Verizon Wireless: ‘unlimited EV-DO’ really means 5 GB a month

We’ve already heard reports where consumers have their unlimited EV-DO accounts shut down by Verizon Wireless. CyberNet News did some reviewing of the current Verizon Wireless TOS and it’s now relatively explicit: if you’re eating through 5 GB of bandwidth per month, you’re summarily presumed guilty of using the service in manners not allowed, i.e.: streaming audio or video, running a server, etc…

While I can understand the business need to cap the service, I don’t understand how the company can advertise that service as "unlimited". Yes, Verizon Wireless needs to ensure there’s enough room in the pipe for all of their paying customers, but if you have a stated limit, then it’s not really "unlimited", is it? I also don’t get some of the restrictions as one of them is an "automated data feed"; you could loosely apply that definition to an RSS reader, Twitter, IM clients and more. Oh, and no redirecting a television signal either…the Sling and Orb folks might want to look into that one…

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