Verizon drops plan to throttle data hogs [telecom]

Oct 02, 2014 0 Replies

Verizon drops plan to throttle data hogs By James O'Toole



When Verizon announced plans in July to throttle the connections of data-hungry customers, federal regulators cried foul. Now, Verizon is backing down.



The wireless giant is abandoning its plan to slow down 4G connection speeds for certain customers with unlimited data plans, which Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler had called "disturbing."



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