So Verizon is Scared of Lightsquared and Consumers have to Pay the Price?

"in an attempt to preserve its spectrum, Verizon Wireless has announced plans to slow data rates for the heaviest users."

Source
http://www.mediabiz.com/news/articles/?edit_id=15438

Verizon is such a Racket, Every time a laptop breaks down, an issue of any kind happens they lock you into a 2 more years contract and their RATES which are higher then everyone else but your locked in.. and So now the want to Slow Data Rates to preserve their own BILLIONS and screw all of us.. ??