AT&T to impose 150 GB and 250 GB caps for ADSL and Uverse Users starting May 2, 2011

[IronMaxipad]

Broadband Reports has learned, and has confirmed with AT&T, that the company will be implementing a new 150GB monthly usage cap for all DSL customers and a new 250 GB cap on all U-Verse users starting on May 2. Starting on March 18 (this Friday) and continuing through March 31, AT&T users are going to be receiving notices informing them of the change in the company's terms of service, AT&T spokesman Seth Bloom confirms to Broadband Reports. According to Bloom, the cap will involve overage charges. However, only users who consistently exceed the new caps will have to deal with these charges.


This is how it will work: only users who exceed the new usage cap three times will be forced to pay overages. Overages will be $10 for every 50GB over the 150 GB or 250GB limit they travel. AT&T claims their average DSL customer uses around 18GB a month, and these changes will only impact about 2% of all DSL customers -- who the company states consume "a disproportionate amount of bandwidth."

"Using a notification structure similar to our new wireless data plans, we'll proactively notify customers when they exceed 65%, 90% and 100% of the monthly usage allowance," AT&T tells us. The company also says they'll provide users with a number of different usage tools, including a usage monitor that tracks historical usage over time, and a number of different usage tools aimed at identifying and managing high bandwidth consumption services.

Regular readers will recall that this isn't AT&T's first experimentation with usage-based-billing. The company conducted trials of capped services and overages in Reno, Nevada and Beaumont, Texas in 2008. Those trials involved users facing caps ranging from 20GB to 150GB -- and per gigabyte overages up to $1 per gigabyte. The efforts were discontinued in early 2010. In contrast to those trials, which involved capturing nearly all users in an overage net -- this effort is aimed squarely at what AT&T considers consistently heavy users.

"We are committed to providing a great experience for all of our Internet customers," AT&T tells Broadband Reports. "We will communicate early and often with these customers so they are well aware of their options before they incur any additional usage charges," the company says. "Importantly, we are not reducing the speeds, terminating service or limiting available data like some others in the industry."

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Exclusive-ATT-To-Impose-150GB-DSL-Cap-Overages-113149

FUCK YOU AT&T

[MannyIsGod]

I download and stream a lot of Netflix and there are months we have to play it semi cautious to stay under 250 GB but it really hasn't been too big of a hastle. 150gb would be a fucking bitch though.

I have comcast.

[IronMaxipad]

I have at&t so im fucked. I don't have uverse so my cap is going to be at 150.
Switching over to time warner is my only alternative.. :bang

[greyforest]

I have at&t so im fucked. I don't have uverse so my cap is going to be at 150.
Switching over to time warner is my only alternative.. :bang

pick your poison

time warner has the worst fucking dvr box in the history of earth

[MannyIsGod]

I'd switch over to TW. Why would you rather have a slower DSL service anyway? Staying under 150GB would be pretty much impossible for me.

[resistanze]

lol, It's 60 GB up here.

[mouse]

Soon they will bill you for how much time you spend online..............

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[Wild Cobra]

I download and stream a lot of Netflix and there are months we have to play it semi cautious to stay under 250 GB but it really hasn't been too big of a hastle. 150gb would be a fucking bitch though.

I have comcast.
Why?

A clean video would be about 1 GB per hour, it's probably much less the way they compress it. How many people really use 150 or 250 GB without just streaming and recording more than they can use?

Hell, if anyone is enough of a couch potato to watch 150 hours of programming in a month... They need their asses kicked into the real world.

[ChuckD]

Why?

A clean video would be about 1 GB per hour, it's probably much less the way they compress it. How many people really use 150 or 250 GB without just streaming and recording more than they can use?

Hell, if anyone is enough of a couch potato to watch 150 hours of programming in a month... They need their asses kicked into the real world.

Netflix has HD video, and I flat guarantee you that isn't 1Gb per hour. Try mulitplying that by five.

[IronMaxipad]

Why?

A clean video would be about 1 GB per hour, it's probably much less the way they compress it. How many people really use 150 or 250 GB without just streaming and recording more than they can use?

Hell, if anyone is enough of a couch potato to watch 150 hours of programming in a month... They need their asses kicked into the real world.

Streaming video isn't the only thing that takes up bandwidth, genius. And are you taking into account how many people are sharing the connection? sure 150gb is enough for a single person but how about 3+ users per household?

Anyway, I'm def. switching to time warner their 10mbps is cheaper than what i pay for att 3mbps.. :lol

[IronMexican]

Streaming video isn't the only thing that takes up bandwidth, genius. And are you taking into account how many people are sharing the connection? sure 150gb is enough for a single person but how about 3+ users per household?

Anyway, I'm def. switching to time warner their 10mbps is cheaper than what i pay for att 3mbps.. :lol

Bro, get Earthlink, and ask for 15 MBPS. They connected us to TWC, and I pay 40 dollars a month for it. It's only for 6 months. Then it jumps to 50, I think. But ima cancel and get TWC from TWC:lol

[IronMaxipad]

Bro, get Earthlink, and ask for 15 MBPS. They connected us to TWC, and I pay 40 dollars a month for it. It's only for 6 months. Then it jumps to 50, I think. But ima cancel and get TWC from TWC:lol

Isn't earthlink more expensive? Right now roadrunner has 10mbps for 29.99 for the whole year, free installation and free modem. then it goes to like 36.99 after the year

[IronMaxipad]

ATT was fucking me in the ass 34.99 for 3mbps. lmao

[IronMexican]

Isn't earthlink more expensive? Right now roadrunner has 10mbps for 29.99 for the whole year, free installation and free modem. then it goes to like 36.99 after the year

Det's not bad. I was thinking about getting TWC 20 MBPS for 49.99. It was 34.99 for 15 mbps, but they was a 5 month offer. Canceled it and went to Earthlink. 10 is kind of weak. I was barely getting over 1 MBPS for Megaupload.

