Looks to me more like discouraging innovation of content delivery over wireless technology.
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AT&T Replaces iPad Unlimited Data Plan with 2GB Capped Plan for New Customers
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Even they will stay because a 200 dollar iPhone and the 2 GB cap won't bother them.
We're a unique community. We all think that people want to video chat and tether. The vast majority of people, even the vast majority of geeks and tech-oriented people, don't care.
If you find it so innovating then why not start your own business and figure out how to do it for $30 a month.
Innovation comes through competition, if AT&T has made a poor business decision then people will leave, that easy.
From their numbers sounds like it will lower cost and improve service to the majority of their customers. For those who have a true need and find value will pay the extra and it will get rid of the people who overuse the system at the expense of everyone else.
I will be selling my 3G iPad because of this 
You hear that Apple and AT&T!? I had enough..GOODBYE!
Hey everyone...copy my response and maybe AT&T will get rid of this 2GB cap.
You hear that Apple and AT&T!? I had enough..GOODBYE!Hey everyone...copy my response and maybe AT&T will get rid of this 2GB cap.
********!
This is complete and utter ********. I have been following MacRumors since the beginning of this year and I just signed up today so that I could tell everybody that I think this is ********. I am a current AT&T customer and I really hope that the iPhone comes to T-Mobile. I have friend who is a network engineer for T-Mobile and he said that T-Mobile would be getting it this year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this is announced at WWDC on Monday.
This is complete and utter ********. I have been following MacRumors since the beginning of this year and I just signed up today so that I could tell everybody that I think this is ********. I am a current AT&T customer and I really hope that the iPhone comes to T-Mobile. I have friend who is a network engineer for T-Mobile and he said that T-Mobile would be getting it this year. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this is announced at WWDC on Monday.
Well, I rarely use the 3G. I am always in Wifi areas like my home, work, Chic fila and Starbucks. So, $15 dollar plan maybe enough the month. Sure, all you could eat sound great, but what if you don't use that much and you paid 15 dollar more. If you don't have wifi at home, then yeah. Not sure. If I use my iphone to tether, than it's like iphone data plan cost + the 15 dollar plan except you are cap at 2 gig. That's probably the best plan. I wonder how much data is consumed with ichat. If you are going to ichat, you may want to do it in wifi area. To download games and video, do them in wifi spots. Wish we could bundle home internet cost and phone.
The ultimate multimedia device is now CRIPPLED.
I was waiting for that word to come out. Jesus, it has ****ing wifi built-in...
And how often are you in a reliable WIFI hotspot outside of work or home??? Isn't that the purpose of buying the 3G model? Isn't the iPad a purpose built multimedia device? And watch your language young man.
Then you're grandfathered in if you bought it before June 7th. And by calling it just a multimedia device is putting the device in a narrow description.
Don't make me laugh that hard again, grandpa.
This lame start-your-own-business excuse is getting old. This won't be a problem if there's free market. Fact is, it's not a free market. Not anybody can enter the wireless market, and nobody is selling the same stuff (everybody having their own frequency and their own phones).
Great argument... so only customers prior to 6/7 have the option for unlimited data and everyone else from then on will not...
Great argument... so only customers prior to 6/7 have the option for unlimited data and everyone else from then on will not...
Don't take it up with me. Take it up with at&t. We're all screwed at this point.
Really?
Do you know how many private phone companies who are out there?
The ones that everyone decried AT&T would kill?
What do they do? They started to offer other solutions bundled with their systems. With VOIP they get fax to email, Exchange, SharePoint and a host of other things bundled together.
All cheaper than AT&T while leasing AT&T's lines from them.
I could run my own VOIP business rather easily with the stuff that is available together and offer the same service as AT&T but do I want to make the investment to do so? I can lease nearly the entire infrastructure.
Just because you lack the vision to do something does not mean that others do.
The fact is that data costs have gone down year after year and will continue to do so because someone, somewhere, will do it cheaper and better.
Today I can put a co-located server in a 10 million dollar data center for $50 a month with 100mbps of bandwidth. You know where that came from? TWO guys who decided to start a data center. TWO people started 10 years ago and now run a 10m dollar facility.
All leasing infrastructure from someone else. 15 years ago you couldn't buy that kind of service, forget the price, except from the very very big companies. Now they are all over the place and all small startups.
No it is the way to get more money from customers who use data A LOT. And it does make sense that users who use a lot of data should pay more than the ones who don't.
Me and nearly all of my friends use less than 1GB of data so why should we pay $30/month as much as guy who uses 95GB of data??
That is why tiered plans are awesome. I just wish they would make unlimited plan for like $50 for those data MONSTERS
We're not talking about providing service on top of existing infrastructure. We are talking about starting a business as another wireless carrier. Yeah, I can argue that I can set up a hot-dog stand selling hot-dogs, but that wasn't the point.
Yes, data is getting cheaper, yet we're going from unlimited to 5GB to 2GB/200MB. See the trend?
That's the problem. Nobody has a problem with tiered plans, but the problem is they get rid of the unlimited plan completely (outside of those that were grandfathered in).
I'm going to write Steve Jobs and tell him I've decided not to buy the ipad because of this sick a** move by AT&T. We all know that without the unlimited data plan the freaking ipad is useless on the go.
Not only does AT&T Jack up the ETF they screw us royaly now with the data usage for ipad.You know what? I'm not even going to buy the new iPhone and I'm telling Jobs that too.
I'm so mad right now!!!!!!!!!!!
Didn't even pop in my head even though I work for one of these companies. And at&t is still a bitch.
Because that guy couldn't use 95 GB of data in a month unless he paid huge overages or be blocked by at&t. And if you're really wanting things to balance out per your usage you shouldn't be paying 25 dollars for a plan when you use a lot less of it than someone else.
So how does apple handle the customers that haven't received their devices yet? But bought on the premise of the plans offered?
I would not have bought yet at the new proposed plan rates. I would have been back to pondering a verizon solution. I hate AT&T and this just reaffirms why.
I can't see apple happy about this so soon into the product cycle. It would be one thing if you could just walk in and buy before the 7th, but that is a pipe dream.
It is what it is.....
I would not have bought yet at the new proposed plan rates. I would have been back to pondering a verizon solution. I hate AT&T and this just reaffirms why.
I can't see apple happy about this so soon into the product cycle. It would be one thing if you could just walk in and buy before the 7th, but that is a pipe dream.
It is what it is.....
Verizon has a 375 dollar ETF. Don't be surprised if other carriers fall in line soon. Same thing with the data plans.
You get screwed by all cell phone providers.
Not Apple's problem, really. People will blame Apple and bitch to Apple but that's in at&t's hands. Apple advertised at the rates at&t had and I'm sure they were subject to change per the agreement. Little did everyone think it would be now.
It is apples problem. It is/was a big selling point.
It's a marketing persons nightmare..... And apples response will be huge in saving the customer service aspect. They are already on my **** list this week in that area.... Add in this and I'm seeing another email going out.
If you are an existing customer you will be allowed to keep the $29.99 Unlimited plan for the iPad.
AT&T is the worst company in the world to deal with on the business INSTALL side. Their union installers are the laziest people around. Not a single one of my DSL installs goes right, T1 installs usually go better.
My AT&T rep cringes when the phone rings and its me on the other end. However once installed it usually works right.
The problem is they put all the crappy installers on DSL work, its even lower than the phone guys.
Of course thats what happens when you have a workforce of people who do not need to fear the repercussions of doing a crappy job.
AT&T business customer service however tends to be decent.