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Leaving AT&T Due to Throttling of Grandfathered Unlimited Data
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Yes, I'd much rather pay more, get less, and possibly be left stranded without data for most of the month too.
I find it entertaining how so many, out of stubbornness or principle, would prefer to get ripped off under the current throttling deal. Even funnier are those who think AT&T notices or cares. You're now paying more and using less data than those on the tiered plans. Why would AT&T have a problem with making more money off you?
It's been mentioned many times in the numerous AT&T throttling threads, but the gist of it is that there is no case.
It says clearly in the original contract that AT&T can change the terms so long as they give sufficient notice and allow people to leave, if they desire, without paying the ETF before the new terms come into effect.
AT&T publicly announced the throttling plan last July and sent an insert along with everyone's bills last August. They didn't begin throttling until October.
The writing was clear that they would end up throttling at, or below, the 2GB mark. Anyone who's complaining now simply ignored the many warnings issued and chose to stay on their own will. That's not AT&T's fault.
Luckily, a few have reported that with enough complaining, AT&T has been willing to discount other items on the plan so people end up 'upgrading' to the 5GB tethering plan without any increased monthly costs. To those still stuck with AT&T being throttled, that seems to be the best option.
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Does that seem scripted and written like a true AT&T Service Rep?
Does that seem scripted and written like a true AT&T Service Rep?
BS... the press releases said the top 5%, not 2GB.
They also left it very ambiguous as to what the top 5% actually was.
We've already seen that it depends on local tower usage and not a nationwide average.
Many users, myself included, exceed 2GB per month all the time without being throttled.
I really don't know, I do listen to the Internet radio for 3 hrs a day 4 days a week, but I never had a problem with my iPhone 4 eating this much data. I used 2GB of data 11 days into my billing cycle. And I know the low quality radio feed doesn't eat that much data. My radio works ok with the .01 speed so that can't be the problem, but it suck that if I load A web page or get a text it cuts out because I don't have enough data. I have wifi at the house so I dont know what's eating my data
I dont know about that. I streamed Pandora over 3G while moving two weeks ago, its was in 12hr chunks. Two days in a row, and barely cracked 1GB with it. I wouldnt believe those calculators of data! FWIW!
I don't use pandora, I use another radio app that has a low quality stream. I just listen to the stern show so sound quality doesn't matter
5-0 radio pro paid 99cents for it and there is no subscription needed, it beats paying 5 dollars a month to xm/Sirius.
Quick question.
People need to post their location (city/suburb) where they are getting throttled and at what data usage?
I am in Lake Mary/Orlando area and hit between 3-5 GB various months. Some months I use less than 1GB. Last month was at 2.6GB and was not throttled.
I can control my data usage since I have wifi access and Verizon LTE unlimited also. I was just testing at what point AT&T would throttle and haven't been throttled yet.
Jus run Netflix the last week of your billing cycle to reach a limit. I can use 2GB with 4-5 movies over 3G and didn't get throttled.
People need to post their location (city/suburb) where they are getting throttled and at what data usage?
I am in Lake Mary/Orlando area and hit between 3-5 GB various months. Some months I use less than 1GB. Last month was at 2.6GB and was not throttled.
I can control my data usage since I have wifi access and Verizon LTE unlimited also. I was just testing at what point AT&T would throttle and haven't been throttled yet.
Jus run Netflix the last week of your billing cycle to reach a limit. I can use 2GB with 4-5 movies over 3G and didn't get throttled.
True, it did only say the top 5% of data users (on the Unlimited plan) would become throttled.
They have also said repeatedly over the past few years that 98% of all data users use less than 2GB.
If only 2% of their customers use more than 2GB and they're planning to throttle the top 5%, I thought it was pretty clear what they were up to... as I posted last July.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/13077808/
Just got done talking to att, When complaining about the edge speeds I'm receiving due to being throttled they told me that i don't pay for speed i only pay for data, they told me they don't guarantee speed, but i told them they were the ones controlling my speed and it wasnt a network issue. It is against company policy for them to remove the throttling code from my acct; even though the option is there for it to be removed.
