In plain English
This is a set cut-off in a fair use policy. It marks the highest level of data or other telecommunications use that the policy still treats as acceptable. Beyond that point, the use counts as excessive.
In context
In that policy note, "fair use limit" names the threshold amount of data or other telecommunications use above which the policy treats the use as excessive.
- Situation
- Choosing mobile plans, allowances, roaming, fair-use, and add-ons
- What it communicates
- labels a threshold stated in a usage or roaming policy note.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not tell you what the threshold amount is, only that the policy defines one as the point where use becomes excessive.
Examples
“After they crossed the fair use limit, their additional data use was treated as excessive.”
“According to the policy note, the fair use limit is 200 GB of data a month.”