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AT&T Promo Doubles Data Allotments -- on 15 GB Plans and Up
AT&T is running a new promotion that doubles the data allotments for Mobile Share Value Plan customers -- but only if you buy buckets of data 15 GB in size or larger. According to the AT&T announcement, the promotion runs from yesterday, September 28, to October 31. While a limited time promotion, users who sign up for the double data allotment promo will be able to keep that usage plan for the life of the plan. "With these new double data plans, and smartphones for $0 down with AT&T Next, there’s never been a more affordable time to be with AT&T," insists the company -- even though the lion's share of users concerned about cost will be on plans significantly smaller than 15 GB per month.

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IPPlanMan
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But but congestion....

You see, when you use data on a Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plan, that's called "congestion", so you're throttled at 5 GB to EDGE-like speeds to "prevent" it.

Note this "congestion" doesn't occur when you double a shared 15 GB data plan to 30 GB, or a 20 GB plan to 40 GB, or a 30 GB plan to 60 GB, or a 40 GB plan to 80 GB, or a 50 GB plan to 100 GB. It doesn't occur if you let both new and current customers keep this "doubled data" in perpetuity, or at least until they change their plan.

No, "congestion" only happens with Unlimited Data Plans throttled at 5 GB.

What a farce.