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However, my line is ALWAYS throttled down to about 6 Mbps download as soon as I go over the 22 GB mark. Don't do it by making our existing plans worse.īut AT&T has unlimited data users right where they want us, and they seem to be pulling out all of the stops to get rid of us. The plan clearly states that data usage on a line over 22 GB can potentially result in data being throttled during times of heavy network congestion. Make them so attractive we can't wait to switch.

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Offer free tethering, or make 4G LTE exclusive to those plans and wait for the iPhone 5 to drive demand for it. If they want us to switch to tiered plans, make those plans better. Unlimited data plans were sold to iPhone users from day one. And that's a terrible way to run a business. Maybe they don't want our particular type of user any more, maybe they'd rather we go somewhere else, but if they're willing to do this to one group of users, they'd do it to any group of users, at any time. They're breaking faith with their customers. Whatever the case may be, it sure seems like AT&T is putting the screws to unlimited iPhone data users, trying to push us into giving up our grandfathered plans and pressure us into taking one of their new, limited, tiered plans instead.ĪT&T offered a service, we signed up for it, we paid them for it, and now they're reneging on the spirit if not the letter of that service. Or is there simply no consistency or rationality with how AT&T is going about their data throttling? Do some people, depending on the area and month, get away with 5 to 6 gigabytes with no issues while some are getting nailed at 2 gigabytes? Is 2 gigabytes the new magic number based on all of the complaints in our forums and responses that I received on Twitter? The major carriers and their low-cost brands all put restrictions on their unlimited. Did that have anything to do with flying under the radar? Or did I simply switch back to my iPhone 4S around the time AT&T decided to take these new, overly aggressive tactics? Unlimited data is the order of the day for most cell phone plans, but unlimited doesnt really mean unlimited.

So, for some the (throttle mechanism seems to uncap ) the traffic speed policing seems to fail. Paradoxically, there has been many Speedtests that show 920+Mbps downloads. So I began to think about it some more and realized the previous few months I was using my unlocked Galaxy Nexus. It does appear they over-provision the data by around 25 for I can routinely get 630Mbps on speed test. I immediately called AT&T and asked them - 3 of them of the course of several hours - two simple questions: Why, all of a sudden, after previous months of heavy use, did I receive this message and why, when I am paying for 'unlimited' data am I being crippled just at two gigabytes? Two days before the end of my billing cycle. That's what apparently qualifies as a 'top 5%' here in Chicago.

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