Comments on: AT&T Throttling Heavy-Use Unlimited Data Subscribers In Early October http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brandon http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-180396 Brandon Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-180396 Dick head were going threw it now I bet in a year will go back to normal and where u live you guys will still be going threw it don’t hate cuz u can’t live over here and get what we get

]]> By: Brandon http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-180397 Brandon Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-180397 Dick head were going threw it now I bet in a year will go back to normal and where u live you guys will still be going threw it don’t hate cuz u can’t live over here and get what we get

]]> By: just a voice http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-171776 just a voice Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:48:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-171776 I don’t like people limiting my data. This is the same thinking by the small minded that are trying to control the size of my car, or my house, or telling me what to eat, and how much to eat.  You make a smart phone that has all but replaced the computer on your desk, utilizing it for everything that you do, then it would stand to reason that  you will move through a significant amount of data, and as phones progress, more and more data will be used. So if you can’t handle it American Telephone and Telegraph then make way for Sprint or companies of the like that aren’t playing little, “gotcha games”,  when you accidently go over your limit.

]]> By: just a voice http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-171777 just a voice Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:48:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-171777 I don’t like people limiting my data. This is the same thinking by the small minded that are trying to control the size of my car, or my house, or telling me what to eat, and how much to eat.  You make a smart phone that has all but replaced the computer on your desk, utilizing it for everything that you do, then it would stand to reason that  you will move through a significant amount of data, and as phones progress, more and more data will be used. So if you can’t handle it American Telephone and Telegraph then make way for Sprint or companies of the like that aren’t playing little, “gotcha games”,  when you accidently go over your limit.

]]> By: just a voice http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-171778 just a voice Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:48:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-171778 I don’t like people limiting my data. This is the same thinking by the small minded that are trying to control the size of my car, or my house, or telling me what to eat, and how much to eat.  You make a smart phone that has all but replaced the computer on your desk, utilizing it for everything that you do, then it would stand to reason that  you will move through a significant amount of data, and as phones progress, more and more data will be used. So if you can’t handle it American Telephone and Telegraph then make way for Sprint or companies of the like that aren’t playing little, “gotcha games”,  when you accidently go over your limit.

]]> By: MV http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-145966 MV Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-145966 A limit of 4 movies and 5 hours of music… when high data usage was not available or popular AT&T reaped the benefits. So now that it actually benefits the loyal customers who overpaid in the first place its not longer convenient for them. I’m not even close to being in the 5% but this is just WRONG based on ethics/principle… How can they legally not give users what they paid for? The United States is a joke there is no accountability.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127272 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:04:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127272 My experience is that Sprint’s 3G network is either awesome or totally overloaded based on where you are.  In NYC, I regularly get 1+ GB downstream — in San Francisco during the day, a mere 190 KBps.

Their 4G network is another story.  Consistently fast if you have 4G signal.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127270 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127270 Really?  If it’s not designed for it, why is AT&T selling dongles with “unlimited data” and running ads up until recently encouraging people to “cut the cord?”

]]> By: Jamesysmith http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127126 Jamesysmith Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127126 Sprint is amazing no complaints on my end hope iphone5 goes to sprint

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127068 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:56:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127068 that sucks for us that have long commutes to work and like to listen to streaming music

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127069 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:56:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127069 that sucks for us that have long commutes to work and like to listen to streaming music

]]> By: Robert Lawrence http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127050 Robert Lawrence Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:43:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127050 Tim, today these speeds are pennies in cost. This is really a joke that they can’t keep up with demand.

]]> By: Robert Lawrence http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127048 Robert Lawrence Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127048 This is a joke and no lie that at&t false advertises. I bought an Atrix 4G phone a few months ago and it was pretty fast. I was getting around 4Mbps to 5Mbps speeds. Now I get under 1Mbps on the 4G H+ speed. I do have an old unlimited plan and although I use it almost daily I do not download or watch nearly enough content to justify paying $30 a month for this and not getting what they advertise. I called at&t about this and they try to make excuses saying that it must be my sim card or I need to try a factory reset. I know these things are not what will solve their slow network and I think if they continue this I will go with someone else and not bother their joke of a network.

]]> By: NYCfinest http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-127003 NYCfinest Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:33:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-127003 really?  you use netflix and never go over 2 gb?  Well, I use my phone to help keep my 4 children distracted while I run my various errands during the day.  The big favorites are droid cartoons, netflix, crackle, hulu plus,vevo and youtube.I use google books when I have some downtime.  I use 2 gb of data 2 and a half weeks into my plan.  I have a Droid X, I am using the phone the way it was meant to be used, and a multimedia device.  Att want to have their cake and eat it to by luring you with phones that have impressive capabilities and at the same time wanting to gouge you for using these phone to do all that they can do.  If AT&T is worried about their bandwidth, maybe they should go back to pushing simpiler phones.  They created the mess their in.

]]> By: Cwold97 http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126984 Cwold97 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:04:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126984 Lol. Verizon throttled data speeds first because they were scared.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126926 Anonymous Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:08:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126926 As a regular user of TuneIn, I can attest to the fact that an hour of that app uses only about 20 MB of data. If you use it that long every day of the month, you’re barely at half a gigbyte. 

]]> By: Herman Guerra http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126910 Herman Guerra Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126910 Fair?!?  If they are selling a service they cannot live up to… thats not FAIR. It was paid for after all.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126906 Jeff Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:50:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126906 Actually At&fee is forcing customers who are “using Illegal apps for tethering” to purchase a tethering plan and jail breaking is not illegal. Besides, why shouldn’t I be able to tether my ipad with my iphone if I wish..I’m paying for unlimited data anyway and why should it matter which device I’m using my data with? They are already making money hand over fist and getting even more greedy…

]]> By: Jeff http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126903 Jeff Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126903 I’m with you Ed.. It’s a complete rip off for me to pay for unlimited data only to be throttled by at&fee..Good bye At&fee  had enough of your crap!

