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AT&T Begins Warning High-Volume Data Users of Upcoming Throttling
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To all the clowns who want "Unlimited" access without throttling, switch to the 2 GB plan and pay the overage fees. Honestly, if you want unlimited data maybe you should pay an unlimited amount. You agreed to the Terms of Service and have the option of moving to another carrier. If you don't like it, maybe you shouldn't stick with AT&T. Very, very simple.
Seems completely reasonable..
He still has unlimited but ATT makes no guarantee of speed. Besides using it as his primary internet connection is not really what the carriers want people doing. I am an ATT unlimited customer and when I signed up a long time ago it does say that at any time ATT may limit or cancel the contract (small print).
10-12Gbs, come on get off your phone already and probably he's tethering it which is still insanely slow for web browsing he'd be better off getting a basic broadband package.
He still has unlimited but ATT makes no guarantee of speed. Besides using it as his primary internet connection is not really what the carriers want people doing. I am an ATT unlimited customer and when I signed up a long time ago it does say that at any time ATT may limit or cancel the contract (small print).
10-12Gbs, come on get off your phone already and probably he's tethering it which is still insanely slow for web browsing he'd be better off getting a basic broadband package.
12GB per month? Streaming porn for sure...
Get off the internet, Reverend and try a social life...
To be fair, I can easily use more than 12GB a month if I didn't have home Internet access (which is exactly what the article stated)... I've tracked my aggregate home usage to 1TB/2 years which is roughly 42 GB/mo. It's not that I'm downloading porn, etc-- just lots of streaming, file transfers, and remote computing. Not everyone can conform to the social archetype of just visiting Facebook and news sites... many of us have work to do.
The issue with the 5% rule is that 5% off the top is fine... but once that drops that's now 5% off the top again... where does the throttling stop?
You are getting unlimited data to your device, there is no cap. You are just not getting it fast after a limit. I say they still comply. After all, where in your contracts does it say you are guaranteed those speeds?
I was very shocked to see that my average usage was close to only 120MB per month. It must be from being on WiFi often, but I was sure I used much more.
In a contract that says "unlimited" in the title, the only fair thing to do is offer unlimited service.
You know what would help normal users get better speeds?
If ATT invested more in their infrastructure instead of trying to increase profit margins per user.
They made $3.41 billion 1Q this year an increase of 39% over 2010. There is no reason they should reduce anyone's service.
You obviously are. You ain't very good at it either.
There is no such thing as unlimited. So in the real world it means with no artificially set limits.
If you can't see that you need limiting. The point is if you agree to provide something provide it. If you have caveats, explain them up front.
Right.
So its a combination of "Bait and Switch" with people who exploited the original system
After almost 5 years of using an iPhone I am quite used to the fact that when more people are in an area, my speeds get worse.
That's a technical fact. It's unavoidable and we all understand it.
All AT&T is changing here is a bit of shifting on how that works, but it's still the same as always. It's just distributed in a more fair manner.*
You're trying to get people angry about something we've been used to since 2007. It's not gonna work.
* (And who argues against "more fair," anyway? What's with that?)
No, there is no limit on the file size, it's just the speed of the data going into your device is changing. According to your method, 31 day month with no throttling still have a cap to begin with.
11GB+ a month for a PHONE is really high...and I understand he does not have home WIFI...but he doesn't have access to ANY WIFI?
I would imagine it's Youtube/video streaming, sending/receiving large email attachments, and maybe some iCloud stuff. Maybe he is also tethering. Who knows. I bet the average Joe uses 500MB-1GB a month WHILE ALSO using lots of WIFI spots for better bandwidth.
I would imagine it's Youtube/video streaming, sending/receiving large email attachments, and maybe some iCloud stuff. Maybe he is also tethering. Who knows. I bet the average Joe uses 500MB-1GB a month WHILE ALSO using lots of WIFI spots for better bandwidth.
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I remember AT&T FORCING me to get a an unlimited data plan back in the iPhone 2 days. It pissed me off having to pay an extra $30 a month so I ran up data usage like crazy to piss off AT&T.
I remember AT&T FORCING me to get a an unlimited data plan back in the iPhone 2 days. It pissed me off having to pay an extra $30 a month so I ran up data usage like crazy to piss off AT&T.
Are you saying they have not been investing in infrastructure ?
That simply is not true.
If you think I'm wrong go ahead and provide some figures
What is it with you guys? If you have a connection with out limit you could download a file size that is a product of the data rate and the length of download time.
If they limit your connection to that which would see you downloading at a rate that would produce a 1MB file on your desktop after five seconds, (where it might normally take 2 seconds). This means that as a daily quota you can d'load 17.28GB as opposed to 43.2GB, there is now therefore an artificial limit. Your connection is not unlimited as advertised.
QED.
I have unlimited. I'm 18 days into my cycle and have used 4.2Gb so far. How? I have a bit of a commute (not as much as I did since I changed jobs) so I listen to podcasts via Instacast which allows me to subscribe to podcasts from the phone. It also downloads podcasts regardless of size over 3g. If I'm paying for unlimited then I really don't have to think about making this decision to download podcasts over 3g.
I also sometimes listen to Pandora and TWiT or play Netflix on the car entertainment system over 3g. I'm not actively going out trying to use as much as I can. I feel that having unlimited means I shouldn't have to think about whether I should or shouldn't use my 3g connection.
I also sometimes listen to Pandora and TWiT or play Netflix on the car entertainment system over 3g. I'm not actively going out trying to use as much as I can. I feel that having unlimited means I shouldn't have to think about whether I should or shouldn't use my 3g connection.
All that matters is how the contract is worded. I bet 99.9% of people don't read it. If the contract caveats unlimited in such a way that allows throttling then that is what they can do. I haven't read an AT&T contract (not even from the US) but I bet there is a clause in there that allows for network management.
You can look through some T&Cs here- http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articles-resources/wireless-terms.jsp