Virgin Mobile to Implement Throttling in October

[cdmagurus.com]

Virgin Mobile USA today announced that starting in October, it will throttle the data speeds of customers who exceed 2.5GB of data in a given monthly billing cycle. Virgin won't charge overage fees, but users who go over the limit will see data speeds slowed down to 256Kbps or less for the remainder of the billing cycle. Virgin says that fewer than 3% of its customers will be affected by this new policy. "We are all facing the same situation and this is the best way for Virgin Mobile to maintain the best network experience as data usage explodes," said David Trimble, vice president for Virgin Mobile USA. "Our no-contract and postpaid competitors have either implemented more stringent constraints and/or don't disclose slower speeds and data caps. We believe this adjustment gives the most value to the largest group of consumers." Virgin Mobile published a FAQ page on its web site explaining the changes and how customers can measure their data usage.



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