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Leaving AT&T Due to Throttling of Grandfathered Unlimited Data

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magicbrain said:
cyks is att troll - by "free upgrade" you're giving up you unlimited data & downgrading to limited.

throttling is a scare tactic
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I guess the truth hurts.

Throttling isn't a scare tactic - it's a policy change that you all agreed to by not speaking up, complaining, or leaving when it was first announced.


lancia832 said:
hello! i got the message this month and currently being throttled ,it was in NYC, and "supposedly" i am in the high 5% with 2.1 Gb of data when it happened with 20 more days in my billing cycle remaining .

What i did next and i think that all of us unlimited plans customers should do : ,is streaming Netflix 24/7 or as much as i can ,currently i am at 6.5 Gb hopefully i will reach at least 15 G by the end of my cycle , i don't know if it helps us the unlimited folks in raising the 5% treshold ,but at least i feel good about consuming as much data from my unlimited plan as i can .

What is so funny about that is that i never used more than 2 ,maybe 3 Gigs since i had the unlimited plan till now and been with AT&T since they where called cingular ,they the dicks from AT&T finally succeded to make me use a lot more data ,throttled of course but i feel good that at least i am sticking it to them somehow ,i don't know if it affects them ,but at least i feel good about it ,is that wrong how i feel ? i guess not ,and i urge you all unlimited customers to do the same ,try it you might feel good about it , and i will continue doing that till i get the next iphone 5 ,hopefully LTE enabled ,and i will buy it unlocked and then see which carrier to switch to .**** off and your throttling At&T,sincerely your loyal and pissed customer for 15 plus years .
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Your phone is throttled (and will likely continue to be for 2/3 of every month from here forward), but, rather than do something about it or change your situation, you prefer to be stuck with a phone for the next 8 months that you can only use for data 1/3 of the time. Yeah, that makes sense. :rolleyes:

As far as 'getting AT&T back,' you're using such an incredibly slow stream of data that I highly doubt it would effect anything and you'd need to get more than 5% of the Unlimited data users (assuming that they only count those on an unlimited plan) to do the same.

If you're looking to switch when the next iPhone comes out, why not just switch now? Sell your current phone, complain and see if you can get out the ETF (or use the phone sale $ to pay it), and join with Verizon or Sprint. If you absolutely must stay with AT&T for the time being, you may as well see if you could move to the 5GB tier for the same price... at least that way you'd be able to use your phone for the entire month instead of only 1/3 of the time - and would be paying the same.

You're planning to leave AT&T regardless when the new phone is released, so why should you hinder or inconvenience yourself in the meantime? ...or do you actually think they'll notice or care that a few people are being stubborn?
 
The more they throttle, that 5% bar keeps getting lower and lower and they can tag people alot easier. That 2gb is gonna be 1 in the near future. Frag AT&T.
 
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So whats it to you Cyks if i keep doing what i am doing ,and using my unlimited data the way i see fit ,the way i see it from your other posts ,is either you are talking with envy against us unlimited data plans folks ,or you are a AT&t rep in which case you are going to hate me even more for what i will do next : i will continue to use my first 2 Gb of data unthrottled for the 10 to 15 days of my billing cycle on average like before after that will use the netflix app to stream day and night ,i am up to 8 GB for now ,hopefully get to 15 Gb by the end of my billing cycle ,even if it doesn"t affect AT&T it makes me fell good inside that i use as much data as i want ,thats the meaning of unlimited ,without limits .

And just in spite of AT&T and reps like you ,i will never going to give up my unlimited plan ,even after the iphone 5 release ,that i think will bring the end of unlimited grandfathered plans ,if its released with LTE.
So what do you think about that mr .At&t rep Cyks, funny right ?
 
lancia832 said:
So whats it to you Cyks if i keep doing what i am doing ,and using my unlimited data the way i see fit ,the way i see it from your other posts ,is either you are talking with envy against us unlimited data plans folks ,or you are a AT&t rep in which case you are going to hate me even more for what i will do next : i will continue to use my first 2 Gb of data unthrottled for the 10 to 15 days of my billing cycle on average like before after that will use the netflix app to stream day and night ,i am up to 8 GB for now ,hopefully get to 15 Gb by the end of my billing cycle ,even if it doesn"t affect AT&T it makes me fell good inside that i use as much data as i want ,thats the meaning of unlimited ,without limits .

