It can't compare to keeping the cable TV on, since it's a different infrastructure. This is about how the cell-towers are being overloaded by some of the users, and FTR, I think cabled internet and fiber-optics should still be all-you-can-eat for a fixed monthly fee.
It can, and what are cell towers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency#Television
A cell tower would not be overloaded by
SOME subscribers, it is overloaded by
ALL.
The capacity of a single local cell tower is shared EQUALLY by ALL local subscribers. The more subscribers using their service, the more it gets split up EQUALLY.
The ideal solution would be to add more capacity right? Meet the demands of the consumers right? Instead, AT&T is meeting the demands of their share holders.
But by all means, keep telling yourself that using three-figured amounts of GB per month is something all the Unlimited-users should be able to to simultaneously, without straining the network and without encouraging the carriers to discontinue those plans
I believe a consumer should be able to user their data as they see fit, for personal use. If you've signed up for a flat-rate/unlimited access contract, it should be so. Now if one was to use the flat-rate/unlmited access for commercial purposes, then that would be wrong.
And again, all the 100gb
gluttons (I don't approve of this as it assosiates 100gb usage with a stimga), or all unlimited data users for this matter, has nothing to do with the discontinuation of the unlimited data plan; pure profits.
ULTIMATELY everyone is limited by the max download speed. Which is the same for EVERYONE on a 3G network. That's right, the unlimited data users share the same download speeds and
do not strain the network anymore than the tiered user; they are just supposed to be allowed to use it as long as they want. Instead, AT&T has come up with this tactic of creating a
blacksheep out of them; using them as an excuse to throttle and limit
EVERYONE (
especially penalizing unlimited data contract owners). Disgusting.
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/fast-atts-3g-internet-31768.html
keep telling yourself that using three-figured amounts of GB per month is something all the Unlimited-users should be able to to simultaneously, without straining the network
10 million unlimited data users using their "data" simultaneously
is no different than
10 million tiered data users using their "data" simultaneously
in regards to straining the network. The only factor
is the
number of users on that local network/tower at a given time; regardless of data plan.
The only difference now is, AT&T throttles unlimited data users to a worthless download speed as a result of ones contractual agreement for "unlimited data"; AT&T no longer sharing the towers EQUALLY and giving priority to others. This is what ALL ISP's eventually want to do with the Internet
and what consumers need to fight against.
FTR, I do agree that utilizing the 3G service 24/7 is pretty ridiculous; mathematically 320gb/mo. ridiculous
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/wiki/How_many_GB_does_1_Mbps_equal
I'm just really appalled by all of this (ISP's taking advantage of the consumers). It's one thing to profit from providing a reliable service and maintaining it but it's another to profit from
intentionally overloading your network with subscribers and refusing to expand the capacity to meet demands.
$29.99/mo.