[IronMaxipad]

Det's not bad. I was thinking about getting TWC 20 MBPS for 49.99. It was 34.99 for 15 mbps, but they was a 5 month offer. Canceled it and went to Earthlink. 10 is kind of weak. I was barely getting over 1 MBPS for Megaupload.
Anything is better than 3mbps, shit it never even got to the full 3 it capped at 2.5mbps :lol.. All i really want is HD video and 10mbps is enough.

[Hooks]

Yep, I have no idea what the fuck that means. Someone explain it to me =D

[Sense]

My cousin has AT&T for his internet... and it's fucking shitty as hell... I've always had TW, I'll convince him to switch asap.. these news are crap

[phxspurfan]

Damn...I have att in the house I live in (I have roommates). If we have overages I'm sure the owner will be pissed...and no one will fess up to data hogging...

[phxspurfan]

this is a bad business move for ATT. everyone is gonna switch unless every other provider follows suit

I'm not so sure. AT&T is the low-cost provider. So the cheap asses who want internet will stay and endure it all, because they are a slave to their cheapness. But yeah, I think there will be some churn among the subscribers who want better internet quality.

[The_Worlds_finest]

What an F'ing Joke. During the NBA season I have cable and my netflix streaming is minimal. Offseason I am HD antenna/netflix guy/zunepass. I would kill 250gb , not to mention I download big large files for work and games off steam. Fuck ATT. I use TW btw. Hopefully they wont get lame and follow suit.

[Das Texan]

this is a bad business move for ATT. everyone is gonna switch unless every other provider follows suit



They will. It will enable the companies to maximize profits in the long run and if everyone does it, that wont even be an issue anymore.

Companies are a bunch of sheep.

[TDMVPDPOY]

150gb 250gb plans lmao

cmon now who are they trying to ripp off

[Cry Havoc]

Why?

A clean video would be about 1 GB per hour, it's probably much less the way they compress it. How many people really use 150 or 250 GB without just streaming and recording more than they can use?

Hell, if anyone is enough of a couch potato to watch 150 hours of programming in a month... They need their asses kicked into the real world.

WC with the bads once again.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Why?

A clean video would be about 1 GB per hour, it's probably much less the way they compress it. How many people really use 150 or 250 GB without just streaming and recording more than they can use?

Hell, if anyone is enough of a couch potato to watch 150 hours of programming in a month... They need their asses kicked into the real world.

a clean video? WTF is that? A 2 hour 1080p HD movie will run you AT LEAST 7 gigs if its properly compressed. Otherwise the quality ceases to be HD.

In other words, you'll only be able to download what? 15 movies per month with a 150 gig limit, if you take into account the rest of a users interenet usage over that month. Its bullshit any way you look at it.

Shouldn't AT&T be trying to upgrade their infrastructure if the current one can't fit the bill?

[JoeChalupa]

I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff. I don't download any movies from Netflix but I do stream and watch them online. Is there a difference? I'm happy with the speed of my ATT DSL. I had to switch from TW since I have to have a landline to work from home.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff. I don't download any movies from Netflix but I do stream and watch them online. Is there a difference? I'm happy with the speed of my ATT DSL. I had to switch from TW since I have to have a landline to work from home.

Pretty much anything that you do that utilizes the Internet will contribute to this limit. You're gonna have to cut back on porn, Joe :D

[Wild Cobra]

Netflix has HD video, and I flat guarantee you that isn't 1Gb per hour. Try mulitplying that by five.
You're right... I had a brain fart... I'm thinking DVD quality.

[MannyIsGod]

No need to explain WC. This far into the game we all expect you to make stupid posts.

[Wild Cobra]

No need to explain WC. This far into the game we all expect you to make stupid posts.

I make mistakes from time to time, but admit them also.

[mouse]

Soon you maggots will pay if you have more than 10 bookmarks.


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[CharlieMac]

Good heads up, I was just thinking of switching from Grande too.

[nkdlunch]

pathetic. I am canceling my ATT cell service as soon as I get a chance.

[TDMVPDPOY]

we all get screwed in the western country

phone data plans we get bitch slap

internet plans we are gettin bitch slap

when you look at some asian countries like south korea and japan? they pay shit all for those types of services and data...fck this shit and we call ourselves a first world country.

this is why i hate monopoly, it benefits no one

[mouse]

Who really is going to suffer most is the neighbor who is sponging off the guy next door.

Look for more wiFi hacking software to surface.

[Wild Cobra]

pathetic. I am canceling my ATT cell service as soon as I get a chance.
May as well go with T-Mobile, huh?

[bus driver]

Who really is going to suffer most is the neighbor who is sponging off the guy next door.

Look for more wiFi hacking software to surface.

this sounds like the most reasonable thing to do. it makes it easier if their signal isnt encrypted


i have uverse and i wont come close to any of those limits. :wakeup

[resistanze]

lefty I was able to negotiate with Rogers, got my shitty 25Mbps/80GB cap changed to 45Mbps/300GB. Life is good.

[mouse]

The reason the cable and phone companies grant you sweet deals like that is because they turn the information over to SOPA,


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