AT&T has announced this week that it will begin throttling unlimited data hogs on its smartphone networks.
The customers affected will be those in the "top 5 percent" during any billing period and use unlimited plans (which have since been discontinued by the carrier).
Starting on October 1st, the carrier says they will begin reducing speeds on the heaviest users with full speed returned ... [ read the full article ]
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So... instead of expanding to meet the demand, they cut the demand off again? Well at least they offer some advice; "go use open networks that people can monitor your data on."
Doesnt expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected and therefore mean youre expecting the expected which was the unexpected until you expected it?
"Opinions are immunities to being told were wrong." - Relient K
Originally posted by WierdName: So... instead of expanding to meet the demand, they cut the demand off again? Well at least they offer some advice; "go use open networks that people can monitor your data on."
You can say there are two different pain points here:
1) AT&T can build out their infrastructure to accommodate unlimited data users. That would cause higher prices for everyone, even those whose data usage is modest. They probably could pass the cost to those unlimited data users, but one could bet there aren't enough of them to cover the cost.
2) Do as they're doing, and slow down those that are using huge amounts of data. It only effects those that are huge consumers of data.
I, for one, don't want to subsidize those who think "unlimited data" is a battle cry for "let's download the Internet.
And in full disclosure: I *am* one of those lucky few with an unlimited data plan.
Originally posted by WierdName: So... instead of expanding to meet the demand, they cut the demand off again? Well at least they offer some advice; "go use open networks that people can monitor your data on."
You can say there are two different pain points here:
1) AT&T can build out their infrastructure to accommodate unlimited data users. That would cause higher prices for everyone, even those whose data usage is modest. They probably could pass the cost to those unlimited data users, but one could bet there aren't enough of them to cover the cost.
2) Do as they're doing, and slow down those that are using huge amounts of data. It only effects those that are huge consumers of data.
I, for one, don't want to subsidize those who think "unlimited data" is a battle cry for "let's download the Internet.
And in full disclosure: I *am* one of those lucky few with an unlimited data plan.
