Re: [apple-iphone] AT&T changes its throttling techniques: 3GB for HSPA+ (iPhone) or 5GB for LT...

> I am so glad to see AT&T lay out the rules in plain English. The top 5%
> was
> very ambiguous and could change from month to month.

It's better that they have a threshold that at least users can understand,
but it's still going to get them in trouble both in court and in the market.
As the article states, they're still imposing an artificial limitation
that's applied disparately with the other users. They're going to end up in
court while the court decides whether that still constitutes "unlimited."
In the market, other carriers like Verizon are going to be able to smile
virtuously and say, "Hey, we only throttle top users when there's actual
congestion in their particular area, and then they go back to normal
speeds," which is believable network management, while AT&T chooses to use
throttling as punishment instead, by throttling for the rest of the billing
period, regardless of congestion. So for the exact same amount of data
used, you could end up being throttled for weeks on AT&T versus a few hours,
or even not at all, depending on when and where you have your heaviest data
usage, on Verizon.

Anne

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