- unlimited data plans were doled out when network operators knew full well that people couldn't actually use enough data to cause a crisis.
- Data usage spiked because people found new uses for phones which demanded more and more data (e.g. streaming shows)
- Operators found themselves underdeveloped with no prospect of demand tapering off
- At these levels, it maximizes the operator's profits to push people into rate-limited plans.
- unlimited data plans were doled out when network operators knew full well that people couldn't actually use enough data to cause a crisis.
- Data usage spiked because people found new uses for phones which demanded more and more data (e.g. streaming shows)
- Operators found themselves underdeveloped with no prospect of demand tapering off
- At these levels, it maximizes the operator's profits to push people into rate-limited plans.