AT&T’s representative Jackie Vettorino confirmed that the company will start a networking plan for heavy wireless users in the near future.
This decision follows the Verizon’s plan, which the company has already implemented back this February, right before the launch-date of the Verizon iPhone. As for the Verizon’s network plan, it reduces the information throughput speeds for the 5% of the subscribers consuming an extraordinary amount of data. Normally, the restriction only lasts until the next bill is issued, but reduced speeds could also overflow the next billing cycle.
Now the system of another Internet service provider, AT&T, is supposed to work just the same, decreasing speeds to customers who go over the limit of data until the next billing cycle. However, the most important part is currently unknown – what the limits would be. The media cited the figures of 12,000 website views, 12,000 e-mails, 4 streaming movies and 5 hours of streaming music being enough to bring the user to that upper range of usage.
Meanwhile, AT&T and Verizon are not the only broadband providers to limit their subscribers’ transfer rate. For example, Virgin Mobile has also decided to follow suit and introduce a restriction once a subscriber hits more than 2.5GB per month. Despite the fact that lots of AT&T subscribers might be disappointed with the news, the Internet service provider claims that 65% of its smartphone subscribers use less than 200MB per month. As for those consuming over 2GB, their number only amounts to 2%.
AT&T’s spokesperson also confirmed that the limits will undoubtedly apply to users paying for unlimited data, but not for subscribers having normal packages. According to a statement posted by AT&T on its website, the plan will start October 1, when smartphone customers with unlimited data plans might experience reduced speeds if their usage within a single billing cycle reaches the level bringing them among the top 5% of heaviest data users. Meanwhile, such customers can still have unlimited data plans, and their speeds will be restored at the start of the next billing period. Before the subscribers are affected, the company will provide multiple notices, including a grace period. Finally, AT&T reminded that the change in question would never impact the vast majority of its subscribers, and was only designed to create a better service experience for all.
This decision follows the Verizon’s plan, which the company has already implemented back this February, right before the launch-date of the Verizon iPhone. As for the Verizon’s network plan, it reduces the information throughput speeds for the 5% of the subscribers consuming an extraordinary amount of data. Normally, the restriction only lasts until the next bill is issued, but reduced speeds could also overflow the next billing cycle.
Now the system of another Internet service provider, AT&T, is supposed to work just the same, decreasing speeds to customers who go over the limit of data until the next billing cycle. However, the most important part is currently unknown – what the limits would be. The media cited the figures of 12,000 website views, 12,000 e-mails, 4 streaming movies and 5 hours of streaming music being enough to bring the user to that upper range of usage.
Meanwhile, AT&T and Verizon are not the only broadband providers to limit their subscribers’ transfer rate. For example, Virgin Mobile has also decided to follow suit and introduce a restriction once a subscriber hits more than 2.5GB per month. Despite the fact that lots of AT&T subscribers might be disappointed with the news, the Internet service provider claims that 65% of its smartphone subscribers use less than 200MB per month. As for those consuming over 2GB, their number only amounts to 2%.
AT&T’s spokesperson also confirmed that the limits will undoubtedly apply to users paying for unlimited data, but not for subscribers having normal packages. According to a statement posted by AT&T on its website, the plan will start October 1, when smartphone customers with unlimited data plans might experience reduced speeds if their usage within a single billing cycle reaches the level bringing them among the top 5% of heaviest data users. Meanwhile, such customers can still have unlimited data plans, and their speeds will be restored at the start of the next billing period. Before the subscribers are affected, the company will provide multiple notices, including a grace period. Finally, AT&T reminded that the change in question would never impact the vast majority of its subscribers, and was only designed to create a better service experience for all.
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