AT&T CEO Won't Confirm, Deny Facetime Fee > Bastards

reply to Count Zero

Re: Bastards

Network coverage is very important to me. AT&T and Verizon both have good coverage around me, both have LTE too now, but Verizon has a little better indoor coverage in my hospital.

reply to thegeek

Re: Bastards

reply to Count Zero
Right.. and all this hub bub is all over your lack of ability to use Facetime over 3G.. and just how many times have you wanted to do that now?

EVERYONE I know could care less about facetime or video chatting in the first place. EVERYONE I know call it a gimmic and think it's "fun".. but, the trends out there agree with me. People have long moved away from talking on the phone to that totally annoying form of communication of "texting".. so why would I or anyone with intelligence believe that a charge for facetime over 3G would be any major issue in the first place?

I really think this outrage is nothing more than outrage to pass time. I am NO supporter of AT&T one bit and I make NO bones about that. But, if AT&T wants to charge for facetime over 3G/Cellular Data as a premium, it's their choice. I see this as no different than charging for text messages or any other feature. Personally I think they're stupid for charging so long as people are on a metered plan.. but hey, it's their network and I see this as just a feature.

Again, I really don't think that there are masses just biting at the bit to use facebtime over the cellular connection.

The hub bub is I already pay almost $160 for 2 iPhones monthly service, to feel the need to extort more money for using that data to FaceTime is ridiculous. And I don't care what you and your friends think of FaceTime, my wife and I use it very frequently when I'm on call and stuck in the hospital overnight. There is poor wifi coverage in the call rooms and yet I get excellent cellular service so having the ability to FaceTime without wifi is actually something I'd use. Thanks.
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Right.. because dialing a number and calling her is just so inconvenient. People have "worked" for, well, ever.. and never needed facetime to talk to someone for a regular phone call. It's not a NEED, it's a want.. it's a luxury.. These luxuries are premiums.. you've never had it before (void a jail broke iphone) so the argument is rather suspect.

Keep trolling.

reply to fiberguy
The hub bub is about them A.) charging for a service that is running on the data connection they are already charging you far AND have setup overages on and B.) them setting up a system of paying for certain services over that same connection (net neutrality issues).