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AT&T Won't Charge for FaceTime Over Cellular, Will Require New Mobile Share Plan

Chrisispaper said:
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I thought we all used more than 2 at least.:confused:
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So in the last 8-9 months my average data consumption on my grandfathered "unlimited" plan is 359.65MB, yes mega-bytes. I am almost always on WiFi somewhere so my cellular usage is quite minimal. However, if I am to exceed 3GB, I could be throttled to almost useless speeds until my next billing cycle. Couple that with the now new fact that I will not be allowed to use FaceTime on their network unless I change to a shared plan truly stinks. I pay $82 per month for 450 minutes of voice, 1500 text messages and the so-called unlimited data. In my estimation, I am paying far more than I think this plan is worth. Now if I want to use FaceTime, I must pay even more money for my one-phone plan.

What a crock AT&T (& VZW) is.

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I like how around the internet so many people are complaining about this move and saying that they are going to switch. Yet Verizon recently took away users ability to purchase subsidized phones unless you switch to a shared data plan. That really sucks. That's a $300-$450 tax for high end phone users every 1.5-2 years (I say 1.5 because most people are eligible after 18-20 months to upgrade, and some even earlier). That sucks.

I mean really. What are you going to do? Switching to Verizon will give you a 2GB cap of data. Switching to Sprint will give you god-awful speeds that is way behind in the LTE rollout. And users with unlimited: Are you really going to leave your soon to be 5GB cap (5GB LTE cap, 3GB 3G cap) to go get 2GB from Verizon or unlimited garbage from Sprint? Yeah... no.
 
SandboxGeneral said:
So in the last 8-9 months my average data consumption on my grandfathered "unlimited" plan is 359.65MB, yes mega-bytes. I am almost always on WiFi somewhere so my cellular usage is quite minimal. However, if I am to exceed 3GB, I could be throttled to almost useless speeds until my next billing cycle. Couple that with the now new fact that I will not be allowed to use FaceTime on their network unless I change to a shared plan truly stinks. I pay $82 per month for 450 minutes of voice, 1500 text messages and the so-called unlimited data. In my estimation, I am paying far more than I think this plan is worth. Now if I want to use FaceTime, I must pay even more money for my one-phone plan.

What a crock AT&T (& VZW) is.

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I have never figure out AT&T throttling. Past 2 months I have gone over 3-4gigs and not gotten slapped with anything.
 
rman726 said:
I like how around the internet so many people are complaining about this move and saying that they are going to switch. Yet Verizon recently took away users ability to purchase subsidized phones unless you switch to a shared data plan. That really sucks. That's a $300-$450 tax for high end phone users every 1.5-2 years (I say 1.5 because most people are eligible after 18-20 months to upgrade, and some even earlier). That sucks.

I mean really. What are you going to do? Switching to Verizon will give you a 2GB cap of data. Switching to Sprint will give you god-awful speeds that is way behind in the LTE rollout. And users with unlimited: Are you really going to leave your soon to be 5GB cap (5GB LTE cap, 3GB 3G cap) to go get 2GB from Verizon or unlimited garbage from Sprint? Yeah... no.
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Yes. I will switch to Sprint in October when I get the new iPhone. Sprint's speeds can only improve but AT&T will still be douchebags.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
I have never figure out AT&T throttling. Past 2 months I have gone over 3-4gigs and not gotten slapped with anything.
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Same here. I received my first over quota SMS in June, while using between 4-5 GB for the last two years. I am over 4GB this month and not a peep.
 
lol, Jailbreak for the win.

I'm so happy to cancel all my data plans with AT&T - come this iphone5, we are going to bring all 5 lines over to Verizon.

If I have to sign a shared data plan, I'm not doing it with AT&T on their inferior network. These guys can go find some other people to pull their pants down. AT&T is just the worse company in the world.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
I have never figure out AT&T throttling. Past 2 months I have gone over 3-4gigs and not gotten slapped with anything.
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I think I remember [AT&T] saying the throttling occurs in certain areas which depends on network loads. Which lends credence to my earlier post about quantity of data being irrelevant.

