AT&T Throttling 'unlimited' plans.

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  • Chris
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • May 2003
    • 27880
    #1

    AT&T Throttling 'unlimited' plans.

    I got hit with it aswell...i use 2-4gb of data month strictly from streaming sirius and email usage.

    I guess that puts me in the top 5%


    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46365854.../#.Tzkq7JiI10Q


    When i got my at&t contract it was truly unlimited without throttling or a cap. I wonder if I can cancel my contract now without penalty ...


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    • Chris
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • May 2003
      • 27880
      #2
      here is my data usage graph from my acct

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        • candyflip
          Carpe Visio
          • Jul 2002
          • 43069
          #3
          I'd love to see what my data usage it like. I use strictly wifi when I'm at the house, but often tether my phone to my laptop/tablet when I'm out and about.

          Spend you some brain.
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            • bronco67
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Dec 2006
              • 29032
              #4
              I thought i was a heavy user, but my data so far this month (according to phone readout) is 753MB -- and I think that's the highest I've seen yet. After Verizon dropped the unlimited plans, I still have mine because I was grandfathered in. I still can't find enough things to do on my phone that cause data usage to be exceedingly high. I don't watch movies or TV on it, and my mp3s are local.

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                • Tom_PM
                  Porn Meister
                  • Feb 2005
                  • 16443
                  #5
                  Companies advertise the hell out of the awesome capabilities to stream whole movies and direct all of your stock portfolios while surfing the web and selecting groceries online. They never get to the part where it all gets throttled to 2400 baud if you actually DO those things daily.
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                    • Slick
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2001
                      • 7338
                      #6
                      It's stupid how companies like that can play around with things to fuck you over like that, so technically you are unlimited, but it's gonna be a very slow unlimited once you hit a certain level. I'm with Verizon and I'm sure they'll start doing the same thing.

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                        • Rochard
                          Jägermeister Test Pilot
                          • Dec 2001
                          • 75733
                          #7
                          They need to stop bitching and build their network out quicker.

                          I'm with Verizon and not a big data user. I do text messages, and read the news when I'm bored, but that's about it.
                          Herschel Savage
                          Brooklyn, NY

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                            • candyflip
                              Carpe Visio
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 43069
                              #8
                              Thankfully, Sprint is still truly unlimited. For now.

                              Spend you some brain.
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                                • bronco67
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Dec 2006
                                  • 29032
                                  #9
                                  Does anyone else kind of feel networks should be limited? Or at least people should pay for the amount of bandwidth they use. Some think bandwidth is unlimited, but it sure as hell isn't -- at least yet. I don't like the idea of paying for the 10 people who want to download the entire internet every month.

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                                    • Horny Dude
                                      Earn enough to buy coffee
                                      • May 2002
                                      • 4913
                                      #10
                                      Great another reason to hate AT&T. I have the unlimited, but I never hit over 1.5GB a month. I'm mostly on WIFI when using my iPhone for heavy use.

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                                        • ottopottomouse
                                          She is ugly, bad luck.
                                          • Jan 2010
                                          • 13177
                                          #11
                                          I got told I was in the top 1% and using 80x the average and could I slow down a bit.


                                          fuck off. advertise 'truly unlimited with no FUP' and serves you right if you make a loss on some users.
                                          ↑ see post ↑
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                                            • bronco67
                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                              • Dec 2006
                                              • 29032
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by MrBottomTooth
                                              I'm on an old unlimited grandfathered plan from Bell. Let's just say I am taking full advantage of it.

                                              i doubt I use that much in a whole year of my house internet. What the hell could you possibly be doing on your phone? This goes back to what I was saying?

                                              Why should I be paying for people who use 100 times more than me?

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                                                • d-null
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                                                  • Apr 2007
                                                  • 13724
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by bronco67
                                                  Does anyone else kind of feel networks should be limited? Or at least people should pay for the amount of bandwidth they use. Some think bandwidth is unlimited, but it sure as hell isn't -- at least yet. I don't like the idea of paying for the 10 people who want to download the entire internet every month.
                                                  I agree

                                                  they should offer more reasonable choices though, like 10 gigs for $40 and then $4 a gig for overages

                                                  should really be the same for home cable internet too, just cheaper but charged by the gig

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                                                    • bronco67
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Dec 2006
                                                      • 29032
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by d-null
                                                      I agree

                                                      they should offer more reasonable choices though, like 10 gigs for $40 and then $4 a gig for overages

                                                      should really be the same for home cable internet too, just cheaper but charged by the gig
                                                      I think it would also limit piracy. I doubt some kid will ask his mom to pay more for the cable bill because he needs every season of Dr Who.

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                                                        • PornHustler
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • May 2009
                                                          • 456
                                                          #15
                                                          I have sprint and its unlimited so I started to tether my laptop. Its actually faster than the wifi at some hotels I have been to. Havent used 4G yet but 3G is fast enough.
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