EBB Internet Transparency Statement
This statement provides Ready Wireless (“we,” “us,” or “our”) customers (“you” and “your”) with information about the network management practices, performance characteristics, and commercial terms applicable to our mass market wireless broadband Internet access services (“Broadband Services”), consistent with the Federal Communications Commission’s Transparency Rule and applicable state laws and regulations. Broadband Services provide customers with the ability to transmit and receive data from all or substantially all Internet endpoints. As a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (“MVNO”), we provide our Broadband Services entirely by using the facilities of our underlying carrier, which is a leading nationwide wireless provider (“Underlying Carrier”). As a result, while we have some control over the network management practices and performance characteristics applicable to the Broadband Services you receive from us, we do not actively manage the network or control performance—our Underlying Carrier does.
Nothing in this statement changes your rights and obligations, or ours, under our Terms and Conditions, available at https://www.readywireless.com/, or our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.readywireless.com/privacy-policy. This statement is provided for informational purposes only and we may change it at any time, without notice.
Network Management Practices
How does Ready Wireless manage congestion with respect to its Broadband Services?
Ready Wireless strives to provide our customers with superior access to the Internet via the resale of services on our Underlying Carrier’s network. Because bandwidth is a limited resource and the network of our Underlying Carrier is shared among Ready Wireless’s customers and other users of our Underlying Carrier’s network, it is essential that our Underlying Carrier engage in reasonable network management practices to benefit all users of the network. When congestion occurs, you may experience reduced throughput or speed compared to non-congested times or to other users. Our Underlying Carrier may use network management techniques to ensure the best possible experience for the most possible customers. They may also prioritize emergency communications, including by law enforcement, public safety officials, or national security authorities, consistent with or as permitted by applicable law, which may impact other users of its network, including our customers.
Does Ready Wireless limit data usage or provide customers with tools to monitor and control their data usage?
Ready Wireless offers its EBB service with an unlimited data allotment. If you use the Broadband Services in a manner that violates our Terms and Conditions, including our Acceptable Use Policy, available at https://www.readywireless.com/terms-and-conditions, we may suspend, terminate, or restrict your data session, switch you to a more appropriate data plan, or terminate your service.
Does Ready Wireless block or throttle lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, application, service, or use of non-harmful devices or modify particular protocols?
No, Ready Wireless does not block or throttle (including impair or degrade) lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, application, service, or use of non-harmful devices on its Broadband Services, subject to reasonable network management. Nor do we modify particular protocols, protocol ports, or protocol fields in ways not prescribed by the protocol standards. However, in response to a specific security threat against the networks of our Underlying Carrier or our customers, we or our Underlying Carrier may need to block or limit the flow of traffic from certain locations or take other appropriate actions.
Does Ready Wireless directly or indirectly favor some traffic over other traffic in its provision of the Broadband Services either in exchange for consideration from a third party or to benefit an affiliate?
No, Ready Wireless does not directly or indirectly favor some traffic over other traffic (such as through prioritization, resource reservation, or traffic shaping) in its provision of the Broadband Services for any type of consideration from a third party or to benefit an affiliate. During natural disasters and other emergencies, our Underlying Carrier may prioritize emergency communications, including those of law enforcement, public safety officials, or national security authorities, consistent with or as permitted by applicable law.
Does Ready Wireless require consideration from edge providers in exchange for the non-discriminatory treatment of their content, application, service, or non-harmful device?
No, Ready Wireless does not require consideration, monetary or otherwise, from edge providers (i.e., individuals or entities that provide any content, application, service, or non-harmful device) in exchange for the non-discriminatory treatment of their content, application, service, or non-harmful device, including, but not limited to, in exchange for transmitting traffic to and from our end users or preventing the blocking or throttling (including impairment or degradation) of the edge provider’s content, application, service, or non-harmful device.
Does Ready Wireless engage in zero-rating either in exchange for consideration from a third party or by zero-rating some content, applications, services, or devices in a category of such content, applications, services, or devices, but not the entire category?
No, Ready Wireless does not engage in zero-rating (i.e., exempting some Internet traffic from a customer’s data usage allowance) either in exchange for consideration, monetary or otherwise, from a third party or by zero-rating some content, applications, services, or devices in a category of such content, applications, services, or devices, but not the entire category. Ready Wireless may engage in zero-rating for no consideration and by not differentiating on the basis of source, destination, content, application, service, or device, or class thereof.
Does Ready Wireless unreasonably interfere with or unreasonably disadvantage: (1) an end user’s ability to select, access, and use the Broadband Services; (2) the lawful content, applications, services, or devices of the end user’s choice; or (3) an edge provider’s ability to make lawful content, applications, services, or devices available to end users?
No, subject to reasonable network management, Ready Wireless does not unreasonably interfere with or unreasonably disadvantage: (1) an end user’s ability to select, access, and use the Broadband Services; (2) the lawful content, applications, services, or devices of the end user’s choice; or (3) an edge provider’s ability to make lawful content, applications, services, or devices available to end users.
What practices has Ready Wireless adopted to manage network security?
