At least make it 5GB or something. Tethering 2GB can be used very quickly, just ask my gf about it haha.
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Me and my GF fall under the "2%" according to AT&T...
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At least make it 5GB or something. Tethering 2GB can be used very quickly, just ask my gf about it haha.
Thanks for the post! I didn't even know that Clear offers a option. I did a little digging and for $40 plus equipment, I can have WiMax have around 7Mbps and connect up to 8 devices.
Now $40 is more than $20 but it's REAL unlimited and tons faster. What I hated about this revision was that it wasn't $20 for another 2GB. $20 more for the exact same data?? Ridiculous.
Now $40 is more than $20 but it's REAL unlimited and tons faster. What I hated about this revision was that it wasn't $20 for another 2GB. $20 more for the exact same data?? Ridiculous.
If you are tethering with both these account then these numbers are low.
A regular computer using plenty of data.
I am surprised ATT has not noticed your numbers yet.
I am sure they will after the new plans are released and they start cracking down.
A regular computer using plenty of data.
I am surprised ATT has not noticed your numbers yet.
I am sure they will after the new plans are released and they start cracking down.
Well I was thinking about saving $10 bucks a month by getting the 2GB plan on each of our phones (I'm running Nexus One and she is on a iPhone 3G) but I better hold back on that:
She is the bottom one BTW. I guess tethering to your computer everytime you use it along with Netflix+YouTube uses lots of data. She hasn't put internet through a provider for her home because I enabled the tethering for her.
Oh and we still have 6 days left until our next billing cycle begins.
So in summary, no thank you AT&T. We will stick with our current "unlimitted" plans that we have.
I haven't been tethering with my line (2.7GB) but she has been tethering with hers (10GB)
Kind of glad they made those new plans with people like your GF out there. Those plans are not meant to be tethered (as part of the contract she signed) and she's one of the people that contributes to ruining other peoples 3G experience.
Not meant to be tethered? So the Blackberry's that have been tethering all this time use some type of magical network that is different from the one the iPhone is on?
I'm in that 2% as well. My last 6 months of data usage has averaged 4.2Gb per month. And yes, I have tethering enabled for when I'm away from work or home, but I typlcally use my Verizon MiFi for that, as the speed is a tad more consistent (even though it's slower at peak speeds). I had been looking at doing away with the MiFi and using just my AT&T phone (have an iPhone 3GS and Nexus One that I swap back and forth between), but if I can't upgrade to the new iPhone without having to go to one of these data plans, I probably won't get the new phone. This is a pretty drastic pricing change...$12.50/Gb for the first 2Gb, then $10/Gb thereafter. I understand the bandwidth and spectrum issues, but would like to see them offer an unlimited plan that is actually unlimited, even if it requires a higher, REASONABLE price. I know that I use a lot of data, but don't want to get gouged if I creep over 2Gb in a month. If they backtrack and don't allow the $30 unlimited plan to apply to current customers wanting the new iPhone, I'll just keep my current unlimited plan and buy unlocked phones for as long as they will let me keep the plan.
I believe ATT unlimited smartphone plans do not include tethering, if that's what your gf is doing. If I misread something and shes not on an iPhone and has tethering on her account, then forget what I said. But tethering on current iPhone unlimited plans are against the contract and shes part of the problem.
OP, you should spread your story to all the "Will AT&T CATCH ME IF I TETHER, I SO SCARED PWEEZ ANSUH MEH QUESTION." I've been trying to tell those types of people that AT&T doesn't care/doesn't even notice and you're proof. Well done sir, well done.
well I do expect AT&T to start cracking down on abusers on the unlimited. Your GF is volatiling her contract because it stats that tethering is not allowed.
I willing to bet AT&T will start going after those people like that and see if there is tethering killing the data on the phone.
I willing to bet AT&T will start going after those people like that and see if there is tethering killing the data on the phone.
I see what your saying now. But then again you are correct/incorrect on some terms. You say the plans are not meant to be tethered which is correct but remember the network is meant to be. Any other smartphone user on AT&T that has tethering enabled is having the same exact type of affect on the network as a iPhone user that is using tethering.
Just because they don't let us pay for it at the moment does not mean that the capability is not there, which it is and should work without 1 person bringing down the whole network to its knees.