But though you haven't been throttled, the potential is there looming over you and the rest of us.
 
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617aircav said:
This a non issue. You can use Skype, which is much much more popular than FaceTime.

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I have never used FaceTime but use Skype a lot.
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SKYPE is TERRIBLE. Laggy, works half the time, and no I'm not going to ask people to get a skype account just to facetime when it's built into iOS.

You crazy.
 
Icaras said:
No complaints from me. I'm actually moving to the shared data plans when it hits next week.
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For me its the same as I pay now. But my daughter goes over and I rarely hit so its cheaper than hitting the overage. Still a bummer I'd have to pay 150 a month for 2 iphone accounts, but thats what it is everywhere else. I'd like to move to save money, but I don't think Sprint can patch the service I get with ATT.

ATT reception where I live and work is very good and FAST. Sprint, last I checked wouldn't be much cheaper and if the new iPhone is real 4G (LTE) then I can't see using sprint.

ATT's service has been good for me but I would like to save some cash...
 
Chrisg2014 said:
I wonder if they are pissed I still have my unlimited data plan and I wonder how pissed they will be when I have an unlimited data plan on 4G LTE on the next iPhone :)
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When you upgrade to an LTE device, you HAVE to change your data plan to an LTE plan technically, so nope... they won't be pissed... you will be when they take away your unlimited.

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olegandbuster25 said:
hahah really? att is bad but sprint sucks at everything they do.. or dont
period

plus why would you move over to sprint when the iphone is finally getting lte
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because they will save enough money for a small vacation in two years over att, sprint might have good coverage in their area, and sprint is adding lte over the next year across the country with unlimited plans that are cheap
 
mac.cali said:
I'm glad I left ATT early this year. ATT has too many restrictions with the unlimited data users. I'm glad I'm with Verizon. Yes I have to pay full retail for my iPhone, but at least everything is unlimited and NOT throttled. Since I'm in a strong LTE coverage area, it's even better as I'm getting speeds of 45 down and 10 up. :)
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what restrictions?

wow thats damn good for 3G from verizon..sounds unbelievable
are you sure those speeds aren't for your LTE iPad?
 
Story may be a hoax

Hey Jordan, would you mind posting a LINK to this "source"? I called AT&T enterprise customer service with a complaint based on this, which appears to have originated from MacRumors, and they said they couldn't find any evidence that they actually made this statement or intend to do this.
 
solarguy17 said:
I figured they charge for it separate. So while this is slightly better there still trying to find ways to screw customers.

Those new plants are a total joke I don't know why Anyone switch To them.

I wonder how this will affect people Using jailbreak
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new plan = same price as my current plus 2 extra gigs of data and ability to add my iPad to plan.
i see no joke here
 
HangmanSwingset said:
The T-Mobile 1900 MHz refarming can't come fast enough...

My current month of prepaid ends tomorrow. I'm tempted to jump to T-Mobile.
My only concern is the buzzing in my speakers... EDGE is fast enough to stream 107.7 the End and the other stuff I use. Hopefully TMo 3G is available in Spokane by the time I get a Facetime-capable iPhone.
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Pick up an unlocked galaxy nexus and use it on T Mobile. Trust me, its a great phone and works great on t mobile. Supports their 4g as well and has great battery life.
 
MacAddict1978 said:
When you upgrade to an LTE device, you HAVE to change your data plan to an LTE plan technically, so nope... they won't be pissed... you will be when they take away your unlimited.

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because they will save enough money for a small vacation in two years over att, sprint might have good coverage in their area, and sprint is adding lte over the next year across the country with unlimited plans that are cheap
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i ever heard of any LTE plan you have to switch to, my brother got an lte phone and everything stayed the same, guess we will see when i get the new iphone cuz im still grandfathered in as well.

sprint wont save any money, they already invested too much in the iphone and as you said they gotta spend A LOT if they want their LTE coverage to be up and running for the iphone or any phone for that matter
 
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