Hi Scott, I heard that on LTE, AT&T doesn't throttle their unlimited customers in the same way. Do you know if that's true or am I mistaken?
Cheers, Grant On 9/15/12, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mark, > > I upgraded to the 4S last year and still retained my unlimited data plan. > However, unlimited is really a joke because the fact is once you exceed 3Gb, > AT&T throttles your speed to the point that it is completely unreasonable. > Although not technically a breech of contract, it does open the doors to > arbitration and a good chance you can be freed from the contract. If AT&T > pulls the crap about not allowing FaceTime over the 3G network unless you > have a shared data plan, I will be on the horn to the FCC and raise hell. In > fact I'm still surprised they are able to prevent those of us with unlimited > data plans from having tethering. As I understand Verizon Wireless got > pinged for this not long ago. > > On Sep 15, 2012, at 2:08 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Once upon a time, I believed in preordering from A T & T Wireless. In >> fact, >> I preordered my iPhone 4. >> >> However, last year, at the release of iPhone 4 S, I began the A T & T >> Wireless online preorder process and, thank God, decided to cancel the >> order >> before its completion. >> >> I don't remember the particulars but something in the agreement that one >> needed to confirm by placing a checkmark in a box, didn't sound quite >> right. >> >> >> As it turned out, my refusal to agree to their terms during the online >> preorder process was a wise decision. >> >> Like many of us who continue to enjoy the unlimited data plan that A T & >> T >> Wireless no longer offers, agreeing to last year's online iPhone 4 S >> preorder terms automatically updated the data plan to one that did not >> include unlimited data. >> >> Now I cannot speak to preordering from Apple as I have never done so but >> I >> can tell you that A T & T Wireless would love to remove all of those >> remaining on the unlimited data plan and will do darn near anything to >> accomplish this including lacing there agreement with so much legalese >> that >> one will simply agree without reading it. >> >> In short, when I purchase my iPhone 5, just like last year, I will go >> into >> an A T & T Wireless corporate store, remove my own SIM card from my >> current >> device, and place it in the new device to insure that nothing funky >> happens >> with my data plan. >> >> Good Luck To All, >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
