Just on this forum alone there were at least a dozen people who were using at least 200gb/mo tethering.
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AT&T Customers With Grandfathered Unlimited iPad Data Plans Will See Throttling After 22GB of Usage
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Just on this forum alone there were at least a dozen people who were using at least 200gb/mo tethering.
I should probably just use up all my data near the end of my billing period to see what happens.
Anyone ever download a torrent over cellular?Seems like a fast way to do it.
Just hand your iPad to an 8-year-old child who is streaming HD video. That will do it.
Heh, no kids here, but I think what I'll do is join my Apple TV to personal hotspot when watching shows at the end of my billing period. That should do it quick.
Actually, not quite right. These AT&T iPad Unlimited data plans were only sold for the first few months when you purchased a new iPad from Apple. They were never throttled. AT&T did throttle the iPhone Unlimited plans but not these.
I'm wondering now... when the iPad came out it was 2010, there was no LTE and thus the SIM cards were probably not LTE capable.
Did AT&T upgrade people's SIM cards on these plans over the years to support new standards? Or are folks on these plans still using 7 year old SIM cards?
When you get a new iPad you can transfer your account to the new iPad. A new iPad has a SIM card. Or an Apple embedded SIM. There is a transfer setting. So when I got an LTE iPad all I had to do was transfer my account to it. It came with the right SIM card. I am currently using my Unlimited Plan with an embedded SIM.
95% sure that only applies to their new unlimited data plans for phones.
Also, I have this plan and regularly have it rack up on the data used count while using DirecTV Now.
Thanks. I still have my iPad unlimited... considering signing up for directvnow and am curious how data would be treated.
How can we tell how much data we have used on our iPad to determine whether the DirecTV Now data is being counted? My iPad Pro 12.9" AT&T Unlimited has it but I have no idea how much data that I use each month because it isn't shown.
Can't say as I've noticed any impact from this change. They must be doing it with a light touch, because I blow through 22 gb every month.
I own two. One at work that always downloads around 6-9mbps, and one at home which ranges from 15-30mbps on average. I run cloud video security off one so it does a lot of uploading, I'm at 234 gigs so far, both seem unaffected.
