| wow, just wow how much more can people take this. seems like each day I see a rate hike. so glad I moved to prepaid with v-mobile. $25.00 for unlimited data and 300 anytime min. just fine for me! to think I was paying around $70+ with att and my iphone... |
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| If the rumors are true (Verizon requiring LTE only devices later this year, and next iPhone fully supporting T-Mobile's 4G/HSPA+ network), then it'll be interesting to see how AT&T survives with their continued price hikes.
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gsm1
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this is why I wont upgrade to a smart phone. The data plans are sad in the usa give me a break $20 for 300mb. Even at $1 per gigabyte is still sad. |
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said by bbrkdub:If the rumors are true (Verizon requiring LTE only devices later this year, and next iPhone fully supporting T-Mobile's 4G/HSPA+ network), then it'll be interesting to see how AT&T survives with their continued price hikes.
Verizon - $30 = 2 GB
AT&T - $30 = 3 GB
Yeah it will be interesting. 
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To be fair if verizon's pricing isn't that simple you can get 4GB for $30 if you opt for a 4G phone, the reason Verizon doesn't up their 3G data limit is they want to push users onto their 4G network.
Considering the aged technology of Verizon's 3G network it's surprising the network holds up so well, AT&T's 3G+ HSPA has much more legroom. I don't expect the 4GB on a 4G phone promotion to go away any time soon.
Also to be fair to AT&T, yes the prices did go up, but so did the data caps, which I think reflect the increased bandwidth usage of smartphones, paying an extra $5 for an extra gig of bandwidth isn't that bad of a deal. The $20 deal however is a joke and only useful for the most basic user even on an Iphone3 I used more than 300 mb |
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| said by MovieLover76:I don't expect the 4GB on a 4G phone promotion to go away any time soon.
That promo expired on Jan 15th, so it's already gone.
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iansltx
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Do you want to build out your own national cell network? If so, how much will the gigs cost on that 
Personally, for a 4G cell network $3-$5 per GB would be wonderful. It isn't landline costs, but it also means that uploading a gig of photos doesn't cost more than buying CDs and mailing them.
Oh, and on my Epic 4G with unlimited data I don't even hit 3GB per month 90% of the time. 2GB doesn't get crossed 80% of the time. Then again, I effectively don't have 4G. |
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| said by iansltx:Do you want to build out your own national cell network? If so, how much will the gigs cost on that
Personally, for a 4G cell network $3-$5 per GB would be wonderful. It isn't landline costs, but it also means that uploading a gig of photos doesn't cost more than buying CDs and mailing them.
Oh, and on my Epic 4G with unlimited data I don't even hit 3GB per month 90% of the time. 2GB doesn't get crossed 80% of the time. Then again, I effectively don't have 4G.
You're ignoring that caps are completely unrelated to congestion issues on a network. Clearwire's method of throttling users at .3 mbit/second at peak hours makes far more sense, and given Verizon's and AT&T's LTE networks have much more capacity they could easily offer unlimited data during off-peak hours without a hitch.
Someone downloading stuff at 3 AM is not hurting anyone else's experience. Similarly the networks are mostly uncongested all day except in the afternoon and evenings. You can see for yourself by doing speed tests at various points in the day. Speeds shoot back up by 10 or 11 PM as people get off the network and go to bed. |
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| Fully aware of this...I've used mobile broadband plenty and seen those trends. But again, how would you finance building a nice, next-gen network? Higher up-front prices or coparatively lower but with overages? Though I don't disagree with you about off-peak bandwidth vs. peak.
OTOH, what I've seen of Clearwire's network is that they don't have their act together at this point. I'll blame it on crappy spectrum; 2500MHz shouldn't be used for mobile services due to its lackluster building penetration. However the fact remains that their service is slower than Verizon and T-Mobile's "4G" networks at this poin, which is why Sprint is working on pushing out LTE. |
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I pay $20 for unlimited data at T-Mob. Guess you have to know how to negotiate. |
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