Vadim Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Just 1 more reason to jump my iPhone... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/09 ... bandwidth/ Just when AT&T looks like they might actually launch a legal "tether", they go and start talking about something like this. AT&T has finally figured out how to fix its much-maligned US mobile data services: stop users from eating up so frickin' much bandwidth. As reported by the Associated Press, president and CEO of AT&T Mobility Ralph de la "Darth" Vega told attendees at a New York investors' conference on Wednesday that his company plans to force data-plan subscribers to "reduce or modify their usage." In Darth's world, consumers are dumb and selfish data-piggies. "We've got to get them to understand what represents a megabyte of data," he said........ Did they just call their customers stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest austina Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 The reason behind this is simple and a combination of two possible scenarios or both. AT&T realizes that a lot of users are trying to "cheat" by internet phone apps instead of paying for more minutes. This puts AT&T at a loss from their standpoint. This and with the current demand for the internet on smartphones to be as fast as home broadband, networks are still trying to keep up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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