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AT&T Kills Unlimited Data Plans
The Atlantic ^
| June 2, 2010
| Megan McArdle
Posted on 06/03/2010 7:11:20 AM PDT by C19fan
AT&T announced today that they are ending their unlimited 3G data phones. As Dan Indiviglio wrote for our site, this is not a bad thing for most smartphone users, who don't chew through anything like the new 2 GB cap on their premium data plan. But it may be a problem for iPad users, several million of whom just bought the things on the assumption that they'd be able to do a whole lot of data-intensive browsing. iPad users don't have contracts; they're allowed to purchase by the month. They're feeling a bit burned, given that the company seems to have waited until the first great wave of iPad buying ended.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: 3g; att; ipad
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Steve Jobs must be pissed off.
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:11:20 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:15:47 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(Rev 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord)
To: C19fan
We’ve been thinking about switching to Straight Talk through Walmart. It uses the Verizon network. Any users out there want to comment? I’d like to know what it’s like before I buy.
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:15:57 AM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:16:55 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: C19fan
AT&T announced today that they are ending their unlimited 3G data phones Hey Apple, how do you like that knife in your back??
Look for Apple to evenutally break out of the AT&T partnership.
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:18:12 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(If I don't like you, it's most likely your culture or your ideology that pissed me off.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:18:23 AM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(Froggie sez water nice and warm)
To: C19fan
AT&T and Apple screwing customers.
Say it ain’t so...
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:18:25 AM PDT
by
ejonesie22
(Christians: Stand for Christ or stand aside...)
To: C19fan
They're feeling a bit burned... They're feeling a bit screwed.................
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:19:32 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(There can be a fine line between having a vision and having a hallucination........)
To: dfwgator
Bait, meet switch.Yup. I smell lawsuits.
I realize that companies write into the contracts that things may change. However, when the change to the contract is such that you would never have entered into a contract under the newly written terms, I think you'd have a way to get out of any early termination fees if you went elsewhere.
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:19:46 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Liberal Logic: Mandatory health insurance is constitutional - enforcing immigration law is not.)
To: Centurion2000
Hey Apple, how do you like that knife in your back??
"Hey Apple!"
"What?"
"Knife."
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:20:05 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Bait, meet switch.
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:20:31 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(There can be a fine line between having a vision and having a hallucination........)
To: C19fan
Limited data plans are not the future in this industry. I’m glad I went to Verizon a month ago.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:25:23 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(If I don't like you, it's most likely your culture or your ideology that pissed me off.)
To: goodwithagun
http://www.prepaidreviews.com/straighttalk.html
Straight talk reviews
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:25:37 AM PDT
by
pbear8
(the Lord is my light and my salvation)
To: C19fan
I am right now trying to figure out whether to get an Ipad with its limitations, or wait for a new tablet PC such as the Notion - Ink Adam (which may be vaporware). Now, I will wait and see.
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:34:17 AM PDT
by
CharacterCounts
(November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
To: C19fan
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:34:41 AM PDT
by
BigCinBigD
(Northern flags in South winds flutter...)
To: C19fan
To be fair, the new limited plans only affect 'new' customers, not customers who already have unlimited plans. That said, I echo what another poster said, that this is not the way to go moving forward if you want to keep competitive. AT&T would rather restrict access and charge huge overage fees, than spend the money to upgrade their network.
I've been seriously contemplating switching to Sprint now that they have the newer 4G Android phones coming out, and considering I live in one of their 4G domains.
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:40:39 AM PDT
by
LoneStarGI
(Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "BAD HUNTER.")
To: C19fan
Loves me some Verizon! We have cell service in the most insanely remote places as well as off the coast. It just works!
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:48:26 AM PDT
by
TSgt
(We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan)
To: TSgt
We have cell service in the most insanely remote placesFWIW, I spend a bit of time in one of those white bits in Upstate NY. We don't get no respect :(
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posted on
06/03/2010 7:50:40 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Still voteless in NY-29.)
To: LoneStarGI
I have had Sprint for many years, and even with a few “issues” I have come to the conclusion that all carriers have their issues.
They offer the best value out there. I have unlimited data, and EVERY call to and from another cell phone is free...doesn’t matter what carrier. (no I don’t work for them! LOL)
I can’t stand Apple because of their tying you to only their products and only ATT and I’m glad they are getting stabbed in the back.
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