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Re: This Day and Age they can, they just don't want to.
why? they make more money this way. they've run the numbers with providing instant feedback or at least, daily feedback on usage to users vs. dealing with negative PR from these types of stories. you can tell the choice they have made. |
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2 edits | said by morbo:they can, they just don't want to. why? they make more money this way. they've run the numbers with providing instant feedback or at least, daily feedback on usage to users vs. dealing with negative PR from these types of stories. you can tell the choice they have made. My Sprint account keeps up to date within about a 15 min window. I can check minutes used; data used; # text msgs; etc. If Sprint, the poster child for poor customer svc can do this so easily, so should AT&T.
Used about 49 MB of data in 3 weeks. A weakly enforced 5GB/month is the cap.
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kudos:12 | Not only does it not update frequently, I've called in before and they couldn't even tell me what the data usage was FOR. They bury their data usage under a subpage -- all they show on the main account management page is txt msgs under the data tab.
It looks like my usage has been updated as of 2AM this morning, but nothing since. |
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said by morbo:they can, they just don't want to. why? they make more money this way. they've run the numbers with providing instant feedback or at least, daily feedback on usage to users vs. dealing with negative PR from these types of stories. you can tell the choice they have made. No they can't because when you "roam" AT&T has to wait for the other provider to bill AT&T with the data usage so therefore usage is lagged.
No matter what ANY provider says (pointing at LiamJunket) they cannot provide instant up to date information with data that comes from different networks. In order for "instant feedback" to work, the providers would actually have to *work* with each other instead of bickering, complaining, and lying like little children. And you will always have that one oddball provider out in the middle of nowhere that no major carrier cares enough to invite into their "roaming billing system". |
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1 edit | said by k1ll3rdr4g0n:No matter what ANY provider says (pointing at LiamJunket) they cannot provide instant up to date information with data that comes from different networks. If you are going to a different country, 1st rule, unless you are filthy rich, is don't use wireless cell data. Use WiFi only.
My smartphone is set to REFUSE data roaming(that is the default) off of Sprint's network. I can't do it by accident. If I turn it on, then I accepted the costs involved.
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morboComplete Your Transaction
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AT&T and other providers have zero incentive to provide this near-real time data and to work together to accomplish it.
So, there are a few options here. All rely upon the goodness of AT&T's (and others') heart to care for the consumer except one: mandate it.
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Matt3All noise, no signal.Premium
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said by k1ll3rdr4g0n:said by morbo:they can, they just don't want to. why? they make more money this way. they've run the numbers with providing instant feedback or at least, daily feedback on usage to users vs. dealing with negative PR from these types of stories. you can tell the choice they have made. No they can't because when you "roam" AT&T has to wait for the other provider to bill AT&T with the data usage so therefore usage is lagged. No matter what ANY provider says (pointing at LiamJunket) they cannot provide instant up to date information with data that comes from different networks. In order for "instant feedback" to work, the providers would actually have to *work* with each other instead of bickering, complaining, and lying like little children. And you will always have that one oddball provider out in the middle of nowhere that no major carrier cares enough to invite into their "roaming billing system". Why can't they even provide up-to-date information for domestic usage on their OWN network? |
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said by Linklist:said by morbo:they can, they just don't want to. why? they make more money this way. they've run the numbers with providing instant feedback or at least, daily feedback on usage to users vs. dealing with negative PR from these types of stories. you can tell the choice they have made. My Sprint account keeps up to date within about a 15 min window. I can check minutes used; data used; # text msgs; etc. If Sprint, the poster child for poor customer svc can do this so easily, so should AT&T. [att=1] Used about 49 MB of data in 3 weeks. A weakly enforced 5GB/month is the cap. I don't if Sprint has a cap. If they do, that image alone is enough to get any such cost for breaking a cap thrown out if someone sought to do so in court. It clearly says unlimited there. That would be false advertising if I ever saw it. |
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said by morbo:they can, they just don't want to. why? they make more money this way. they've run the numbers with providing instant feedback or at least, daily feedback on usage to users vs. dealing with negative PR from these types of stories. you can tell the choice they have made. Exactly..... |
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said by Matt3:said by k1ll3rdr4g0n:said by morbo:they can, they just don't want to. why? they make more money this way. they've run the numbers with providing instant feedback or at least, daily feedback on usage to users vs. dealing with negative PR from these types of stories. you can tell the choice they have made. No they can't because when you "roam" AT&T has to wait for the other provider to bill AT&T with the data usage so therefore usage is lagged. No matter what ANY provider says (pointing at LiamJunket) they cannot provide instant up to date information with data that comes from different networks. In order for "instant feedback" to work, the providers would actually have to *work* with each other instead of bickering, complaining, and lying like little children. And you will always have that one oddball provider out in the middle of nowhere that no major carrier cares enough to invite into their "roaming billing system". Why can't they even provide up-to-date information for domestic usage on their OWN network? That's a good question which I don't have the answer to - perhaps they treat all data (voice/data/text) as "roaming" data and want to make sure everything is billed correctly (haha I joke)?
