And obviously you LACK the ability to understand not everyone is going to share your point of view. You can use your backhanded comments at me all you want. But at the end of the day you will still be paying for what you consume![]()
Ok Mr. Jedi... Obviously you lack the ability to comprehend that 2GB still = 2GB no matter how you use it. No one is using "more" because 2GB still = 2GB. Scamming customers by telling them they are only allowed to use that 2GB in a particular way and charging them an extra fee to use it while standing on one leg isn't acceptable.
By having to use a Jailbreak of course. No one is asking for free data, just freedom to use it as you please.
I love MyWi![]()
OK.. so I pay all this money for data.. when is ATT going to give me my ROLL OVER DATA???![]()
You have the freedom to do that. You Can use the 2GB that comes with the data pro package for your iPhone and then you have the freedom to add the 2GB tethering on top of that to use with your iPad or MBP.![]()
Yet to have that freedom, you must give up the unlimited option on the iPhone. Why not offer the capped tether option as a separate add-on to the unlimited iOS data plan?
Whether you tether or not, should not matter. It should just be how much data you sign-up for. Whether I use 90% of my monthly through my laptop, versus surfing via the phone is transparent to the carrier. Just sell a 250MB, 2 GB, 5GB and an unlimited plan (or similar) let me decide if I tether that data or use it directly on the phone. How does it change what they see in usage of their network?
How does it change what they see in usage of their network?
You can't brick your phone with jb. You can only brick your phone if you throw it into a pool of water or throw it off the empire state building. You can always recover a jb that goes south. Besides, there are tutorials on iclarified and jailbreakmatrix. The big thing is keeping the jb. You have to be willing to keep up with what's going on and also refuse to update through itunes.MyWi looks nice, but Im one of those people that would rather not jailbreak my phone. With my luck Id brick the damn thing no matter how easy it is.
If the water companies in this country could get away with it, they'd make you pay half your monthly salary for water. It was done in other countries, where they follow Friedman economics and got rid of regulations, until the citizens overthrew the companies and took them over.Should the water company charge me extra for every faucet I have in my house? Should the power company charge me for every outlet?
Asking the government to regulate the hand that feeds them is a joke. Until the Supreme Court says that corporations don't count as people, you're stuck with this situation.when is the FCC going to step in and stop these companies from raping us?
Making AT&T Gorge Customers a trending topic, will get more attention then moaning about it here.
This did wonders for me with Comcast.
Use #AT&TGorgesiPhone in your tweet.
Let's see what happens.
The dedicated ipad plan starts at $15 for 200MB, so buying the 3G ipad is cheaper overall. This method is especially advantageous for iphone users grandfathered into the unlimited plan. No need to lose the unlimited and the ipad can still access 3G data.The advantage to this is that you'd be paying an extra $20 over your regular iPhone bill whereas a dedicated iPad plan costs $25.
If AT&T and Verizon are worried about people actually using the data, then they should be charging per data use and offering more plans.
Meh, not so sure, depends where you are on the user spectrum. It should be progressive pricing. But that scares away utility providers because it reduces demand.They probably should, but we already covered this. You'll certainly end up paying more than you pay now.
Helluva thing to be wishing for.
I don't think anyone expects ATT to give unlimited data for free!! or for that matter unlimited tethering or capped tethering for just a few buck a month more.
The problem here is "price discrimination" that is a little too aggressive. I think most people are just seeking fair service for a fair price.
Pay to tether? Outrageous!
You pay for data. Whether you use up that data on one device or another is irrelevant.
Yeah its sinking in that those of us who would like to pay a little less for lets say 500MB or 1GB are subsidizing those who use more data.
I am with you. On my main phone right now I am on the $15 a month plan.. I would like even a lower tier plan, and another tier less than 2 gigs would be great... However all of that will cause the highest tier plan to potentially become more expensive as the power users get less subsidies from those who use less data. Right now they are demanding more data for the same price, which of course just makes costs go up for everyone.
Are you retarded? I want 2GB as 2GB. Not 2GB with an extra fee of $20 just because I want to use that 2GB in a different way. Obviously if I'm paying for 2GB I'm not looking to get "something for nothing". I couldn't care less what ISP it is trying to scam customers. None of them should be doing it.
You don't just want to use the 2 gig in a certain way. Before tethering you were using 300 megs, and after tethering you are using 1.8 gigs. You are not just using it in a different way, you are using 600% more of it, every single month. That is why you had to pay more. If you were using 2 gigs a month without tethering and 2 gigs a month with tethering you wouldn't care at all right? But who one earth would be using the same amount of data every month before and after tethering? Pretty much nobody right? So that means every person who uses tethering is using MORE data, which means more expenses for the wireless company.
Personally I would like them to come up a way to cut people off from using mywifi with the unlimited plan. It is making data costs more expensive for the rest of us who are not abusing the system.
The bottom line is the average usage of data determines the cost... If costs come down over time, then the amount of data available can be offset. However what people are asking for here is essentially akin to saying Apple must provide 64 gigs in the iPad 2 for $499
Newbie question:
So if I jailbreak and use hotspot (not giving up my unlimited data, screw att) and connect my iPad2 to my iPhone4's network, can I use facetime? In other words, does it recognize it as a wifi network or just 3g? And I guess if its 3g, I can just use 3g restrict (or w/e the app is called that fools the device its on wifi)... Didn't really wanted to jailbreak, but att is just crazy for my $...
Thanks
This...People need to get a better understanding of "rights" and "privacy" and those sorts of things.
AT&T is not the government. You don't really have "rights" to anything with AT&T, and you certainly don't have any expectation of "privacy".
We, as individual people, entered into service contracts with a corporation.
I suggest that before someone starts screaming about rights and whatnot they read the contract that they willingly entered into.
If you don't like what AT&T provides, don't enter into a contract with them. AT&T doesn't "owe" you anything other than the services they agree to in your contract.
Jebus people, if you don't like the price - don't buy it. It's really that simple.