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AT&T Says it will Move Unlimited Data Customers Who are Tethering to a Tiered Plan

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Earlier this year AT&T sent out warnings to those illegally tethering, although the warnings did seem much more aimed at iPhone users. They threatened to move those users onto tethering plans, if they did not either stop tethering, or sign up for a plan themselves. Now AT&T has confirmed they will start making good on that threat this month.</div>
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The other big news here is that if you are on an unlimited data plan with AT&T still, you will lose it forever if they switch you. Capping your data is a hefty price to pay, so if you’ve been contacted by AT&T, better safe than sorry, stop tethering. Of course if the tethering is more important to you than the unlimited data, then its up to you to see how long you can risk it.</div>
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I for one have never been too happy with the fact wireless providers make you pay extra for tethering, but I do have to say that there is a case to be made for unlimited data, especially as we see wireless speeds approach those of our home networks.</div>
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On a tiered plan, I stick to my guns that its your data to use on whatever device you have, but the contracts over rule me. For unlimited data, there have been incidences where that top 5% have ruined the party for everyone by trying to do things as ridiculous as torrent movies through their 4G connections. I’ll end my rant there. Be warned, some Android users may not have received warnings since the campaign seems more iPhone oriented, but if you tether, do it with caution.</div>
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AT&T Says it will Move Unlimited Data Customers Who are Tethering to a Tiered Plan

AT&T has said that starting as soon as August 11th, it will start moving those customers whom they’ve contacted about tethering witho...

AT&T to throttle speeds for some unlimited data users

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Starting Oct. 1, these high-use customers could experience reduced speeds on AT&T network once they've hit a data limit for the month. They'll still be able to access data, but at a much slower speed. The company said that it would provide notices and a grace period before cutting back on the user's speed. It'll be restored to full strength at the beginning of the customer's next billing cycle.</div>
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AT&T says that this only affects 5 percent of the heavier data users on the service. These people use more than 12 times the rest of data users combined. As 9to5Mac reported, Verizon and Virgin have also adopted similar plans to deal with bandwidth hogs. While AT&T hasn't released its data threshold, 9to5Mac gives Virgin's, which is 256Kb/s once you've reached a 2.5 GB limit. It wouldn't be shocking to see AT&T have a similar limit. Most likely, the upper threshold will be around 4GB, which is the company's top-tier data plan at this time.</div>
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AT&T to throttle speeds for some unlimited data users

AT&T announced today that it's throttling back the speed that the highest-usage unlimited data subscribers can use on the network...

AT&T to throttle speeds for some unlimited data users

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Starting Oct. 1, these high-use customers could experience reduced speeds on AT&T network once they've hit a data limit for the month. They'll still be able to access data, but at a much slower speed. The company said that it would provide notices and a grace period before cutting back on the user's speed. It'll be restored to full strength at the beginning of the customer's next billing cycle.</div>
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AT&T says that this only affects 5 percent of the heavier data users on the service. These people use more than 12 times the rest of data users combined. As 9to5Mac reported, Verizon and Virgin have also adopted similar plans to deal with bandwidth hogs. While AT&T hasn't released its data threshold, 9to5Mac gives Virgin's, which is 256Kb/s once you've reached a 2.5 GB limit. It wouldn't be shocking to see AT&T have a similar limit. Most likely, the upper threshold will be around 4GB, which is the company's top-tier data plan at this time.</div>
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AT&T to throttle speeds for some unlimited data users

AT&T announced today that it's throttling back the speed that the highest-usage unlimited data subscribers can use on the network...