AT&T Begins Throttling Unlimited Data Users Only After 2GB

by JS on Feb 5, 2012

AT&T announced in October of 2011 that they would begin throttling data usage for users still on an Unlimited Data Plan. Original iPhone users are the only one who have kept their unlimited plans, while newer customers on AT&T have been stuck using tiered data plans, which were just restructured last month.

In October’s announcement, AT&T said they will only throttle the top 5% of data users. AT&T warns users that they will be throttled when they fall under that tier, usually passing more than 10GB of data for the month. However, things didn’t seem to go that way for blogger John Cozen who only used 2GB of data before getting the notification. Cozen reached out to AT&T upset, who then responded..

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80% of Smartphones Sold by AT&T Are iPhones

by Sebastien on Jan 26, 2012

If you needed more proofs that the iPhone kicks ass, you may want to look at AT&T’s financial results for last quarter. Even though the company had to swallow a big $4.2 billion pill for pulling out of the T-Mobile buyout, AT&T actually did pretty good.

I’ll spare you the boring financial numbers, which you can access by clicking the link above, but we’re just going to focus on what we really care about: iPhone sales numbers. And they are big… Read More

 

Over Half of the Smartphones Verizon Sold Last Quarter Were iPhones

by Oliver Haslam on Jan 24, 2012

Verizon announced its quarterly figures for the end of 2011, with the iPhone effect in full swing for the America’s largest mobile phone carrier.

Despite tough competition from both AT&T and Sprint, Verizon saw its best figures for subscriber additions for three years, with an extra 1.5 million customers now on board.

With 4.2 million iPhones reportedly shipped during the same period it isn’t too far a stretch to suggest that Apple’s smartphone may well have helped Verizon along in that achievement… Read More

 

AT&T Announces New Data Plans

by Oliver Haslam on Jan 18, 2012

AT&T announced today new data plans for customers who take out contracts starting this coming Sunday.

The new plans replace the existing $15 and $25 plans and are built to reflect the increased amount of data AT&T’s customers are apparently using. Existing customers can keep their existing plans should they wish, and all new contracts taken out from Sunday will automatically use the new plans, according to the carrier… Read More

 

What AT&T’s Data Throttling Means to its Customers

by Oliver Haslam on Jan 17, 2012

You probably remember how AT&T last year began throttling the top 5% of its data users with the aim of offering a more stable data connection to the rest of its users, but what does that actually mean in the real world?

While AT&T no-longer offers an unlimited plan there are plenty of iPhone users who have been allowed to keep their old unlimited plan as part of their upgrades only to receive an SMS saying they have been throttled. The question is, what does that throttling actually mean?

AppAdvice decided to put that to the test, and they’ve compiled a video showing the affects a throttled AT&T 3G connection can have on the most basic of iPhone tasks… Read More

 

iPhone 4S Still Top-Seller for Sprint, Verizon and AT&T During December

by Oliver Haslam on Jan 7, 2012

December was another great month for iPhone sales, according to research by Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley and his crack team of number crunchers, with all three major US carriers seeing the new iPhone 4S top their sales charts.

Two months after its initial release on Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon, the iPhone 4S is still the best-seller for all three of the carriers that offer the handset in the United States, with two Android phones helping make up the top three, the Samsung Galaxy S II and the newer Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Less surprisingly, the top-selling tablet device in the United States was the iPad 2, with the cheaper Amazon Kindle Fire being its nearest competitor. We expect the tablet landscape to alter during 2012 however, with more Android and Windows 8 machines offering more competition for Apple’s device… Read More

 

AT&T Brings LTE to 11 New Cities

by Sebastien on Jan 5, 2012

After rolling out its LTE network in 15 markets last year, AT&T takes one more step forward by adding 11 new cities to the grid:

AT&T took a big step toward expanding its high-speed LTE network, announcing on Thursday that it has added 11 more areas, including Los Angeles, the New York Metro Area and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Also getting the service are Austin; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Orlando; Phoenix; Raleigh, N.C.; and San Diego, Calif.

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iPhone Made Up 66% of AT&T’s December Smartphone Sales

by Cody on Dec 31, 2011

The iPhone has without a doubt been one of the (if not the) year’s most popular handsets. The iPhone 4 led smartphone sales at Verizon for the better part of 2011, and both the 3GS and 4 have done the same at AT&T. But is the device still on top?

According to a recent report from The Mac Observer, it is. At least with AT&T anyway. The site claims that it has spoken to a source within the company that says that Apple’s smartphone dominated its handset sales during the month of December… Read More

 

FCC Approves AT&T’s 4G Spectrum Purchase

by Cody on Dec 23, 2011

Both AT&T and the FCC continue to make headlines today, as reports are surfacing that the Federal Communications Commission has just approved the carrier’s purchase of 700MHz wireless spectrum from Qualcomm.

You may recall that the FCC recently announced its disapproval of AT&T’s T-Mobile buyout, eventually forcing the carrier to pull out of the deal. But it seems like the two organizations are on the same page this time around… Read More

 

What Does the Failed AT&T Merger Mean for T-Mobile?

by Cody on Dec 20, 2011

After the FCC joined the Department of Justice in announcing its public disapproval of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger last month, we figured the deal was as good as dead. And after a few weeks of trying to find a workaround, AT&T has finally figured it out as well.

As we reported yesterday, the carrier has just announced that it has decided to completely withdraw its offer to purchase the Deutsche Telekom-owned operator. This is obviously great news for Sprint and other small carriers, but what does it mean for T-Mobile? Read More

 
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