And just in spite of AT&T and reps like you ,i will never going to give up my unlimited plan ,even after the iphone 5 release ,that i think will bring the end of unlimited grandfathered plans ,if its released with LTE.
So what do you think about that mr .At&t rep Cyks, funny right ?
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As far as calling me an AT&T rep, that's pretty laughable considering what I've written about them in the numerous threads and only shows your ignorance.

I have no reason to care or hate you for what you're doing, I just think you're foolish to continue to pay AT&T each month knowing full well that you won't be able to use your phone for 2/3 of each billing period, but, hey, if it makes you feel good to pay for something that you can't fully use, knock yourself out.

Myself, I'm happy to have taken my money elsewhere on all but one of my lines, a non-smartphone plan where I continue to pay only $20/ month for true unlimited data where I have recently racked up over 50GB of data usage, but, yeah, I'm sure I'll care about your possible trickling of 15GB. :rolleyes:

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joshwithachance said:
For what it's worth, I really like Sprint since switching to them a couple weeks ago.
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It must be lonely where you are...

Is this Dan Hesse?


I just switched from Sprint after 10 years. The iPhone speeds were horrible. We took a trip from NC to FL and could barely keep a Pandora stream at any given time. Since switching to ATT, I can ACTUALLY amuse myself with Siri :p
 
AustinIllini said:
Well I would hold tight until 4G comes to iPhone, then jump ship to Verizon, as it is supposedly the fastest LTE technology.
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My move. I may bring it to the attorney general first.

Ahhh, in the days pre arbitration clause I'd file a class action and make meeeeeelions.

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cyks said:
As far as calling me an AT&T rep, that's pretty laughable considering what I've written about them in the numerous threads and only shows your ignorance.

I have no reason to care or hate you for what you're doing, I just think you're foolish to continue to pay AT&T each month knowing full well that you won't be able to use your phone for 2/3 of each billing period, but, hey, if it makes you feel good to pay for something that you can't fully use, knock yourself out.

Myself, I'm happy to have taken my money elsewhere on all but one of my lines, a non-smartphone plan where I continue to pay only $20/ month for true unlimited data where I have recently racked up over 50GB of data usage, but, yeah, I'm sure I'll care about your possible trickling of 15GB. :rolleyes:

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This is awesome.
 
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Wow ! thats an impressive chart you gave us there Cyks ,and the blue colour looks awsome just like the At&t blue logo ,i am really impressed with your data usage chart ,just wow ! ,what program you used to make such a cool looking chart ,i want to make one too for my upcoming throttled usage months .Ha! Ha! cool.
 
Just got throttled by good ol' AT&T. Used only 2.1 gb and have a week left in my billing cycle. Dam I hate this company. I'm taking my business else where. In the mean time, I'll be streaming 24/7 just take make me feel better about it. Not that it would hurt them, but it's the principal.
 
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thats exactely what we all unlimited data plans should do apple expert
, thats exactely what i will be doing and do curently unlimited
streaming of netflix day and nght whenever i can since they
started throtlng me .
Hopefully we all do the same and rack up as much data as possible
curently i am at 8 gb with about 10 days left in my billing
cycle , think ill get to 15 gb by the end of my cycle , after
that will start it all over again, just in spite , makes me fell realy good inside.
Keep it up apple expert and all like you and dont give up, just fightback
i consider it a form of pushing back.
 
I'm also on the "use as much as we can while throttled" bandwagon. I realize it may not do much. Still, it's almost fun to see how much I can rack up over a day even at 10-15Kbps. I got throttled on 1/30 at 3.5GB used with only 8 days left in my billing cycle. So far I've managed to get up to 14GB as of this morning. And I generally use 1GB+ a day with my method. I'm downloading a 1.2GB app over and over, which requires being jailbroken. There's a size limit for apps on 3G unless you have an app like My3G. Just be sure to pause the download if you aren't going to have your phone plugged in the whole time, it chews through about 15-20% of batter in an hour.
 
