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fair use

In mobile service, fair use is a usage condition that allows ordinary personal use of a plan but limits use that is excessive, abnormal, or likely to impair the service for other users.

In plain English

It sets a line between normal personal use and use that goes beyond what the service is intended to support. Regular everyday use is allowed, but use that is excessive, abnormal, or likely to affect other users can be limited.

In context

Here, fair use labels a condition note saying that the included usage or roaming is for ordinary personal use and may be limited if use becomes excessive, abnormal, or likely to impair the service for other users.

Situation
Choosing mobile plans, allowances, roaming, fair-use, and add-ons
What it communicates
labels a condition note attached to usage or roaming.

Meaning limits

By itself, the term does not state the exact threshold or the specific criteria used to judge when use is excessive or abnormal.

Examples

“Her weekend of calls, messages, and navigation counted as fair use, but month-long continuous streaming from the same plan did not.”

Core meaning

“Included roaming remains subject to fair use during extended trips.”

In context