What do Iphone 4 and 4s users think about AT&T throttling high-use unlimited data plan customers? If you haven't heard, skim the linked article. The video shows exactly how the throttling works. It seems a bit ridiculous to choke people's data plans like that. I'd sure hope AT&T has the infrastructure to support high data use either way.
www.macrumors.com/2012/01/17/a-look-at-atts-thrott...
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You should not advertise anything as unlimited if people are not allowed to use it without limits. They are just slowing down innovation. In a few years, the amount of data the 5% now use will be the amount the majority use. AT&T need to invest in their network infrastructure rather than stopping people from using the data they pay for.
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I, for one, don't really care. I happen to think it's the fault of the throttled 5% as the reason we don't have unlimited data anymore anyway. You can't give anything as unlimited without a few people abusing the privilege. But then again, I'm thoughtful in how I use my bandwidth.
This in no way should be construed as an endorsement of AT&T or its network management policies. I can not stand them (and frankly, who could).
This in no way should be construed as an endorsement of AT&T or its network management policies. I can not stand them (and frankly, who could).
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I had been with AT&T since my first cell phone, a Startac, in 1996. I remained a fiercely loyal customer until this very recent episode. I was on the grandfathered plan for unlimited data use. I don't have Internet access in my house and no access to Wi-Fi so I pretty much did everything on my iPhone. For those of you who don't know what throttling will do I can tell you a call greatly reduces your speed or ability to do anything online. AT&T was completely unresponsive to any of my comments so I switched to Sprint. I'm completely baffled by AT&T's lack of loyalty to me. PS I had Siri type this for me on my new Sprint iPhone.
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