The unlimited would be with a cap.
Vishal Sheth
On Feb 28, 2012 7:08 AM, "whiterabbit32" <whiterabbit32@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm thinking AT&T is saying "unlimited" means unlimited use but not
> unlimited MB. Is that a correct interpretation?
>
> Alice
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> Sent from my iPad 2
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> On Feb 25, 2012, at 8:02 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:
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> > Nice analysis, and just what I was thinking, except I don't see
> canceling it as n available option to AT&T. It would be a breach of
> contract, and that is why they are using subtle coercion.
> >
> > I am surprised that no one has suggested false advertising. If you
> throttle back, then the theoretic amount of possible data usage is greatly
> reduced compared to a non-throttled account. That seems to be the opposite
> of unlimited, or more correctly... limited.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > On Feb 25, 2012, at 11:33 AM, AnneL wrote:
> >
> > > > however, to deliberately sabotage a customer's ability to use the
> service
> > > > is another matter entirely.
> > >
> > > I haven't read the court's full decision, but I would imagine that
> it's not
> > > the throttling itself that caused the ruling, but throttling an
> "unlimited"
> > > customer at a lower level than people on tiered plans are allowed to
> use
> > > unrestricted. I imagine that if AT&T established their "top 5%" number
> and
> > > then throttled *all* data users at the same data point, the court's
> decision
> > > might have been different. I imagine it's the fact that the unlimited
> users
> > > are singled out for throttling at a threshold that caused the ruling.
> If
> > > "unlimited" users are throttled more tightly than tiered plan users,
> then
> > > that constitutes a limitation since it's not being applied across the
> board.
> > >
> > > At this point, as I see it, AT&T has four options:
> > >
> > > 1. Appeal the ruling and fight it out in court, which means either
> AT&T
> > > wins and nothing changes, or the customer wins and AT&T is stuck with
> the
> > > other choices below
> > >
> > > 2. Stop throttling unlimited plan users at lower thresholds than the
> > > highest level tiered plan
> > >
> > > 3. Pick an arbitrary "top 5%" level and throttle everybody, regardless
> of
> > > plan, when they reach that level
> > >
> > > 4. Cancel the unlimited plans altogether and force customers to go to
> a
> > > tiered plan.
> > >
> > > Since there's only one outcome in four that ends well for me, as an
> > > unlimited user, chances are that when all the dust clears I'll end up
> > > jumping ship to another carrier, likely Verizon, who also throttles,
> but
> > > much more reasonably -- they only throttle those using a particular
> tower
> > > when THAT tower becomes congested, and they stop throttling as soon as
> the
> > > congestion eases, usually a matter of hours or even minutes, rather
> than for
> > > the rest of the billing cycle as AT&T does.
> >
> >
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