[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] snrlvr:
Everyone also needs to realize that AT&T is using very old information in regards to the top "5%". They are basing it on data from mid 2010 when they first decided to not offer the Unlimited data plan anymore to new customers.... At that time they claimed that only 5% of users even used more then 2gb's of data. Back then that may have been true but as AT&T has been constantly improving their network, (believe me where I am at the 3g has improved drastically over the last 2 years and the 4g LTE and HSPA + is unbelievable) as that improvement has occured the ability to eat up data on an unlimited plan has also increased drastically.... So i truly believe the 2gb level that they are throttling at is based on very old data not current actual unlimited data customer usage. When AT&T first announced they where not going to be offering unlimited Data anymore to new customers, I advised all of my friends and family to get unlimited data on every line they could and to get service with unlimited data before the cutoff date. I also advised them that as AT&T kept improving their Network, data speeds would increase and data use would increase so the unlimited plan would be the only plan you would want to truly enjoy the smart phones that where out there. Since that time the Smart phone choices have increased ten fold, the Iphone 4s is fabulous but so are most of the top end Android selections that AT&T offers. The 4g-lte phones are exceptional! And the 4g-LTE speeds are also. I personally have both the Iphone 4s and a Samsung Galaxy s2 Skyrocket and both lines have grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans! I have been throttled on both lines the last 2 months and it SUCKS! this month the throttling occured right after 2gb's on both lines! I am not a happy camper about it but I realize that truth of what AT&T is up to. THEY DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE ALLOWING CUSTOMERS TO HAVE UNLIMITED DATA FOR 30.00 DOLLARS A MONTH! IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CONGESTION OR BANDWITH OR LACK OF SPECTRUM. IT HAS TO DO WITH $$$$$. THEY WANT CUSTOMERS TO PAY 10.00 A GIG FOR DATA PERIOD. IF CUSTOMERS ARE PAYING 10.00 A GIG FOR DATA THEY ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL THE DATA YOU WANT, THEY JUST DONT WANT TO PROVIDE THAT SAME DATA FOR 30.00.

Which brings me back to the real issue, The bottom line is AT&T is doing extreme throttling on it's unlimited data customers at 2GB's to encourage them to give up that plan in favor of the 30.00 3gb tiered plan. They can't just eliminate the grandfathered unlimited data plans because then they would be changing terms on their own contract and that would be the out customers would get to avoid the ETF's. Also this is truly a NET-Neutrality issue because AT&T is no longer providing access to all aspects of the internet when they put into place their extreme throttling. Your access to all video services is cut-off and that in my opinion is a NET-Neutrality issue. I believe that any complaints that are made in regard to this extreme throttling should also include the Net-Neutrality aspect! All of the throttling is AT&T's way of saying we don't want to continue our grandfathered Unlimited Data Plan but we also don't want to let those customers out of their contracts without an ETF.

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