Appleinfo: Re: [apple-iphone] AT&T eases up on throttling

dimanche 10 mai 2015

Re: [apple-iphone] AT&T eases up on throttling

I agree. Here, we dont have unlimited mobile except for a business plan at the telco I work for. There would need to be a fair use policy. And if as Brent said, the limit before throttling was 3GB, they need to fully disclose that, disclose what speed throttling will be, and not call it unlimited. They could call it the 3GB Plus plan, etc. "Its 3Gb but we won't cut you off or bill you extra usage". We tried unlimited broadband twice a few years ago, the few spoiled it, as we ran that off a seperate IP pool, when the pipe was full it was full for everyone. Now, unlimited broadband is becoming the norm, there is a lot of fibre here, international bandwidth is fine, and we have not put in place a throttle system, so we cannot if we wanted to. The internet has matured a bit from those days of download it cos I can. But mobile will never get there, the towers are fibre fed but the airways are limited

From: "Alice Saunders lwr32@mac..com [apple-iphone]"
To: "apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com"
Sent: Monday, 11 May 2015 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] AT&T eases up on throttling

Why punish the whole for the few? Telcos know who abuses unlimited. Punish them.

On May 9, 2015, at 11:08 PM, Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [apple-iphone] <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

The issue is congestion and abuse. Cellular is very much a finite resource. You can run fibre to the home, telco buys bandwidth pipes and go for it, but while fibre joins the cell towers, congestion is very much an issue wirelessly. The purpose of unlimited is no worries, no need to check usage, just use it. But some abuse it. On the run, sweet, I'll download the internet cos I can.

Unfortunately the few spoil it for the many.. If everyone used unlimited cellular for what it is, there would be no issue. Use it don't abuse it

From: "Alice Saunders lwr32@mac.com [apple-iphone]" <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
To: "apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com" <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 10 May 2015 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] AT&T eases up on throttling

No I don't have a copy of the AT&T contract anymore. I'm with VZ now. I have never felt throttling was fair because we all pay the same amount that we signed up to pay every month. When the cell company throttles, shouldn't we pay less during that time? Of course cell companies won't go for it.

On May 8, 2015, at 6:35 AM, Brent whodo678@yahoo.com [apple-iphone] <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Alice, where does it say they will provide unthrottled service? They don't even guarantee the speed of service.

I'll bet you a dollar to a stale donut you don't even have a copy if the contract.

Brent

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse any brevity.

On May 8, 2015, at 12:19 AM, Alice Saunders lwr32@mac.com [apple-iphone] <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Still not good. We pay for non-throttled service, so we should get it.