I know this probably won't help but.......

You would think VM would open up the network as fast as possible. Then block the major data usage habits.. Like Utorrents and Netflix video streaming service.

willmon22 said:

They aren't allowed to do so. As this is america and nothing should be blocked on the web. Aside from that that would go against net neutrality as well as open internet. But it hasn't stopped the carriers before. Heck they don't really care they will even go as far as baiting and switching. As anyone that has had any virgin mobile services before 2012 knows that they originally had all their services unlimited with no throttling. Then they decide to throttle them and then throttle them even further. And this isn't just for new customers this is for existing as well. Does this not sound like baiting and switching to you? Also for their wireless internet plans they actually completely removed the unlimited and put a cap on it. Once you hit that cap the web gets shut off. So basically Virgin doesn't care at all about their current customers or new customers. They just care about themselves and just want to make it to where they will never have to worry about anything.

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VM isn't the only mobile carrier in the USA with bandwidth limits. All the other carriers are doing it too. Heck, go anywhere in the world AFAIK and most mobile carriers are doing it! I think it is reasonable to put some limits on bandwidth with regard to cell phone networks. Otherwise they would be congested all the time. If you want to download huge metric @$$ loads of content, get on WiFi where you can, or borrow someone's PC or something. Or get on t-mobile, where their network can apparently separate audio and file downloads on certain plans, which means streaming music won't eat up your high speed data for a given month.

For my $ VM is still fairly reasonable with its 2.5 GB throttling limit. I get around it by preloading some content (like podcasts) before I leave home. Your claim of VM cutting off the internet through the cell network is unsubstantiated at best IMHO. You must be hitting some dead spots.

Net neutrality? Ok... I can pretty much LOOK at or listen to ANYTHING I want through my phone... wifi, 3g and 4g. No problems there.

I'm having some problems getting service in certain parts of the Los Angeles metro area. However it's not severe enough to force me to leave VM/Sprint. At least not yet anyway... I'll give it a few months.

BEFORE ANYONE ASKS, NO, I DON'T WORK FOR VM OR SPRINT! I've had VM service since 2011. Moved over from an expensive Cingular/AT&T 2 year contract. Still spending hundreds less a year than a lot of people on contracts, even with unlimited talk minutes.

You actually think that a petition could force a business to give you an unlimited fast internet? Sorry, it's a lost cause. You sign a contract that tells you exactly how much data you will be getting and how much you'll be paying a month. If the carrier doesn't keep his end of the deal, by all means, file a suite, I'm sure it will be a class action.

In my opinion, this has nothing to do with net neutrality, where the provider has the ability to limit speed to a particular content provider. This actually blows, but hey, this is America, little guy gets screwed first, then the rest.

Well, it seemed to me like you wanted to start a petition to see who else wants a service they didn't pay for. Like buying a car and complaining it ran out of gas. In my defense, I have the unlimited android plan from Tmobile that I pay $5 and never see it throttle. Perhaps I don't use it as much and never bothered to read all the disclosures about throttle. But if it said I have 5GB limit, I would take it as that and not try to get over.