evening when workers come home and use the cell, my speeds are half of that...............but my signal strength is the same.

Yep, a good example of the "busy tower" effect that occurs even without deprioritization/network management.

  On 10/4/2019 at 5:03 AM, SWharton said:

Call it what you want, if it slows me down it is throttling. nuances.

And that is the problem with the internet. Too many people who, for whatever reason, refuse to educate themselves and then repeat incorrect and inaccurate information. 

  On 10/4/2019 at 9:42 PM, Big5er said:

And that is the problem with the internet. Too many people who, for whatever reason, refuse to educate themselves and then repeat incorrect and inaccurate information. 

And when Verizon slows you down to 600 Kbps after you hit some plan limit, you'll really see the difference between actual "throttling" and a busy tower...