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AT&T To Start Data Throttling Heaviest Users

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-like-a-martial-arts-demonstration dept.

greymond writes "AT&T has announced that starting on Oct. 1 it will throttle the data speeds of users with unlimited data plans who exceed bandwidth thresholds on its 3G network. AT&T is following in the tracks Verizon and Virgin Mobile in reducing data throughput speeds of its heaviest mobile data users."

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  1. Ahead of the US by genjix · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here in the UK, this has been already happening with British Telecom (BT) for years.

    I remember being on 'unlimited' dial-up and getting a letter saying that my speeds are going to be throttled at peak times due to heavy bandwidth usage.

    Misrepresentation at it's best.

  2. AT&T is already slow shit by hsmith · · Score: 2, Informative

    So they plan to make their shit service even worse?

  3. RaceToTheBottom tag? by erroneus · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's always another ratcheted step in their race to the bottom. One of them pulls some kind of stunt, waits for backlash... if it's sufficiently small enough, they keep it and their increased benefits. The others will follow suit as they see they can do it and get away with it as well.

    This will keep going on and on until we see some legislation to stop it. And before anyone says "but we don't need any more laws!" I would like to hear what ELSE could make them change their behavior? No significant numbers of people will stop using their services because of it. So what else is there but law?

  4. Wind does it here in Canada by nebular · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wind Mobile does this in Canada. They say you have unlimited but if you go over 2GB, I think, they de-prioritize you and you get throttled if the network needs you throttled.

    I agree with it completely, so long as they tell everyone exactly where the line is