actually, American Airlines offered an unlimited, unrestricted worldwide First Class plan that offered any available First Class (or lower class) seat on every flight they have for life. It was $3M for one person or $5M for two people. They no longer offer this plan......just FYI.
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AT&T Revamps Throttling Policy, Only Slows Unlimited Users above 3GB/Month
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actually, American Airlines offered an unlimited, unrestricted worldwide First Class plan that offered any available First Class (or lower class) seat on every flight they have for life. It was $3M for one person or $5M for two people. They no longer offer this plan......just FYI.
Agree there are some right muppets here who dont realize that all teh services that apple want to roll out like Itunes match are going to be screwed by money grubbers like ATandT. 3GB is nothing. If you dont use your iphone to its full potential thats your fault, dont blame otehrs who are.
ATAND T cant have it both ways. If there is too much demand, dont allow new subscribers, if their bnetwork cant handle it taht is their fault, ATNDT's network is providing a worse service because they keep singing up people when their network cant handle it.
Some people are thick.
How do you think Siri works? Guess..............................
So you propose to give a company that can't honor its agreements more spectrum? Are you off your rocker?
I'm opening a bar offering unlimited booze for 10 bucks. Only thing is, its poured through a nozzle 2 microns wide. I hope no one breaks my windows.
How is it relevant? As a customer, that's not my problem at all and ATT can't punish me because they're unhappy with the FCC
I don't understand how throttling reduces spectrum usage for those with unlimited data. If I am using up a slot, throttling me doesn't make my slot available.
I can't interpret this any other way than stating "the top 5 percent of our unlimited data plan customers are actually using their unlimited plans compared to the top 5 percent of customers on limited plans. This was an unintended consequence when we advertised unlimited data plans."
My point is that if you are going to complain about AT&T not offering unlimited plans anymore you should complain to the FCC
If that's all there was to it, no biggie since no one would take your offer. But it would be pretty bad if the first few months you served them in a regular glass to get them in, and then introduced the new 2 micron nozzles, crying that you couldn't pour fast enough since the demand was too high.
And how exactly is AT&T having stopped offering the unlimited data plan to new subscribers last year not an example of them "stopping overbooking the spectrum"?
Ok. Your theory may be correct, but all this means is that they should NOW do what I suggested.
I used nearly 6GB in about four hours downloading music from iTunes Match. I did this last Friday and Saturday nights from 5PM to around 7 or so. Didn't get throttled and my billing date ended Sunday. I did this on purpose to see if I could get throttled and to see how much data I could use in the three days before my billing ended.
Because you should also be taking the issue up with the FCC. Put your money where your mouth is and vote for Ron Paul.
Still not good enough for me.
This move tells me that "unlimited" is now defined the same as a metered plan, how is that unlimited?
I'm still planning on jumping ship from AT&T when my contract is up and the new iPhone (5) is released. They lost me as a customer a long time ago.
This move tells me that "unlimited" is now defined the same as a metered plan, how is that unlimited?
I'm still planning on jumping ship from AT&T when my contract is up and the new iPhone (5) is released. They lost me as a customer a long time ago.
Any outrage you sense in this forum stems not from a sense of entitlement but from the fact that people had signed contracts for unlimited data with expectations that did not match what they are now receiving.
You keep saying "they need to stop overbooking the spectrum".
They have.
New customers can't get a plan that allows to consume infinite spectrum, and old customers on the old plan that let them do that no longer can.
Exactly, Throttling is not about a spectrum crunch, its about a profit center. If they can sell you their Data (unlimited) then they only give you a little and re sell it to more people. Double the money for the same amount of data.
Its like a Taxi driver picking you up and asking "where to" charging you full price, then on the way picking up other passengers and charging them full price also. Two fairs one seat.
They dont even think we know what they are doing.
This latest change was meant to make it harder to win in small claims court against them. Although most of us dont know whats going on I promises you that they do.
That does not however mean that they are unbeatable.
I think he asking if he would now be automatically throttled under the new policy. The top 5% rule is now gone, yes?
Grand-fathered unlimited plans continue to exist. They are not terminating the contracts upon completions. Consequently, they continue to overbook.
What? I have no business with the FCC. ATT's problems with the FCC is their problem and not something I should have to deal with. As a customer of ATT, I only care that they respect the agreement they have with me.
I have to note that I'm speaking out of principle here, I'm not personally a customer of ATT
Well considering the definition of "unlimited," it means without restriction. Restricting the speed is, guess what, a restriction, and an arbitrarily imposed one at that. If AT&T wants to keep doing something like this then they need to stop calling it "unlimited" and be done with it.
Agreed, and same. I no longer have AT&T since I moved to Canada. I just don't like bad arguments.