How do I stop having my 4G LTE device "network optimized"(throttled)?

I have a jetpack that I was issued to use for internet for the next month or so on an unlimited data plan (device is under a govt contract). It is a 4G jetpack. Once I hit 5GB, the device slowed to a crawl - Verizon says they don't throttle, but a 0.2MBPS connection is sure as heck throttling when I can barely load a web page and the speed never increases at night. But for the sake of argument, lets call it their term of "network optimization"
My question is this - is there a feature/provision which is causing this to happen on the account? I've read everywhere that Verizon chose to not network optimize the 4G devices (rightfully so with the 700mhz LTE band after the FCC had to get involved) so clearly something is wrong.
It is not an issue with the device. Save the advice of telling me to reboot it. I had tech support reset the data usage for the account and the speed went back up. Once I hit exactly 5GB, it began crawling again.
Per Verizon's official notice, "Only a small percent of customers will be affected. To be affected, you must be a data customer who is among the top 5% of data users and have a 3G device on an unlimited data plan."
Per their official press release, they stated "We’ve greatly valued the ongoing dialogue over the past several months concerning network optimization and have decided not to move forward with the planned implementation of network optimization for 4G LTE customers on unlimited plans."
This device is not a 3G device and should not be limited in this way. It is being treated as a 3G device on the network. And it is most definitely getting a 4G signal so the device is in fact being throttled. Why is my device being slowed to a crawl and how do I get it to stop?

Are you connecting to 3G/EVDO by chance? I used to see this regularly for a while in my area whenever my phone was connected to 3G and I had over 5GB of data usage in a month. I would be able to tell this by taking my phone, and comparing it against a capped phone sitting near the tower.If you do a comparison with a phone against the hotspot, how drastic is the difference? Do you have an unlimited SIM in the hotspot?
For the past couple of months I have used at least 20GB of data on an unlimited data plan and have not seen any sort of throttling on either the 3G or the LTE (AWS or 700Mhz). I'm currently sitting at 39GB this cycle.

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