I am not trying to teach At&t anything ,like i said in the previous post it just make me feel good inside ,i know its not much of a fight ,but its something that makes me feel good ,that i can use as much data whitout any annoing messages from att poping out on my screen ,they already sent me the message that i am beeing throttled ,what more can they do ,lets see.
 
bravo

lancia832 said:
(...)
What i did next and i think that all of us unlimited plans customers should do : ,is streaming Netflix 24/7 or as much as i can (...)
What is so funny about that is that i never used more than 2 ,maybe 3 Gigs since i had the unlimited plan till now (...) sincerely your loyal and pissed customer for 15 plus years .
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bravo! that's exactly what i'm doing. if you (any co) refuses to negotiate with me, i'll take the tools i have & USE them to defend myslef.

my average for the past year has actually been 1.8gb, now i need about 2.5gb, but because you (#attFail) cut me off at 2gb, i will go an extra mile to use 3-5gb & ... RASE, the ridiculous 2GB limit

ps: unfortunately, i've only used 300mb streaming pandora, all day long ... running netflix over nite in hope for more data usage
 
Vote with your wallet. AT&T is famous for these kind of shenanigans. Until it starts hurting their bottom line, they could care less. A friend of mine recently moved over $700 per month in services away from AT&T and they didn't flinch a bit. They just don't care, as monopolies are wont to do.
 
lancia832 said:
What i did next and i think that all of us unlimited plans customers should do : ,is streaming Netflix 24/7 or as much as i can ,currently i am at 6.5 Gb hopefully i will reach at least 15 G by the end of my cycle
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All this does is degrade service for people who actually use it. Purposely wasting bandwidth, is just a waste. Hope it makes you happy. It is not going to change at&t policy.
 
chiefpavvy said:
Vote with your wallet. AT&T is famous for these kind of shenanigans. Until it starts hurting their bottom line, they could care less. A friend of mine recently moved over $700 per month in services away from AT&T and they didn't flinch a bit. They just don't care, as monopolies are wont to do.
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I agree with everything but the monopoly part. What, exactly, makes AT&T a monopoly?
 
running netflix overnight or whenever possible ,with the power cord attached ,actually works in raising my unlimited " throttle limited " usage , i am currently at 10 gb used with 7 more days to go in my billing cycle ,after that ill start this game again ,just curious what will happen .
 
So far, so good

"degrading" edge service is an oxymoron, you can't possibly degrade to a lower speed then 0.10mb :)

But I'm glad to report, ive managed to crank 3gb in 3 days (1 day to go)

For those who feel the same as I do, here are some tips:
- you'll need a car charger, streaming 24/7 surely eats the battery (your phone will die after about 3h of continuous streaming)
- turn off wifi when at home (obvious one, but ...)
- tuneIn radio app seems to the be best fit for streaming music over Edge (play, wait 2min, hit RW button to get a nice buffer, thus uninterrupted music stream begins). "browse" / recommended will suggest some interesting stations!
Apps not to use: soundcloud - it just stops
- at night, Netflix of course, "Scarface" is the longest movie I can find (170 min)
(tuneIn will only use about 300-400mb over night)
- tethering would be easiest, but you run into a possibility of f-tt catching you there

Ps: someone had a great suggestion to use dropbox to sync large files over night (you'll get max of 1gb through overnight if you really try hard, btw)
 
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magicbrain said:
Ps: someone had a great suggestion to use dropbox to sync large files over night (you'll get max of 1gb through overnight if you really try hard, btw)
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The dropbox idea will not work. On the mobile app it has a max of 150MB upload at a time. The only way to make it work is to add a bunch of 150MB files.
 
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So has anyone left ATT and gone to Verizon and found they really missed having data/voice at the same time? Or was losing that really irrelevant?
 
I did at first, but then I started using Google Voice for all of my calls and I can talk and surf or talk and tether all I want, its awesome. The funny thing is Google Voice over LTE has better sound quality than the Verizon voice service.
 
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