Ready Wireless takes the security of our customers very seriously. As an MVNO, Ready Wireless does not have the ability to manage the security of its Underlying Carrier’s network. However, our Underlying Carrier has implemented reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to help guard against a wide range of security threats. Specifically, our Underlying Carrier proactively monitors network activity to help guard against a wide range of security threats, including viruses, botnets, worms, distributed denial of service attacks, spam, and other harmful activity. Our Underlying Carrier also takes steps to neutralize identified threats. Despite these security practices, Ready Wireless cannot guarantee that you will not encounter unwanted, harmful, or malicious Internet traffic while using our Broadband Services or that information, during transmission through the Internet, while stored on our system, or otherwise in our care, will be safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers. We encourage you to adopt your own reasonable security practices.
Does Ready Wireless restrict the types of devices that customers can use with its Broadband Services?
Ready Wireless customers may use any 3G- or 4G- capable devices of their choice with our Broadband Services, so long as the devices are compatible with and do not harm or interfere with the networks of our Underlying Carrier and comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and standards.
Network Performance Characteristics
What factors affect the performance of Ready Wireless’s Broadband Services?
Although our Underlying Carrier engineers and manages its network to provide optimal performance to all users and user types, including based on average and anticipated peak usage of the network, the end-to-end performance of our Broadband Services can depend on a variety of factors, many of which cannot be anticipated or are outside of our and our Underlying Carrier’s control. Many of the factors that affect the performance of Ready Wireless’s Broadband Services are described in Section 3.2 of our Terms & Conditions, available at https://www.readywireless.com/terms-and-conditions. Other factors include the number of customers simultaneously using the network, the services other users are using, the applications you are using, the server with which your device is communicating, the source or destination of your Internet traffic, overall traffic on the Internet, and applicable network management practices discussed above. In addition, our Underlying Carrier has designed its wireless service to provide customers with a high-quality voice experience during simultaneous voice and data sessions, which may affect data performance, including, but not limited to, a temporary reduction in speed to minimize the likelihood of dropped calls.
What performance can I expect from Ready Wireless’s Broadband Services?
Ready Wireless offers mobile broadband Internet access service using its Underlying Carrier’s 3G, 4G, and 4G LTE networks. Because, as described above, our reasonable network management practices and a variety of other factors can affect the performance of our Broadband Services, neither we nor our Underlying Carrier guarantee specific performance when you use our Broadband Services. Performance of broadband Internet access services is generally evaluated based on speed and latency.
Speed. Speed reflects the rate at which Broadband Services can transmit data packets. This capacity is typically measured in the number of kilobits, megabits, or gigabits that can be transmitted in one second (kbps, Mbps or Gbps). Some applications, like a short email without attachments or basic web browsing, do not require high-speed service to function optimally. Other activities, like transferring large data files, can be performed faster with higher-speed services. Applications involving real-time or near real-time, high-bandwidth uses, such as streaming video or video conferencing, require high-speed service to function optimally.
Ready Wireless provides high-speed mobile broadband Internet access service at 3G or better speeds (at least 256 kbps download and upload), where the network will support such performance. When available, Ready Wireless, at its sole discretion, may provide access to higher than 3G speeds. Greater than 3G speeds are optimal for real-time or near real-time, high-bandwidth uses.
Latency. Latency is the time that a data packet takes to travel between two points on the Internet, usually expressed as the round-trip time in milliseconds (ms). Some applications, such as email, can tolerate a substantial amount of latency without any noticeable impact on the application’s performance. Other applications, such as real-time video conferencing, require lower latency to function properly.
Ready Wireless provides high-speed mobile broadband Internet access service with round-trip latency that is typical for 3G mobile networks (107 to 223 milliseconds) where the network will support such performance. When available, Ready Wireless, at its sole discretion, may provide access to better than 3G network latency performance.
Commercial Terms
Where can I find the rates and other fees that apply to Ready Wireless Broadband Services?
Ready Wireless does not charge customers for the services they receive, which are supported by the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program discount.
Where can I find the Terms and Conditions and prohibited uses that apply to Ready Wireless’s Broadband Services?
The Terms and Conditions, which describes prohibited uses as part of our Acceptable Use Policy, can be found at https://www.readywireless.com/ebb-terms-and-conditions.
What are Ready Wireless’s privacy practices for its Broadband Services?
We may monitor traffic on our Broadband Services for our own internal purposes, including, but not limited to, billing, internal metrics, and preventing fraud, abuse, and illegal activity on our Broadband Services, as permitted by law. We do not monitor traffic information through deep-packet inspection. We do not share any traffic information with unaffiliated third parties for non-network management purposes without your consent.
To learn more about our privacy practices for our Broadband Services, please review our Privacy Policy at https://www.readywireless.com/privacy-policy.
How can I get assistance if I have a question, concern, or complaint or need more information about Ready Wireless’s Broadband Services?
If you have questions or concerns about our Broadband Services, please contact us using the following information:
Email: rwebbsiupport@readywireless.com
Phone: 800-206-8389 or 611 from your device during normal business hours: Mon-Fri, 10AM-7PM Central
Mail: 415 1st St SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401