pnh102
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Re: Unlimited :)
said by Jeffrey  :So what are the limits on the unlimited data? Anyone find it yet in the small print? I have a feeling we're going to see one of those invisible verizon unlimited limits. May be I'm wrong, but come on--no such thing as unlimited.  Actually, AT&T could probably get away with billing the service as unlimited without actually cracking down on people. EDGE is so slow (80kbps, I don't know how they made up 200kpbs) that there is no way most users will reach any limit. Even if a user is on the data connection continuously, the worst they will do is download about 25MB to 26MB a month. This assumes 80kbps as the speed, 86400 seconds in a day, 30 days in a month, 8 bits in a byte and 1048576 bytes to a megabyte.
ed. Bad Math - blame lack of coffee.
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| said by pnh102 :said by Jeffrey :So what are the limits on the unlimited data? Anyone find it yet in the small print? I have a feeling we're going to see one of those invisible verizon unlimited limits. May be I'm wrong, but come on--no such thing as unlimited. Actually, AT&T could probably get away with billing the service as unlimited without actually cracking down on people. EDGE is so slow (80kbps, I don't know how they made up 200kpbs) that there is no way most users will reach any limit. Even if a user is on the data connection continuously, the worst they will do is download about 25MB to 26MB a month. This assumes 80kbps as the speed, 86400 seconds in a day, 30 days in a month, 8 bits in a byte and 1048576 bytes to a megabyte. What is that, the ONE YouTube video they are touting in their commercial?
"This is YouTube on your phone. It'll take a month to buffer before you can watch it, but it'll eventually come in."
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pnh102
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| said by Matt :What is that, the ONE YouTube video they are touting in their commercial? Perhaps they have it cached in the device
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cpayne5
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25-26GB |
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pnh102
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| said by cpayne5 :25-26GB Yea you're right... I forgot to convert kb to b (and multiply by 1024).
I guess AT&T will be cracking down on unlimited users then 
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ColorBASIC
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Corona, CA | They haven't yet. I haven't, nor have I heard of anyone getting an abuse letter from AT&T for excessive use.
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pnh102
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| said by ColorBASIC :They haven't yet. I haven't, nor have I heard of anyone getting an abuse letter from AT&T for excessive use. True true... and to be fair to AT&T, if they were doing this, we'd be hearing more about it here, as we have with Comcast and Verizon. It is entirely possible that AT&T won't care about unlimited data.
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I haven't got a letter yet and I stream things constantly to it on EDGE. Typically in the boonies I'll get dialup speeds but in a fairly dense area I'll get around 200kb reliably. |
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said by Matt :said by pnh102 :said by Jeffrey :So what are the limits on the unlimited data? Anyone find it yet in the small print? I have a feeling we're going to see one of those invisible verizon unlimited limits. May be I'm wrong, but come on--no such thing as unlimited. Actually, AT&T could probably get away with billing the service as unlimited without actually cracking down on people. EDGE is so slow (80kbps, I don't know how they made up 200kpbs) that there is no way most users will reach any limit. Even if a user is on the data connection continuously, the worst they will do is download about 25MB to 26MB a month. This assumes 80kbps as the speed, 86400 seconds in a day, 30 days in a month, 8 bits in a byte and 1048576 bytes to a megabyte. What is that, the ONE YouTube video they are touting in their commercial? "This is YouTube on your phone. It'll take a month to buffer before you can watch it, but it'll eventually come in." Wi-Fi
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