 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | No meter!! Then OK to go over cap w/o penalty Sounds like AT&T has given the OK to go over the cap without penalty - as long as you don't have the bandwidth meter. Of course, there is Catch 22 - how will you prove that if you go over cap and your bill shows overage charges.
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moes
join:2009-11-15
Indianapolis, IN | meters Meter is active here |
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| No meter here yet (Northeast Ohio) |
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| Prices with Cappd Billing Now that caps are slapped on data consumption, do prices go down to reflect User Based Billing (UBB)? Nope, not at all. Just overages @ $10/GB. A money grab, pure and simple. |
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| Well duh! How else is AT&T going to increase revenue while protecting their TV division. Investors would have taken them to task if they had decreased prices, they're already cheaper than cable. |
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 timcuthBraves FanPremium
join:2000-09-18
Pelham, AL
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| said by JasonOD :Well duh! How else is AT&T going to increase revenue while protecting their TV division. Investors would have taken them to task if they had decreased prices, they're already cheaper than cable.
They are not cheaper than cable, here. I can get four times the nominal speed for $3 less per month on cable. And that is at the normal monthly rate, not the startup promo rate. The reasons I don't switch are 1) the wife doesn't want me to; 2) I hear as much bad stuff about Charter as I do about AT&T.
Tim
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 Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | No meter available? So, it's only available in certain areas.. Unfortunately, those areas also have caps implemented.
Sounds like Piss Poor Planning to me. They should have the meter available to everyone BEFORE they even start using caps.
Of course, we are talking about at&t here.
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to podstolom
Re: Prices with Cappd Billing It's only pseudo-UBB beyond the cap. Why would you honestly expect the prices to decrease? |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to Simba7
Re: No meter available? What I don't understand is why the tool is ok for some areas, but not others. Doesn't seem like it should be too difficult to poll the DSLAM ports for the users and provide the data in a nice pictorial form. several OSS, vendor proprietary, as well as commercially available tools exist to do it already. After all, if a 7ish year old Linky with free OSS firmware can do it, one would think AT&T should be able to. |
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 JonPremium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL | Meters Not Enabled in All Markets? Did they hire captain obvious as their spoke person? |
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 IPPlanManHoly Cable Modem Batman
join:2000-09-20
Washington, DC
kudos:1 | Monetizing dumb pipes... Have to hand it to the Deathstar...
They've managed to remonetize dumb pipes...
Welcome back to the Prodigy and Aol days... The golden years of the Internet. Instead of being by the hour, now it's by the GB.
Sad. |
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 wings10I Am LegendPremium
join:2004-06-09
South Elgin, IL | Unlimited in the meantime So until we have our usage meter up it is unlimited for us. |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to IPPlanMan
Re: Monetizing dumb pipes... It was inevitable and has been in the works for a while now. I'm amazed that people continue to be surprised that the ISPs refuse to be relegated to measly earnings and true dumb pipe status. |
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Qixotl
join:2002-02-08
New Milford, CT | reply to wings10
Re: Unlimited in the meantime Yep, that is what the meter webpage keeps saying for me here in CT. I will hold AT&T to that.
The U-verse data measurement report is currently under construction. When completed, you will be notified if your usage exceeds the allowance. Until that time, U-verse customers should not be concerned about their usage patterns for billing purposes. |
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maubs
join:2010-02-26
Farmington, IL | reply to moes
Re: meters No meter in Central IL. |
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 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1 | And when it comes.... How do we really know it is accurate? |
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 Jon J
join:2000-06-12
Nashville, TN | Meter In my location the meter comes and goes. It is currently gone.
Once upon a time there was a "prior" selection that reported the previous month's usage along with the "history" report. "Prior" is gone, too.
This situation is so fouled up are we sure the government isn't somehow involved? |
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Re: Monetizing dumb pipes... Once they provide the connectivity and the IP address there is not a single thing that any user of any ISP can't do on the internet that the ISP is not explicitly blocking. Sounds to me like they are a dumbpipe.
So I'm surprised ISP's havent just realized they are nothing more than a dumbpipe and split divisions in their companies. |
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| Rollover bytes? Do unused bits and bytes rollover to the next month? |
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openbox9Premium
join:2004-01-26
japan
kudos:2 | reply to Skippy25
Re: Monetizing dumb pipes... The point is that ISPs, and any successful business for that matter, will strive to increase their revenues. Business decisions and goals often are at odds with consumers desires. True success is realized when a business can entice customers into believing that business decisions are good for them. Or when comfortable monopolies exist...whichever occurs first  |
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