Lol. You should definitely take my question with a grain of sault. I'm not an AT&T customer, in fact I live in Canada. This was just something I came across on the internet and was curious to find out whether it's true.
Cheers, Grant On 9/16/12, Scott Howell <scottn3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Grant, > > I do not know the answer; however, I would be completely irate if I found > that they did not throttle LTE customers. In fact I'm going to check into > this and AT&T had better hope they throttle LTE customers as they would > those of us on 3G. If not I suggest all clear the decks. > > On Sep 16, 2012, at 1:03 AM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. >> >> > > -- > 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. 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