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Dear AT&T

I have used 2GB of data already, with 8 days left in my billing month.

Yes, some of us really do go over that magical 2GB mark.

And yes, I do use WiFi at home and all day at work.

This is why I'm a Sprint customer.

Who's with me? :D
I had 2 gigs covered inside 2 weeks!

Currently at 3.3 Gigs with 24 megs roaming as I come up on my Month here.

I'm using less data as I go on because I refuse to carry my only charger with me to work so I'm no longer streaming Pandora all day long at my desk off of 3G.

I did recently add the Slingbox app but I get crap signal at work so I haven't been able to use it too much.

Also, in an effort to save battery and improve performance at one I'm using wifi at home now..

Not using wifi (traveling) I'm sure I'd blow through 5 Gigs/mo with ease.

for contrast, my Fiance's phone (which is usually at home) has used 170 Megs

Oh and between the both of us we've used 17 of our 1500 anytime minutes - lol.
 
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Many of us do a lot more than check email and web browse. Download music, stream media, download roms, list goes on. It's super easy to use 2 gb of data if you actually take advantage of what the net offers :)

Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

I upload and download DVD ISOs and VMs all day long, so I know what you mean - just not from my phone. Err, not from my phone unless I am running, say, Wyse VDI client connecting over my VPN to my vCenter infrastructure and moving things remotely... :cool:
 
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On average i use about 6.5 gigs a month. I have actually recieved a few domestic data notices in the past from at&t asking me to lower my data usage or else they would charge me additional charges per mb or/and allow me to cancel without etf. I need at&t, so at this point they have allowed me for me not to have any additional fees, if i dont use over 8gb. Btw i have an unlimted data bundle lol.
 
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I think your all wrong.

I work for at&t mobility and we still grandfather people on old cingular data plans. Its unlawful for a company to proactively change a plan like that. Its just not gonna happen.

But they can require a new plan for a new phone, I.e. iP4, iP5, android smartphones, etc.

So in short, your wrong, it happens every day.

And in fact, it is not unlawful to charge new rates. Once that service contract is over, they can legally charge you $999999999.99+ a month for data should they choose to, with proper notice being given. Once your off contract, they can indeed fluctuate rates at will, and there is nothing illegal about it.

-just because they don't do it, doesn't mean they can't. And something tells me with att's poor backhaul and network woes in general due to lack of investment, my belief is they will aggresively pursue this new bandwidth cap.

Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.
 
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But they can require a new plan for a new phone, I.e. iP4, iP5, android smartphones, etc.

Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.
For new customers.

Existing customers had the option to keep their unlimited data plans. This being said, they REALLY try to talk you into one of the new plans.

Should they choose to, they can do this to old customers to. Read my last post, I added a bit.

Tapatalk. Samsung Moment. Yep.
 
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