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Post by CMF Newsman on Feb 13, 2012 13:09:01 GMT -5
Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games. But in the past few weeks, there has been none of that, because AT&T Inc. put a virtual wheel clamp on his phone. Web pages wouldn't load and maps wouldn't render. Forget about YouTube videos - Trang's data speeds were reduced to dial-up levels. "It basically makes my phone useless," said Trang, an Orange County, Calif. property manager. The reason: AT&T considers Trang to be among the top 5 percent of the heaviest cellular data users in his area. Under a new policy, AT&T has started cutting their data speeds as part of an attempt to manage data usage on its network. www.wrcbtv.com/story/16919304/att-customers-surprised-by-unlimited-data-limit
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Post by Frankenchrist on Feb 13, 2012 14:04:57 GMT -5
Not to be a shill, but if you aren't with Sprint and you have a smartphone, you are a sucker!
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Post by Tsavodiner on Feb 13, 2012 20:24:40 GMT -5
Not to be a shill, but if you aren't with Sprint and you have a smartphone, you are a sucker! +1
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Post by wheels on Feb 14, 2012 13:19:29 GMT -5
Not to be a shill, but if you aren't with Sprint and you have a smartphone, you are a sucker! why is that?
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Post by Frankenchrist on Feb 14, 2012 13:45:03 GMT -5
Unlimited data, no throttling, metering or overages. You may be grandfathered in on ATT or Verizon, but seems pretty obvious they want you on a tiered program. And if you use your smartphone for YouTube or apps or online streaming of music, you need unlimited with no BS.
I swear I don't work for them!
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Post by wheels on Feb 14, 2012 14:49:39 GMT -5
Unlimited data, no throttling, metering or overages. You may be grandfathered in on ATT or Verizon, but seems pretty obvious they want you on a tiered program. And if you use your smartphone for YouTube or apps or online streaming of music, you need unlimited with no BS. I swear I don't work for them! i'm grandfathered in with verizon, so i don't have any problems with my data usage.
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