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Reminder: AT&T data throttling begins Oct. 1

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 30th, 2011)

Just a reminder that starting Saturday, AT&T will begin throttling customers who use excessive data on their unlimited plans. Customers identified as bandwidth hogs will have their speeds reduced for the remainder of their billing cycle. Once a new cycle starts, full service will be ...

Bloomberg: Sprint to sell iPhone with unlimited data

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 9th, 2011)

A rumor from Bloomberg suggests Sprint will sell the iPhone 5 with an unlimited data plan. The #3 wireless carrier in the US could use this plan to lure customers from competitors AT&T and Verizon Wireless. These two competing carriers already sell the iPhone with tiered data plans. If this ...

AT&T to throttle speeds for some unlimited data users

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 29th, 2011)

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

Verizon to drop unlimited iPhone data plans

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 1st, 2011)

During the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom conference on Tuesday, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo confirmed that Verizon will be moving to tiered data plans as early as this summer. Speaking about the unlimited data plan available with the iPhone 4, Shammo said, "Everyone knows that isn't ...

AT&T offering unlimited data to customers leaving for Verizon

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 26th, 2011)

An Associated Press report suggests AT&T is using an unadvertised loophole to entice long-time iPhone customers to stay with the wireless carrier. In this promotion, an AT&T iPhone owner that once had an unlimited plan in the past is eligible to switch back to this plan after a quick call to ...

WSJ: Verizon confirms $30 unlimited data plan - for now

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 25th, 2011)

Verizon will offer a $30 unlimited data plan, the Wall Street Journal confirmed this morning, similar to the original plan that AT&T offered when the iPhone was originally introduced. This comes after a couple weeks of speculation. "I'm not going to shoot myself in the foot," said Lowell ...

WSJ: Verizon iPhone will offer unlimited data

by Michael Rose (Jan 9th, 2011)

We've been wondering for the past day or so what the distinguishing features of the Verizon iPhone might be. Will it come in colors? Aside from VZW's respectable network and CDMA technology, how will the iPhone experience on Big Red be different? If the Wall Street Journal is right, there'll be a ...

TUAW Hands On: Trying out the $20/month contract-free unlimited data iPhone

by Erica Sadun (May 13th, 2008)

Yesterday, I wrote about AT&T's new $20/month unlimited data feature pack. Today, my daughter was home sick from school. Why is that important? Because we gave her a cheap AT&T Pay As You Go phone, which she uses to keep in touch when her bus is late or if she needs to contact us for some ...

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