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AT&T Starts Throttling Heavy Wireless Data Users

Posted by Soulskill on from the keeping-a-promise dept.

tekgoblin writes "AT&T has started tossing out warnings for users that fall into the top 5% of data users on their wireless network. AT&T announced this change back in July and is now starting to actually enforce it."

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  1. Perfect Plan by kuhnto · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There will always be a "top 5 percent", sot they will eventually throttle everyone to 0.

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  2. Re:It makes some kind of sense by Xtravar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This. This is why we can't have nice things.

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  3. Re:I think the top 5 percent are selfish by Pi1grim · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hey. Those 5% of the users are trying to use what they bought. They paid fair and square for what was advertised as "unlimited plan". If provider is unable to hold his end of the bargain then there should be consequences for false advertising. The only one you are subsidizing is your wireless provider, not those 5% of the users that actually tried to use the service.
    Imagine someone rented you a room and said that you can use it anytime you want. And then you suddenly find out that it is rented to several other people are renting that same room and the witty landlord just decided to use the fact that all of you are at home at different times to sell rent it to all of you simultaneously. Who should you sue/roughen up, the other clients, that are "spending too much time in the room" or the landlord?