| More efficient for whom? .....but are being told by AT&T that their usage is higher because the iPhone 5 with LTE is "more efficient" ....
Yes, more efficiently draining customer bank accounts |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Exactly Why Capped Plans Suck Situations like these illustrate perfectly why capped data plans and smartphones simply do not mix. If everyone had unlimited plans like in the old days, the carriers would fix problems like these in record time.
Now, it is just free overage money for them.
Think before you upgrade, and look before you leap.
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 ArrayListnetbus developerPremium
join:2005-03-19
Evanston, IL | reply to MaynardKrebs
Re: More efficient for whom? things that are efficient typically use less. lol |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | iOS 6.0.1 supposed to fix recent issues |
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DodgePremium
join:2002-11-27 | Why contact Att and not Apple "I've dropped a line to AT&T to see whether or not they can confirm there's a problem with the AT&T version of the iPhone 5."
AT&T didn't build the iPhone and the fix clearly needs to come from Apple and not them, so shouldn't you try to contact Apple instead? |
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join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
kudos:78
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·Google Voice
·AT&T Southwest
| said by Dodge:AT&T didn't build the iPhone and the fix clearly needs to come from Apple and not them, so shouldn't you try to contact Apple instead?
That would make sense... reverse that line of thought. |
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 ilikemeI live in a van down by the river.Premium
join:2002-08-27
Denton, TX
kudos:1 | Seems to be on the 4S also I have noticed my 4S using phantom data over wifi when connected to my mobile hot spot also. It did not do this before iOS 6. |
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| No worries thats a feature of iOS 6. |
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 Smith6612Premium,MVM
join:2008-02-01
North Tonawanda, NY
kudos:22
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I can pretty much confirm this. The 4s on our data plan with VZW seems to be eating data even when it is on Wi-Fi from time to time. Or, it is disconnecting from Wi-Fi when it doesn't need or have to. The Wi-Fi radio doesn't use much power when it's idle, so I don't see a need to have to shut it off. |
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| What ever happened to wifi+cellular Could be remnants of wifi+cellular option that was in the iOS 6 beta. I've noticed some podcast apps (like iCatcher) have an option to allow simultaneous downloads, up to 3 podcasts at a time, 2 on wifi, one on cellular. so, the coding is there for the iPhone to do multi downloads.
»appleinsider.com/article/?id=20376 |
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| from Apple's point view "there is no problem with iphone or ios" |
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 93388818It's cool, I'm takin it backPremium
join:2000-03-14
Dallas, TX | reply to Dodge
Re: Why contact Att and not Apple because if Karl had called Apple, nobody would've talked to him |
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| Using it wrong Haven't you guys heard you're using the phone wrong? |
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Re: Seems to be on the 4S also dito normaly i have about 500 megs since 6 hit i have been a bit over a gig. i have unlimited so its no hurting me.. but it is odd. |
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DavidNow accepting new patientsPremium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
kudos:78 Reviews:
·DIRECTV
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Re: Why contact Att and not Apple said by 93388818:because if Karl had called Apple, nobody would've talked to him
LMAO!!!! that's fantastic... |
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Re: What ever happened to wifi+cellular Apple: your holding it wrong.. no wait that was the antenna issue. Your holding it wrong... no wait wait... that was the camera with a purple hue... AH! Your wifi doesn't work because your holding it wrong.. there its your fault, not Apples.
Oh and the "bug" is a feature that helps ATT rack up the $$$$$ and make there data tiers so profitable. ATT + APPLE = team work to screw over the blind Isheep  |
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join:2000-12-16
St Thomas, VI | gain or loss in subscribers So I see that endadget and bgr show subscriber gains albeit different numbers. BBR shows a loss.
Which is it
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | reply to pnh102
Re: Exactly Why Capped Plans Suck said by pnh102:Situations like these illustrate perfectly why capped data plans and smartphones simply do not mix. If everyone had unlimited plans like in the old days, the carriers would fix problems like these in record time.
Now, it is just free overage money for them.
Wrong. So wrong.
The carriers have even greater incentive to see this problem fixed than in your good-old-days of unlimited plans. Consumers, especially Cupertino devotees, will be quick to blame the carrier, not the manufacturer, if they get overage charges.
Overage charging is designed to curb conscious use and change habits, not raise revenue. That's why thresholds are set to impact only a very small percentage of customers, and raised from time to time. |
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join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY | 4S and 5.1.1 I guess I am sticking with iOS 5.1.1 longer than I anticipated. I was planning to upgrade once Google released their Google Maps application but if there is still a confirmed WiFi bug, then I might as well wait until 6.0.1 or whatever comes out as a patch.
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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Re: Exactly Why Capped Plans Suck said by elray:The carriers have even greater incentive to see this problem fixed than in your good-old-days of unlimited plans. Consumers, especially Cupertino devotees, will be quick to blame the carrier, not the manufacturer, if they get overage charges. Except that in the case of some users, they are now paying the price for what is obviously a screwup outside of their control. Whether or not this is a problem with Apple or a given carrier, the customer should not be paying for or having to be inconvenienced by these problems.
Either way, with unlimited data, the user wins, and whatever the cause of the problem is, be it Apple or the carrier, they will have a far greater incentive to fix the problem, since they won't be able to immediately pass the costs of the problem down to the customer.
said by elray:Overage charging is designed to curb conscious use and change habits, not raise revenue. That's why thresholds are set to impact only a very small percentage of customers, and raised from time to time. If this is true, then why don't providers like Verizon and AT&T simply shut off or severely throttle the service when the user hits the cap? That would be far more effective in curbing conscious use and not raising revenue.
I will never understand how a company I pay is somehow in a position to tell me that I am to be penalized for using a level of service that they arbitrarily deem to be excessive, and "penalize" me accordingly. Who do they think they are? My mom?
Disclaimer - I currently have one Android phone with an unlimited Verizon plan and I'm still on a contract with them. When that contract runs out, I do not plan to upgrade phones through Verizon, because I do not want to go to a capped plan.
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