Comments on: AT&T Working On “Everything Plan” Tethering Included

By: jltnol

jltnol — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:30:16 +0000

Hey, here’s an idea…. instead of trying to figure out how to get more money out of it’s customers, how about if ATT just did the right thing and upgraded their network to handle all the traffic they have now?

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:24:17 +0000

Well the cell networks have limited bandwidth … pushing desktop-like data traffic through the cell network can be very costly. I can understand why a carrier would want to separate tethering from regular mobile use. Just look what happened after the iPhone was released and people actually started to really use the cell data network… had a lot of problems.

To call it the “exact same data” is being slightly short-sighted… take a look at your monthly data transfer rates for your mobile device versus your laptop or desktop… probably a 1:100 ratio if not more.

What I’d like to see is a variable voice plan for iPhones … I rarely use my voice minutes anymore. In fact I have so many “rollover” minutes it’s ridiculous. And they expire after a certain amount of time! I want to be able to exchange those rollover minutes for data bandwidth.

By: daves brother

daves brother — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:37:26 +0000

Can’t blame it on ATT alone,Apple is to blame also! ATT has to subsidize Apples outrageously priced Toy!!

By: Mike Lix Apples Bolitos

Mike Lix Apples Bolitos — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:34:29 +0000

Yes Most everyone on there are frakking Zealots and Most(not all) arefull of shit!! Reading anything on there is almost as bad Propoganda wise as NAZI Germany/Current US Government/US Media in General. In others words BULLSHITTTT to the EXTREME!!!!

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:54:32 +0000

Bullshit is classy, and Carbon Fiber is not. Interesting.

By: Aviv

Aviv — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:46:50 +0000

@Mike: Nope… I love that site!

By: mike

mike — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:45:15 +0000

You have beef with apple insider?

By: Aviv

Aviv — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:09:38 +0000

looks like more reports are hitting the internet TODAY about AT&T dropping their rate plans… surprise, surprise.

By: jared

jared — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:51:42 +0000

Wow… AT&T IS FUCKING HORRIBLE !!!

By: dave

dave — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:42:59 +0000

What exactly is meant by “working on”? There is no actual ‘work’ to be done, other than:

1) deciding on a price for this plan
2) making Apple implement some DRM system to make it non trivial for end-users to do tethering while enabling people with this plan to do it
3) start selling the plan

This is just a stupid money grab, to make people pay twice, once to get the data over the air to their device (AT&T’s network to the device the person owns), then pay again to transfer that exact same data between two devices the end user owns outright, not involving AT&T or their network at all).