bshelly
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Schaumburg, IL
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2 edits | OMG, AT&T, you stink.
AT&T, WTF??? It is way past the time for wireless companies to realize that 5GB caps are a complete joke. |
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Chaldo
join:2008-03-18
West Bloomfield, MI | Yea this sucks, maybe they will change it when the iphone comes out. |
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jwillisbarri
join:2005-03-22
Barrie, ON | reply to bshelly
Since the issue seems to be the data overages. Why not cut it off at the limit of 5GB and send a text message saying you have reached your limit of 5GB. If you wish to pay $___ please enter your account PIN now to purchase an additional 1GB. JW |
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k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| Misunderstanding
@Karl
I think there is a slight misunderstanding in the story. I think AT&T is trying to protect it's laptop connect network, not the regular PDA/Cell phone/iPhone network. As a handset user you are likely to use less bandwidth than a laptop user simply because the screen is very small and the battery life isn't the greatest (conspiracy I tell you!) ESPECIALLY if you are streaming. I would propose you could maybe get 30 min constant 3G streaming on a cell phone (if you are lucky with a good battery), whereas a laptop could probably easily get 1hr+.
They don't care if people stream on their phones because the bandwidth draining wont last long, however, laptops are a different story. |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
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| reply to jwillisbarri
Re: OMG, AT&T, you stink.
said by jwillisbarri  :Since the issue seems to be the data overages. Why not cut it off at the limit of 5GB and send a text message saying you have reached your limit of 5GB. If you wish to pay $___ please enter your account PIN now to purchase an additional 1GB. JW Because that would require them to actually be productive. |
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major marco
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Stepford, CA
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1 edit | Deathstar (AT&T)
Dear Consumer:
Buy our service but don't use it or else you'll face significant overages when you exceed our piddling caps.
Love always,
Deathstar Executive Management
PS: We need to have caps in place in order to be able to pay our executive officers six figure bonuses every quarter on top of their seven eight figure annual salaries.
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miscDude
join:2005-03-24
Hendersonville, NC
| Hmm... am I reading this wrong?
redirecting television signals for viewing on Personal Computers Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it sounds more like the wording is such that they are prohibiting using the connection to HOST the redirection of television signals, not receiving the data.
Especcially with the iphone app, a personal computer wouldn't be utilized at all since the slingbox is a stand-alone device, and the iphone isn't a PC in the traditional sense.
Now... a 3G datacard in a laptop is a different story, but even then I don't see it as redirecting the signal, but instead connecting to a signal that's already out there. |
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funchords
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Washington, DC
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1 edit | said by miscDude :redirecting television signals for viewing on Personal Computers Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it sounds more like the wording is such that they are prohibiting using the connection to HOST the redirection of television signals, not receiving the data. Maybe, but it doesn't really say that and it doesn't matter. If it's my 5 GB to use, why can't I use it as I see fit?
It isn't the Internet when the ISP can tell you what legal things you can and cannot do on it.
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person12124
@rr.com
|  WOW
This is ludacris, i cant believe that ATT would attempt to do this again!!! I would grab your torch and pitchforks now and hope that once the contract is finished, that apple can go to a real company like verizon.  |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| reply to k1ll3rdr4g0n
Re: Misunderstanding
said by k1ll3rdr4g0n :I think AT&T is trying to protect it's laptop connect network, not the regular PDA/Cell phone/iPhone network. I hate to break it to you... its the 'same' network.
If you have an iPhone plugged into a battery charger, you could stream video for as long as the charger keeps up. I do agree that this would be aimed at laptop users aiming to replace DSL/Uverse/Cable/FiOS with 3G, and assume there's no difference. |
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narci
| App Store
And what happends when the slingplayer gets released into the app store for the iPhone? |
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jmallory
join:2005-11-02
Clawson, MI
1 edit | reply to person12124
Re: WOW
said by person12124 :This is ludacris, i cant believe that ATT would attempt to do this again!!! I would grab your torch and pitchforks now and hope that once the contract is finished, that apple can go to a real company like verizon. And what makes you think that Verizon won't? If I remember correctly...I believe Verizon already has language that forbids streaming media over their cellular network. |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN | How are they protecting their network?
They have caps. Caps protect the network. All this does is prevent people from using non AT&T provided video. |
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djrobx
join:2000-05-31
Valencia, CA
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·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to person12124
Re: WOW
said by person12124 :
This is ludacris, i cant believe that ATT would attempt to do this again!!! Wow, Ludacris reads BBR! Who knew he cared so much about mobile broadband. It's great to see the hip hop community becoming vocal about these important issues!
</sarcasm>
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chronoss2009
join:2008-09-23 | they dont give a fuck about you
havent you figured it out yet they dont give a shit about nothing but CASH, YOUR CASH. |
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PhotonLaserTag
@cox.net
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| VPN
Setup a VPN, they won't know what you're doing with the 5GB you've already paid for (and secretly hope you'll only use it for 250k of text emails). |
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joako
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join:2000-09-07
/dev/null | Unfair
I have a "business notebook" so that is not a problem for me, but poor people with the newer HPs that are "personal again."
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an att user
@sbcglobal.net | What cap?
What "5GB monthly cap" are you talking about? My 3G service is "unlimited". |
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TheTate
@buckeyecom.net
| Encrypt it all.
This is exactly why all Internet traffic should be heavily encrypted. No one has any business looking at what you're transferring. As someone mentioned earlier, just set up a VPN. With these kinds of restrictions, I would also go ahead and transfer random files over and over at the end of the billing cycle until I reached my 5GB limit. If you're paying for it, make sure you use it.
- Tate
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TimSpencer
join:2001-05-18
Arvada, CO
·Comcast
| reply to narci
Re: App Store
said by narci :
And what happends when the slingplayer gets released into the app store for the iPhone?
They'll limit the app to wi-fi use only (like skype).
»www.softsailor.com/news/1849-sli···dia.html
Why these companies keep spending millions to upgrade their networks that they ultimately don't want their customers to use is beyond me.
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