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.
