AT&T Goes Against Everything They've Said

AT&T is making a mad money grab by having a monopoly or duopoly in many of the areas they do business. By imposing a 250gb bandwidth cap starting next month they royally screw their customers, unless you want to get dinged with 10$ charge after 10$ charge for every 50gb you go over.

 

At 10mbps, it would take 2 Days 11 Hours 39 Minutes to download 250GB...

At 1.5mbps, it would take 16 Days 2 Hours 20 Minutes to downoad 250GB...

At 24Mbps, one of their services, it wouldn't take a day to use your cap.

From AT&T's own marketing.  

 

  • Why switch to AT&T U-verse—Compare AT&T U-verse to your current provider.
  • U-verse Bandwidth—We don't limit your bandwidth to a particular amount.
  • IPTV Technology—We use the Internet with computer networking to bring HD television right into your home.
  • Fiber Technology—We use existing fiber to deliver all your entertainment to your television, computer and phone.
  • 911 Service—We automatically include E911 service with your AT&T U-verse Voice service.
  • U-verse Voice and Home Alarms—AT&T U-verse Voice will work with most types and brands of home alarms.
  • Battery Backup—We make sure you have Voice service during a power outage.
  • Terminal Backup—We ensure an uninterrupted power supply for your Optical Network Terminal.
  • AT&T ConnecTech®—Extensive options for connecting your entertainment and communications hardware.



Currently there are 88 pages on this one thread alone with absolutely enraged customers mad at AT&T. Google, please buy AT&T's internet branch and let us be bandwidth cap free, then bring us all gigabit!

 


I'm very sad as I use half of that just in video/podcasts a week as I listen to 16-20 hours of audio a day at work (double speed), I have several TB of data backed up online, uploading just 1 hour of 960p video offsite backup or to youtube from my GoPro would take me past my cap. 1 hour: 265.42 GB... not to mention uploading all the stuff I shoot with my SLR... and guess what, I either stay with AT&T and their 250GB cap, then pay 10$ for every 50gb I go over, or switch to Comcast and have 260GB Cap. *sigh* Duopoly *gag*

AT&T ftl

So, I use 30-60gb of bandwidth a day at home (I backup everything off site, I take lots of high-resolution photos, shoot a lot of hd video, upload 720p to my youtube channel etc)... 1 hour of netflix uses plus or minus 1gb... when we first got the internet in 95, we had 80 hours of dialup time a month for 25$ a month. I have a 2.05 mega BYTE down connection now and pay about $50.

I pay to be able to download at 2.05 megaBYTES a second. It will take me 8.32 minutes to download a gigabyte. I now have 34.68 hours of maxed out connection a month before I have to unplug my internet and stare at the wall... so realistically, even if I drastically reduce my internet usage (not to mention the 2 other people in my house) I still will only have a week, at best, of internet usage a month.

My podcast downloads alone will eat up 1/3 of that. Suicide is likely in my future *only partially sarcastic*