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Data throttling

dan330 said:
so now is it...

3GB on 3G
5GB on 4G

for a total of 8GB????
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I am reading it that if you have a HSPA+ phone your cap is 3GB prior to being throttled, if you have a LTE phone and your cap is 5GB prior to being throttled. These numbers are a little more realistic IMO but streaming netflix or youtube for a while and it will exceed the threshold pretty easily.
 
ATT isn't the only one with data throttling - here's info on Cable:

Comcast's clampdown on broadband 'data hogs'

With services planning to use more data to reach more people, when will enough be enough? If services allow streaming video, and the carrier touts such, then truth in advertising needs to kick in and say limited to what your data plan has.
If you have a 500m plan - this is not available. 2g - one movie per month, etc.
 
zuben el genub said:
ATT isn't the only one with data throttling - here's info on Cable:

Comcast's clampdown on broadband 'data hogs'

With services planning to use more data to reach more people, when will enough be enough? If services allow streaming video, and the carrier touts such, then truth in advertising needs to kick in and say limited to what your data plan has.
If you have a 500m plan - this is not available. 2g - one movie per month, etc.
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Especially since they are very clearly happy to take your money for a phone and service, and push smartphones to the masses, even though it will mean they have to throttle users. Although I am still skeptical about the needs to throttle, I think it is all a profit thing personally. They don't want people getting TOO good of a value with their paid service. I honestly think we will see unlimited plans come back, but at a much higher price point.
 
AntimonyER said:
Especially since they are very clearly happy to take your money for a phone and service, and push smartphones to the masses, even though it will mean they have to throttle users. Although I am still skeptical about the needs to throttle, I think it is all a profit thing personally. They don't want people getting TOO good of a value with their paid service. I honestly think we will see unlimited plans come back, but at a much higher price point.
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Agreed I think they will be tiered like mins are where you can choose a tier or pay much more and have unlimited.
 
AntimonyER said:
Especially since they are very clearly happy to take your money for a phone and service, and push smartphones to the masses, even though it will mean they have to throttle users. Although I am still skeptical about the needs to throttle, I think it is all a profit thing personally. They don't want people getting TOO good of a value with their paid service. I honestly think we will see unlimited plans come back, but at a much higher price point.
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good point..

if the building is too full.. no more customers can come in.. it is at full capacity..

so.. if ATT's network can not handle more.. they should not be allowed to sign up more clients. they must make the network faster to start getting more clients..

you cant double book the same seat on a bus! or concert or .....
 
I know this is slightly off topic, but seeing how this thread has 186 posts in just two weeks, it's obvious throttling is a hot topic.
I received this phishing email the other night. While the link led to what looked like a Comcast site, the URL was an obvious fake. I reported it to the Report Phishing Sites website and the phishing site has been taken down.
Topic: Your account access is limited
From: "Comcast" <alert@xfinity.com>

Dear Customer,
In an effort to improve our customers' experience, Comcast has been reviewing some user accounts and
sending e-mails that direct customers to an : Account Reconciliation
This is a legitimate and accurate e-mail from Comcast.

Comcast Team
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Stay vigilant. They will use any hot topic to get your info!
 
AntimonyER said:
Especially since they are very clearly happy to take your money for a phone and service, and push smartphones to the masses, even though it will mean they have to throttle users. Although I am still skeptical about the needs to throttle, I think it is all a profit thing personally. They don't want people getting TOO good of a value with their paid service. I honestly think we will see unlimited plans come back, but at a much higher price point.
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Thats exactly what I thought about the whole throttling practice when it began popping up from one provider to the next. When one carrier found a way to "make for providing less" then other carriers and providers joined in.

Its just like the higher.prices for smaller packages at the grocery stores. They are NOT running short of a product, just providing less for more.
 
zuben el genub said:
Another opinion:
Opinion: AT&T Throttling Exemplifies Carrier Problems | Wireless Week
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Very interesting article Zub. I stilll wonder if att would have slapped alll of these recent rebelations on its customers if the to deal was successful? Woiuld have been sommerhing to see how they promise one thing duriing the merger talks then reveal a different service once they got what they want.

What I see as another contradiction on att part is their bloating phones that uses data such as the conversations that were hot topics a year or so ago, when iphone users complained about large chunks of unexplainable data usage occuring nightly , and to atts as-always practice, provided no explanation or detail of the activity .

I think, if they cap usage, then they should NOT cntribute to usages that take large chunks of a customer's allotted data. Or credit the att-driven usages to each cycle back to the customer .
 
Rico ANDROID said:
Its just like the higher.prices for smaller packages at the grocery stores. They are NOT running short of a product, just providing less for more.
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Can you prove they have a surplus?
Just because you think it is doesn't make it true. Just like crude oil no one outside the oil industry knows if there is a surplus or a shortage. Sure we can speculate.

As far as Verizon throttling goes. I haven't hit the magic number yet and I have at times almost used 50 gig of data.
 
zuben el genub said:
They might have a surplus of bandwidth they can't use - bought on speculation.
I've seen articles (mostly sour grapes) about not really needing TMO's bandwidth - including some from ATT.

They are in a war with Verizon and losing. If ATT was CDMA, they would have lost already. They need to roll out LTE faster.

AT&T urging customers to upgrade to 3G, possibly killing off 2G -- Engadget
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Thank you Zeb.

Dark Jedi on another note , I wanna speculate a little more that att really wanted the tmo deal in efforts to catch up to and overtake verizon as #1. But thats just my speculation.
 
They wanted tmo for their network. If you ever seen their 3g coverage on a map. Its very laughable to only have a quarter of the nation on 3g. That's why Verizon is kicking their butts. That's why I left at&t after being with them for like 10 years. I was tired of being on the edge network with promises of 3g soon but never came.

But that's only my speculation ;)
 
Dark Jedi said:
They wanted tmo for their network. If you ever seen their 3g coverage on a map. Its very laughable to only have a quarter of the nation on 3g. That's why Verizon is kicking their butts. That's why I left at&t after being with them for like 10 years. I was tired of being on the edge network with promises of 3g soon but never came.

But that's only my speculation ;)
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Can you prove that? ;)
 
Hmm I wil have to take that expression and making it my own, using my 10-finger Discount Card xD

Just received a second email from some survey service wanting me to complete an att customer satisfaction survey. I stopped during the first 30 seconds after seeing that the response options were geared to provide a positive view for att just like their wireless forum.

Last time att "listened to their customers" , the ceo took away the unlimited data plan.
 
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