I was looking at my data chart for the year and i average 5-6GB a month, i asked why wasn't i throttled for in Oct,Nov,Dec,Jan (Oct was when they started throttling) He told me that i wasn't in the top 5% in those months, So according to att their top 5% varies month by month depending how much data their users use, which he told me thats exactly how it works. I was at 2GB when they throttled me.
Then he wouldn't give me any email address to some top ATT mangers/exec. so i could complain. Does anyone know where i could find them?
I was looking at my data chart for the year and i average 5-6GB a month, i asked why wasn't i throttled for in Oct,Nov,Dec,Jan (Oct was when they started throttling) He told me that i wasn't in the top 5% in those months, So according to att their top 5% varies month by month depending how much data their users use, which he told me thats exactly how it works. I was at 2GB when they throttled me.
Then he wouldn't give me any email address to some top ATT mangers/exec. so i could complain. Does anyone know where i could find them?
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It is, but you can also pick up internet radio stations and HS is one of them. Works great thats the only reason i bought it.
Can you share the specifics of this? Very interested
TuneIn is a great radio app. Uses very little data (completely usable when throttled.) It gets local stations as well as world wide stations.
troll
cyks is att troll - by "free upgrade" you're giving up you unlimited data & downgrading to limited.
throttling is a scare tactic
cyks is att troll - by "free upgrade" you're giving up you unlimited data & downgrading to limited.
throttling is a scare tactic
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hello! i got the message this month and currently being throttled ,it was in NYC, and "supposedly" i am in the high 5% with 2.1 Gb of data when it happened with 20 more days in my billing cycle remaining .
What i did next and i think that all of us unlimited plans customers should do : ,is streaming Netflix 24/7 or as much as i can ,currently i am at 6.5 Gb hopefully i will reach at least 15 G by the end of my cycle , i don't know if it helps us the unlimited folks in raising the 5% treshold ,but at least i feel good about consuming as much data from my unlimited plan as i can .
What is so funny about that is that i never used more than 2 ,maybe 3 Gigs since i had the unlimited plan till now and been with AT&T since they where called cingular ,they the dicks from AT&T finally succeded to make me use a lot more data ,throttled of course but i feel good that at least i am sticking it to them somehow ,i don't know if it affects them ,but at least i feel good about it ,is that wrong how i feel ? i guess not ,and i urge you all unlimited customers to do the same ,try it you might feel good about it , and i will continue doing that till i get the next iphone 5 ,hopefully LTE enabled ,and i will buy it unlocked and then see which carrier to switch to .**** off and your throttling At&T,sincerely your loyal and pissed customer for 15 plus years .
hello! i got the message this month and currently being throttled ,it was in NYC, and "supposedly" i am in the high 5% with 2.1 Gb of data when it happened with 20 more days in my billing cycle remaining .
What i did next and i think that all of us unlimited plans customers should do : ,is streaming Netflix 24/7 or as much as i can ,currently i am at 6.5 Gb hopefully i will reach at least 15 G by the end of my cycle , i don't know if it helps us the unlimited folks in raising the 5% treshold ,but at least i feel good about consuming as much data from my unlimited plan as i can .
What is so funny about that is that i never used more than 2 ,maybe 3 Gigs since i had the unlimited plan till now and been with AT&T since they where called cingular ,they the dicks from AT&T finally succeded to make me use a lot more data ,throttled of course but i feel good that at least i am sticking it to them somehow ,i don't know if it affects them ,but at least i feel good about it ,is that wrong how i feel ? i guess not ,and i urge you all unlimited customers to do the same ,try it you might feel good about it , and i will continue doing that till i get the next iphone 5 ,hopefully LTE enabled ,and i will buy it unlocked and then see which carrier to switch to .**** off and your throttling At&T,sincerely your loyal and pissed customer for 15 plus years .
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