Totalimmortal363
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Fury, using 30GB's a month is why people are getting throttled. Admitting you use that much data IMMEDIATLY discounts any opinion you might have in this matter.
I still have the unlimited plan, and no, it wouldn't be worth it for me to give it up now when I don't even use 1GB per month. I'm going to keep it until AT&T takes it away.
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Really? How is it fair to "cap" an unlimited plan? Kind of goes against every dictionaries definition of the word unlimited, IMO.
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How 'bout pay for what you use... $10/GB?
The heavy users would pay for what they use... and let people set up a hard cap to control costs - hit the cap, and you're done, or buy more - all in the hands of the customers - so they aren't saddled with ridiculous overage charges.
In my opinion, though, it never would have started if AT&T hadn't started to reneg on their promise of unlimited data. So, they're getting what they had coming to them - exorbitant data load, negative press, the whole shebang.
I agree with 3 gig cap is better than top 5 percent however it's still crap if your unlimited you should have just that per your agreement .. If AT&T can't handle the network usage they should have never offered that to start with.. Seems to me they are just trying to help customers switch to sprint and considering the one switching would be long time att customers .. Doesn't seem smart .. This is just my opinion I don't have AT&T I have Verizon and never have had a issue and I'm grandfathered on unlimited plan
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I honestly don't think they can take it away or have plans to. I think they tried what they could with the throttling.
The way they're going about it doesn't solve the disaster, it only lines their pockets and they still have to figure out how to fix the disaster.So correct me if I'm wrong, but from your reasoning once you make a decision you can never then make a change on that decision if you find that decision is going bad or you can see it headed for disaster. That's how I read it at least.
Then why wouldn't they price it low where supply (spectrum & capacity) is plentiful, like here in KY, and stick with the current plan of gouging for gigglebytes where the improvement is needed most, like Philly, NYC, etc.? That's how it's done for many other goods and services.In 2007 things were different. There was barely anyone using data except for BBs really. You did not even need to have a data plan to buy a smart phone of the day.
It's now 2012 and mobile data is a commodity just like everything else. It is priced based on supply and demand. I know in KY you probably have great service and I do as well here in MD and around DC. But in some areas the network is so taxed you can not make calls, send texts, or connect to data. It's a fact and I've personally experienced it in Philly, NYC, Vegas, Dallas, and CT. The amount of spectrum there is to use for data is a finite amount and that is also a fact.
Actually, I ***** about gas prices plenty, too...Supply is low, demand is high, so the price goes up. That's how it works. Have you noticed gas prices going up lately? Demand in the US is down but global demand is up; low supply = price goes up.
AT&T is doing the right thing by at least defining the cap now.
The days of unlimited mobile data are gone. You will have to live with it and pay if you want to keep using your phone how you want. Are you on some other forums complaining about Exxon Mobile raising gas prices?
I don't have to pay exorbitant fees for taking long drives like AT&T wants me to pay for downloading lots of data. I pay for gas, upkeep of my car, I pay my taxes which pay for the roads. I've done my part by paying AT&T what they asked. AT&T then stopped giving me what they agreed to give me when I agreed to pay them what they asked.You can use as much data as you want just like you can drive as much as you want any time. But from now on you will have to pay for it.
This has been foremost on my mind, the biggest problem is the $660 they want to charge me for ETFs. They got me hook line and sinker with me thinking I'd keep getting great service the last time I signed a contract, then they pulled the rug out from under me and want to charge me alimony for leaving the now-abusive relationship. It's a matter of principle...but ultimately you are quite right, the best way to speak is taking my dollar to a better carrier, not arguing about it on the Internet.If you can't for some reason grasp that concept then well keep ranting. AT&T is not reading this forum or any other comment thread on the internet. The only way to tell them you are unhappy is to stop paying them. Every time you mail them that check or click the send payment button you are telling them; "I am happy with your service." Put up and cancel your contract or cut out the rants.
In 2007 and even 2008/2009 they could. But now they can't. So why are they not allowed to regulate their network? They stopped selling the unlimited plans 2 years ago (2010 when the iPhone 4 came out?). You should happy they let us keep the plans this long. I've been saying a long the days of unlimited data were going to end. Now they are here. Verizon is on the same road, just wait until they start throttling their grand fathered unlimited users. It's going to happen if trends continue.
I dropped unlimited. I need my data to work properly at all times. I average 4-5 Mbps DL on a given day. Throttled takes you down to .15 Mbps from all the videos I have watched. Web pages can take several minutes to load at those .15 speeds. If I exceed the 3GB's, I pay the $10 per GB. Most importanly is it works. I never have exceeded 5 GB's so not like my bill will be affected much.
I agree that AT&T is in business to make money. However, people like me that are paying for an "unlimited" data plan, should be getting just that. We aren't asking for free services or discounted services as you mentioned here. It has zero to do with economical times, and everything to do with getting what we are paying for. If they are going to put a 3GB cap on a "unlimited" data plan, they should just migrate all grandfathered unlimited plan owners over to the $30/3GB data plan and be done with it, period. If AT&T would have just done this instead of playing their silly little throttling games I don't believe they would have received as much bad press over this as they are now.
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Just wait until the next time you go to get an upgrade and they say we are no longer grandfathering unlimited plans. Would you like 300MB or 3GB? You have to sign a new contract on the new terms if you want that discount. Those will be the terms.
Also, I'll throw in this might also be partly Apple's fault. They got the deal with AT&T to offer the unlimited plan for their new phone. I had smart phones at the time but never a data plan, I remember seeing all tiered offerings until the iPhone came out. Or the unlimited was quite expensive. I was on my parents plan back then so some older folks should know more what was available back then.
At the time AT&T probably thought this was a sweet deal for them to have exclusive on Apple's phone and offer their users affordable unlimited data. And it ended up being a sweet deal but they grossly underestimated the tax on their network. Something which the Canadians and Europeans seem to have avoided sticking with tiered plans from the start.
Paying that outrageous of a price for a GB of data is not an option for me. If I managed to squeeze in all of the data that I wanted to use to within 5 GB, I might have gone for it, just for the added luxury of tethering, but no... I can use 30 GB in a good month just downloading apps and podcasts.
Maybe if their overage was more reasonable, or there were an incentive for me as a long time customer to switch to the tiered data plan, but no... their customer service has started to suck since the throttling began, and I get no impression from them that they want to keep me in any way (except to gobble up half of my paycheck per month for the data that I use). It's as if they are trained to not give any customer service once the throttling flag is set.
AT&T makes almost 100% profit off of my account, I never use even close to 550 minutes a month, and hardly any text messages even though I've got unlimited text messages. I've got 3 lines.
Only a matter of time before they start throttling unlimited text messages and voice minutes too.
I'm grandfathered in with AT&T and rarely go over 2GB per month.
How 'bout pay for what you use... $10/GB?
The heavy users would pay for what they use... and let people set up a hard cap to control costs - hit the cap, and you're done, or buy more - all in the hands of the customers - so they aren't saddled with ridiculous overage charges.