The blackberry's that are tehtering correctly are paying extra money for that privilege. They also have a 5gig cap on the data.
Well we are paying for unlimited data right
? That's how we see it. What difference does it make on how we use that data? But yes, I do have a feeling they will start to charge overage fees on all those GB's we are using. The minute that happens, bye bye AT&T.
I didn't know they had a 5GB cap, wow. We aren't paying them for the "privilege" because they don't allow us to.
They don't just not allow it, you agreed to it in a contract. That unlimited data has conditions, as nearly everything in life does. One of those conditions is no tethering. It's meant for smartphone usage and consumption only. Why is there a difference? Because they know that someone tethering is more likely to use streaming video services like netflix and hulu.
Your gf is breaking her terms of service. You can justify it all you want, but you are breaching a mutually agreed contract. Sure, one person can't bring the network down, but there are more people than just your gf that are getting away with it or justifying their behavior on their minds even though it goes against something they signed. AT&T not giving you the option to tether is only a valid reason if signing that contract was not voluntary. That is simply not an excuse. I'm not trying to be some kind of stickler here, but even if 10 people in a certain coverage area behaved like your gf, they might equal 150 regular subscribers data traffic.
Also add to it the data cost to the cell companies is not exactly free. I have read a few reports at $30 a month the break even point of data usage is around 5gigs. After that point it is pure loss to the cell companies.
On a blackberry with tethering they pay $50-60 a month for their data usage. ($30 for phone data plan plus another 20-30
for the right to tether.)
Also the when you are on a computer you are able to browse the web faster because the computer can render web pages faster and view multiple ones at once. I know I may several tabs at once on firefox then bounce between them. I also can read everything faster on a computer.
Add in the fact that a lot of sites have a mobile version of their page which smaller in size.
Rodimus Prime and Badandy I can't argue that you both are correct. But the tethering plan they announced or lack of plan (just uses your data plan without any additional space) is robbery. No way a computer and smart phone can combined consume under 2GB a month unless all they do is check their emails.
Tell you the truth if you are not streaming media for the most part they stay under 2 gigs a month.
If you are just surfing the net and checking email you will not be hammered. Streaming media is what kills.
10 gb over the tether is pushing the "fair use". If you have the "unlimited" and can keep it under the 5 gb soft cap, I don't see any crime there
Paying $20 extra just for the right to use MY DATA the way I want to is flat out robbery. If they want people to start doing the limbo under their caps that's fine, let us do it how we want. This $20 BS is an artificial charge. There is really no purpose for it in a capped plan. If you are paying more you should get more, that is plain and simple.
I don't understand AT&T. If the people like the GF above who are using 10GB over the tether are "wrecking the network" how is charging them more going to fix anything? Sure you may scare them away from the tethering with large bills, but what about the people who will just pay the overages? They are still going to "wreck the network" the only thing that changes is those customers bank accounts. Everyone else is still going to have crappy service.
Paying $20 extra just for the right to use MY DATA the way I want to is flat out robbery. If they want people to start doing the limbo under their caps that's fine, let us do it how we want. This $20 BS is an artificial charge. There is really no purpose for it in a capped plan. If you are paying more you should get more, that is plain and simple.
I don't understand AT&T. If the people like the GF above who are using 10GB over the tether are "wrecking the network" how is charging them more going to fix anything? Sure you may scare them away from the tethering with large bills, but what about the people who will just pay the overages? They are still going to "wreck the network" the only thing that changes is those customers bank accounts. Everyone else is still going to have crappy service.
Sprint has uncapped data with the $10 premium data charge for the upcoming EVO 4G. all other Sprint plans have a 5GB "cap". if android is all it seems to be i might jump ship. (now everyone is gonna tell me "good. have fun. bye") lol.
sure it will. for the majority of people here wimax isn't available so they would have the choice between hardwired modem vs 3G tethering (guess which one is faster!) for the same price. if they came out to the same price, which would u choose? most people would stop trying to beat the system and just get standard internet service.
The new AT+T data is not capped (you can use as much as you want). It will just cost you more if you use more than 2G.
Someone on this forum said he read that Sprint probably will leave it unlimited but will throttle the data rate after you exceed a certain threshold.