But I know the reason why the data isn't instant for when you "roam" is correct, and makes perfect sense - otherwise I have no idea, lets go ask them.
Honestly I think when I get my bill I should see every packet, the size, what tower it came from and other information like the actual text in a text message. But that's just me  . |
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said by PapaMidnight:I don't if Sprint has a cap. If they do, that image alone is enough to get any such cost for breaking a cap thrown out if someone sought to do so in court. It clearly says unlimited there. That would be false advertising if I ever saw it. WTH does that have to do with anything? The guy posted to show it's possible to track usage, and that's all. |
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If sprint had the number of customers and the varied patchwork of other networks it operates across that att has i'm sure it too would discard 15 minute billing updates for something more practical.
When sbc/cingular/bellsouth aquired att wireless & the whole new dealio became att, they had a blue network (legacy att) and orange network (former cingular), and they were not compatible. In 2007 i believe it was, att phased out the blue network entirely, giving people options to upgrade to free phones on the orange network or waive early termination fee & end service.
Believe it or not there is still a blue and orange network (only on the backside), and they don't talk well to each other, and they can't determine on a minute by minute basis which tower you are connected to, even with a dwindling number of blue network cell towers, it's still an issue. Once all the blue network remnants are removed, they should be able to do hour by hour usage tracking.
All of this information was gathered by me over years of talking to equipment techs & backend support personnel. Normally blue network towers are 850 mhz heavy, geared towards car phones and high powered execs in sealed war rooms doing hostile takeovers, whereas orange is more balanced, but a bit light on 850 here and there, which they need to frekin fix.
In any case, 2 calls i've made to att about network issues were resolved by a callback from field equipment techs (the folks that work on the towers & related infrastructure) and given me an explanation that i had guessed before the call based on the type of issue i had.
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Lodi, NJ | said by FastiBook:If sprint had the number of customers and the varied patchwork of other networks it operates across that att has i'm sure it too would discard 15 minute billing updates for something more practical. When sbc/cingular/bellsouth aquired att wireless & the whole new dealio became att, they had a blue network (legacy att) and orange network (former cingular), and they were not compatible. In 2007 i believe it was, att phased out the blue network entirely, giving people options to upgrade to free phones on the orange network or waive early termination fee & end service. Believe it or not there is still a blue and orange network (only on the backside), and they don't talk well to each other, and they can't determine on a minute by minute basis which tower you are connected to, even with a dwindling number of blue network cell towers, it's still an issue. Once all the blue network remnants are removed, they should be able to do hour by hour usage tracking. All of this information was gathered by me over years of talking to equipment techs & backend support personnel. Normally blue network towers are 850 mhz heavy, geared towards car phones and high powered execs in sealed war rooms doing hostile takeovers, whereas orange is more balanced, but a bit light on 850 here and there, which they need to frekin fix. In any case, 2 calls i've made to att about network issues were resolved by a callback from field equipment techs (the folks that work on the towers & related infrastructure) and given me an explanation that i had guessed before the call based on the type of issue i had. - A Then whose responsibility is it then? AT&T should have gotten their act together years ago. Instead they nickel and dime you and can't figure the arse from their elbow.
They have made millions from the Iphone on their system. Time enough to get things right. Oh wait silly that's not AT&T. |
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