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AT&T CEO Acknowledges Rumors of Cellular FaceTime Charges, Says 'Too Early' to Discuss
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I am on Sprint right now (individual plan) with the iPhone 4S. I live in MN so I know that some of the taxes will be a little different, but I pay $88 a month after taxes and without a discount. I work for a state university so I get 18% off, so that brings my total to $74 a month. Just letting you know basic pricing.
If I wasn't on the ANR plan, I'd leave.
I like how Personal Hotspot is included for free on VZ with any data plan, but I do like my simultaneous voice and data on GSM too. With an LTE iPhone, presumably that won't be a problem on CDMA any more.
I like how Personal Hotspot is included for free on VZ with any data plan, but I do like my simultaneous voice and data on GSM too. With an LTE iPhone, presumably that won't be a problem on CDMA any more.
Really, when I went out in the country this weekend my crap AT&T service went to Edge. My Verizon was 3G. Verizon has always had better service in the country except for some hilly/mountainous areas of CO and Ca where Verizon's frequencies have a hard time traversing hilly terrain.
I'm very seriously considering switching to Verizon over this. Their LTE market is way more impressive, and while sometimes they pull the same stunts as AT&T, they aren't THIS bad.
The fact that this is even being considered is outrageous.
The fact that this is even being considered is outrageous.
Um, and if AT&T starts charging for things they didn't before that I do use a lot, then I'll think about changing. Cause you know what? I'll either have a contract I signed that I'm happy with and they won't be changing until the contract is over. Or they break the contract and I can leave without penalty charges. So, it's not hard to just wait until they start doing something that affects you.
And as I said, for myself, I'm poor and it's just a lot more practical/cheap to stay with AT&T. It would cost me 30 dollars more to go to Verizon, even without Facetime. FT isn't worth that much more (and I'd get less data to boot. Far less than I use in a month).
what kills me is that this is going to come out as some sort of service so you can use it all you want and not count against your data. I can now see why they are all so against net neutrality it would prevent just this sort of thing. I think the whole system is a scam and sadly the only sane folks in the wireless game have some of the worst customer service and the weakest network but they are at least up front about it aka sprint. Verizon and ATT are a duopoly they corner over 30% of the market share per company I just wished at we would reconize this and regulate there actions like we do the rest of the worlds monopolys we live with every day. The thing is they say oh well when customers leave or when sales go down the issue is that there is no where elese to go for many people. The majors chop up the US as they see fit i come from a town where it is rulled by verizon you can not get ATT service the reason verzion owns the market over 90% so why spend money to get into a market etc etc the same happens in ATT areas. This creats lock-ins that make them micro monoploys the QOS is not the same for each carier in each market and they use it against us. If i could go from verizon to ATT to spring and get about the same service we would see prices drop and choice increase, sadly this is never going to happen here the laws are bought and paid for by ATT and Verizon lobbiest
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YES BOB, it's too early to talk about pricing because we are going to be like Verizon and get every hooked on impending tech until they love it, live it, and can't live without it, and THEN, badaboom, we're going to swoop down and drive this big giant stick of success up their collective sd slots and make them pay for even looking at our logo. So no, we're not charging for facetime, until we start charging for it.
YES BOB, it's too early to talk about pricing because we are going to be like Verizon and get every hooked on impending tech until they love it, live it, and can't live without it, and THEN, badaboom, we're going to swoop down and drive this big giant stick of success up their collective sd slots and make them pay for even looking at our logo. So no, we're not charging for facetime, until we start charging for it.
The truth is their POS network can't handle it. They need to make a serious investment in their network now that they won't be merging with T-Mobile. So they will be charging absurds amount of money for this service. In the mean time i'm sure their top execs are doing very well for themselves.
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-Mike
FYI, AT&T I am over your cat & mouse game! I only left Verizon for the iPhone & now that they have it I AM DONE! I am taking my 13X.XX a month somewhere else. Buh... Bye!
Edit: BTW, As a former AT&T employee that had a free corp demo phone, I had a personal Verizon phone for a reason.
Agree...
Edit: BTW, As a former AT&T employee that had a free corp demo phone, I had a personal Verizon phone for a reason.
Agree...
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That's all because the carriers are frightened from the fact, that soon nobody's gonna use their old, legacy GSM technologies... And they are right, the future is in the internet, it was foreseen. I have 130 contacts right now on my iPhone, 43 of them has Viber... Actually, I hardly send any SMS anymore to anybody. SMS is an expensive, restricted, preposterous thing in 2012...
Even the quality difference between GSM calls and VOIP calls is remarkable, after a Viber/Skype call switching back to GSM is like putting earplugs in your ears...
I'm happy that here in Hungary the carriers (T-Mobile, Vodafone, etc.) are not bitching with us like AT&T in the USA.
Even the quality difference between GSM calls and VOIP calls is remarkable, after a Viber/Skype call switching back to GSM is like putting earplugs in your ears...
I'm happy that here in Hungary the carriers (T-Mobile, Vodafone, etc.) are not bitching with us like AT&T in the USA.
GUYS.....This FACETIME WONT be free. With Sprint, ATT and Verizon you need to have the wifi hot spot plan to use Facetime. Like for sprint its 19.99 for 2gb of mobile hotspot.
Waaayyy to many people have iPhones and these companies will find another way to make money!!
Waaayyy to many people have iPhones and these companies will find another way to make money!!
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If anything, I think it's better to have a slower up/downlink like 1 or 2Mbps with no cap, no tethering BS, no overages fee and all that craps.
Just pure unlimited data plan for whatever purpose customer need it for.
What good is a super speedy 20Mbps LTE connection when you can eat up 1GB monthly cap in 10 minutes before get throttled or applied to overage fee? Is this some kind of tech demo?
.. People shouldn't pay a dime for demo.
I'd rather have a scooter with unlimited fuel than ride a Ducati 1198 with only 1 gallon of fuel allowance. In the end of the day that scooter run miles and miles further.
Just pure unlimited data plan for whatever purpose customer need it for.
What good is a super speedy 20Mbps LTE connection when you can eat up 1GB monthly cap in 10 minutes before get throttled or applied to overage fee? Is this some kind of tech demo?
.. People shouldn't pay a dime for demo.I'd rather have a scooter with unlimited fuel than ride a Ducati 1198 with only 1 gallon of fuel allowance. In the end of the day that scooter run miles and miles further.