Rekrul
join:2007-04-21
Milford, CT Reviews:
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Here's an idea... Up till now, ISPs have used the excuse that people are using too much bandwidth to justify the use of caps and throttling. By introducing a new 18Mbit U-Verse service tier, AT&T is clearly demonstrating that their new usage caps have nothing to do with bandwidth issues for the lower service tiers. In other words, if their network can handle 18Mbit, then they should have no problems delivering 6Mbit or less.
This means that the usage caps are due to greed. They're also anti-competitive since they make it impractical for subscribers to use VOD services, like NetFlix, or watch videos on sites like Hulu.
Everyone who objects to such caps should write to both the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission and file a complaint. They won't listen to individual users, but they will consider acting if they get enough complaints.
Stress that the caps have nothing to do with regulating bandwidth and everything to do with squeezing more money out of people and shutting out internet services that might compete with their U-Verse service.
Also, make sure to tell everyone you know, especially if they're an AT&T user. I even called AT&T's customer service to file a complaint. The people I spoke to didn't even know anything about this trial.
Count me as one of the people who thinks this stinks. Capped accounts are ruining the potential of the internet. If such caps were necessary for a company to survive financially, that would be one thing, but to cap accounts just because they think it will make them more money is just wrong.
If they pull that crap here, I'll drop AT&T. There is at least one cable company here that hasn't instituted hard caps. If necessary, I'll look into signing up for a professional broadband account. It would probably be much more expensive, but hopefully, I would be able to get something that wouldn't be capped.
The funny part is, when I signed up with AT&T I specifically asked them if there would be any speed throttling or usage caps and I was told in no uncertain terms that AT&T would not limit my account in any way. %$!#@&* liars! |
