There absolutely is a difference. By forcing customers to choose an explicitly tiered plan, they'll be placing those customers in danger of having to pay additional overage fees if they accidentally exceed their monthly tiered limit.
At least with your current plan, you would never need to worry about the possibility of accidentally having a larger data bill than you had budgeted for, no matter how high you accidentally allow your consumption to creep. (Pun intended...)
But with my current *throttled* plan, the SPEED is so slow it's useless. If I use less than the cap over the month long period (whatever they claim is the cap), then the PLAN becomes near useless.
So unusable plan that rips me off for unusable service, vs. usable plan that rips me off for using the service. IMO, same difference.
I Apple being happy that people can't use their iPhones with AT$T if they hit 2GB as anything more than a dumbphone for half a month unless they are on WIFI. I wonder if Android phones are getting throttled too?
@Apple: Save us!
if I'm paying more than the 2Gb tier costs one could expect to get a little more data before they throttle back. Logic says that if 2GB = $25, a $30 plan should offer at least (2Gb/$25)*$30=2.4Gb before starting to throttle... but again thats thinking logically... something we know AT&T isn't capable of...
EXACTLY!
But I got a tethering notice in Oct so I haven't tethered since... last month as you can see I used 3.7 GB but received no warning of any kind... yet this month as soon as I hit 2Gb... BAM. Warned.
Hear that people who don't tether? You're boned too.
I'm on AT&T and I got my notification about being in the top 5% maybe a week ago. I am at 2.06GB according to AT&T.com
I just ran speedtest and my DL speed is an astonishing .06 Mbps w/ .75Mbps upload.
This is completely ridiculous and I'm pretty angry at this. I am grandfathered in w/ an unlimited plan.
I know posting here won't solve anything but I'm just pissed and need to vent. AAAAAAGHHHHH
Complain to the FCC. I haven't gotten calls back yet, but the other guy on here did. Waiting with much anticipation for his results, and to hear from the FCC myself. Even if NOTHING results of it, the FCC is obviously noting the complaints. Even if THAT results in nothing, #ATTfail is still FORCED to deal with the FCC and my complaints. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I think I'll look into a complaint to the Better Business Bureau as well, while I wait for the FCC.
It's easy to point blame. I would argue they are not the only ones at "fault". If they were, ATT would throttle them, but not you, since you don't use that much.
EXACTLY!
Who is advocating here? The last couple dozen posts I only see truths being told. People simply are saying what is happening, why it is happening, and what can be done to avoid being throttled.
Well said. If this thread were all opinions, it would be pointless. You know, like most of the comment sections of every page on the internet.
A new thought... Now that the "cap" has apparently settled at 2gb for a couple months... Wasn't the cap allegedly going to be based on the quantity of alleged overuse? And if the overuse has been cut off, wouldn't the cap change? Sounds like another #ATTfail lie to me. An arbitrarily determined cap that had nothing to do with the AMOUNT of overuse. I bet the 2gb cap was determined by "how much can we cut them back, while still making a 1000% profit?" Think that's a ridiculous theory, and #ATTfail would never rip you off like that? Take a look at the 6,135,685,100% profit they make on SMS messages:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/91379
Saw this throttle comparison article today too:
http://appadvice.com/appnn/2012/01/appadvice-daily-special-report-the-truth-behind-att-throttling-hands-on-investigation