]]> By: Jeff http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126904 Jeff Fri, 29 Jul 2011 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126904 I’m with you Ed.. It’s a complete rip off for me to pay for unlimited data only to be throttled by at&fee..Good bye At&fee  had enough of your crap!

]]> By: Moises1204m http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126889 Moises1204m Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:39:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126889 or better yet find a fcc member that are getting pay by these carriers.

]]> By: eAbyss http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126848 eAbyss Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126848 Something like unlimited nights and weekends but for data! That’s a much better idea.

]]> By: Dom9360 http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126846 Dom9360 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126846 Prepaid customers come and go. When compared to other major carriers, Sprinlois loosing more post paid customers. Ah, I see, I didn’t follow you first. Must be because I am an American.

]]> By: Ed http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126843 Ed Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:08:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126843 also, had A.T.T. spent five billion dollars on their infrastructure and not Washington lobbyist this past year perhaps that would have made a difference. 

]]> By: Biznunya http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126842 Biznunya Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:03:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126842 If I pay for 3G data rates and unlimited usage, is AT&T liable if they intentionally throttle the data rate back? I’m close to the 5% monthly usage amount on an un-jailbroken 3GS. I don’t intentially abuse the unlimited rate, I just stream a lot of media in areas without wifi. My cable ISP also said I am in the top 5% for usage for steaming media. Data usage rates are only going to go up for all ISP users as Internet service evolve. I’ve intentionally kept my unlimted service for this reason. So is it a fair and/or lawful business practice for any ISP to intentionally not provide the service promised, in this case the data rates promised?

]]> By: Ed http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126839 Ed Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126839 Tim, who gives a crap what they did forty years ago, that was then, and this is now.

]]> By: Andrewnjmartz http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126838 Andrewnjmartz Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:58:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126838 Hmmmm sprint lost 100,000 postpaid customers but gained 1,000,000 prepaid. Theyve been gaining customers every quarter. Just not as highly profitable ones. Maybe you should read something besides a title meant to grab headlines….. This is the problem with the American public

]]> By: murrrrrrr http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126829 murrrrrrr Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126829 If you’re using that much data, you may or may not be limiting anyone else’s speed.  If you are using your phone to check your email during peak usage hours in a congested area of the network, you might be limiting other people’s speed.  If you’re using your phone to stream videos in the wee hours of the morning, you’re probably not limiting other people’s speed. The network has the same capacity no matter what time of day, but the amount of traffic on it varies.  Why not put a speed limit up during peak hours?  Why limit anyone when practically everyone else is asleep, or not using their phones?  Quite frankly, if Spotify can give me unlimited streaming for 10 bucks, why can ATT only give me 5 hours for 30 bucks?  How is that fair?

]]> By: murrrrrrr http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126830 murrrrrrr Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126830 If you’re using that much data, you may or may not be limiting anyone else’s speed.  If you are using your phone to check your email during peak usage hours in a congested area of the network, you might be limiting other people’s speed.  If you’re using your phone to stream videos in the wee hours of the morning, you’re probably not limiting other people’s speed. The network has the same capacity no matter what time of day, but the amount of traffic on it varies.  Why not put a speed limit up during peak hours?  Why limit anyone when practically everyone else is asleep, or not using their phones?  Quite frankly, if Spotify can give me unlimited streaming for 10 bucks, why can ATT only give me 5 hours for 30 bucks?  How is that fair?

]]> By: Tim http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126825 Tim Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126825 What a bunch of whiners!  I used to work for a university that charged $2000.00 PER MINUTE of computer time in the 1970′s (and had no lack of customers).  Cell phones and data plans are a bargain.

]]> By: Tim http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126826 Tim Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126826 What a bunch of whiners!  I used to work for a university that charged $2000.00 PER MINUTE of computer time in the 1970′s (and had no lack of customers).  Cell phones and data plans are a bargain.

]]> By: Tim http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126824 Tim Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126824 “go out of business soon”?!!!  Who is losing their grip on reality here?

]]> By: alan shepard http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126823 alan shepard Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126823 AT T (gov) trash

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126817 Anonymous Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126817 Yeah alright. Please refer to this article : “Sprint stock dives 16% as company bleeds subscribers” (google it)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126818 Anonymous Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126818 Yeah alright. Please refer to this article : “Sprint stock dives 16% as company bleeds subscribers” (google it)

]]> By: User http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126813 User Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126813 You are trying to use the service in a manner that it is not designed for. I hate AT&T, but downloading full games is pushing it in my opinion.

]]> By: User http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126814 User Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:28:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126814 You are trying to use the service in a manner that it is not designed for. I hate AT&T, but downloading full games is pushing it in my opinion.

]]> By: Preetam Jinka http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126805 Preetam Jinka Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126805 The issue with semantics here is insane… they should change “unlimited” to “unmetered” because there’s always a limit.

]]> By: Preetam Jinka http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126806 Preetam Jinka Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126806 The issue with semantics here is insane… they should change “unlimited” to “unmetered” because there’s always a limit.

]]> By: Jessy http://www.slashgear.com/att-throttling-heavy-use-unlimited-data-subscribers-in-early-october-28168084/#comment-126803 Jessy Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=168084#comment-126803 Someone please find the dictionary, I guess I don’t understand the word unlimited!
I have unlimited iPhone, iPad, dsl at home dsl at my office, now you would think that my combined bill would let me download my movie I bought on the iPad,

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