Comments on: The Case of AT&T's Incredible Shrinking Broadband Tiers

By: Mark Nunez

Mark Nunez — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:30:15 +0000

I have been having trouble with my ATT DSL for a few weeks. I moved to a new house last June and switched to ATT because they seemed cheaper and Charter did not have line run to my house, although they have a pole I can run line to about 200 feet away. ATT promised speeds upto 1.5Mbps download for $30 per month. I ran multiple broadband speed tests yesterday, including late last night when use should be low. My lowest speed was 30kbps and the highest was 180kbps. I will be running cable and through conduit to the pole for Charter service. ATT can kiss my hard drive!

By: FCC Opens the Door for Metered Broadband: Tech News «

FCC Opens the Door for Metered Broadband: Tech News « — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:03:10 +0000

[...] plans on wireline broadband networks such as those attempted in 2008 by Time Warner Cable and AT&T. In a speech this morning outlining his network neutrality proposal, Julius Genachowski said, [...]

By: bryce

bryce — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:50:41 +0000

All this already occurred… At&t monopoly was torn down by the government in the 80′s. it’s not a monopoly anymore…
keep up sweety, although att has pretty much been rebuilt to its formal self it still isn’t a monopoly because there is plenty of competition now days. the only reason the government gave them a monopoly back in the 40′s is because it was the only way to get the phone lines laid everywhere. so you should kind of be thankful because if you think there are too many phone lines now, think how bad it would have been had there been multiple phone companies laying out phone lines :)

google it, i’m out!

By: How ISPs Can Survive Becoming Dumb Pipes

How ISPs Can Survive Becoming Dumb Pipes — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:02:15 +0000

[...] Warner Cable, AT&T, PlusNet in the UK and most other UK broadband providers are experimenting or have implemented [...]

By: What’s New at AT&T? « Digital Media Queen

What’s New at AT&T? « Digital Media Queen — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:12:30 +0000

[...] of video inside corporate networks is straining resources, according to the carrier. But unlike the tiered service that AT&T is experimenting with for its last-mile consumer networks, it’s offering enterprise customers a service that helps them track, compress and prioritize [...]

By: What’s New at AT&T? « Digital Media Queen

What’s New at AT&T? « Digital Media Queen — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:10:34 +0000

[...] video inside corporate networks is straining resources, according to the carrier. But unlike the tiered service that AT&T is experimenting with for its last-mile consumer networks, it’s offering enterprise customers a service that helps them track, compress and prioritize [...]

By: FG

FG — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:29:49 +0000

DSL does not need caps of any sort , DSL does not share a network with the entire country . DSL has it’s own direct connect pipeline to the internet from your modem. DSL caps are stupid criminal greedmongering ideas .
I can understand why cable would need bandwidth caps beings everyone that uses a cable connection is sharing bandwidth with everyone else on that ISP’s network and p2p programs and bog a cable isp down .
But DSL capping is just pure greed I will never support this crap , I may just go back to dial-up and say to h3ll with cable and dsl altogether .

By: People Over Process » Numbers, Volume 10

People Over Process » Numbers, Volume 10 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:46:25 +0000

[...] Forget Net-Neutrality, How about Net-Reality? [...]

By: Free Press Asks Congress for Metered Broadband Inquiry

Free Press Asks Congress for Metered Broadband Inquiry — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:01:09 +0000

[...] The letter points to the recent metered broadband trials engaged in by Time Warner Cable and AT&T (although others are talking about them as well), arguing that the bandwidth caps are [...]

By: peter s

peter s — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:38:49 +0000

In Australia, caps are the norm; mobile GPRS/3GHSDPA rates peak at $A0.10/kb and ADSL is $A30/month with a 3GB cap with $A0.10/MB excess. Unlimited plansrequire $A100+ per month and a multi-year contract. To me, where local voice calls have always been charged at around $A0.30 per call, it is question of revenue model and resource allocation. The argument for no caps goes:
+ unlimited encourages innovative usage e.g. video distribution
- carrier provisioning is more predicable with caps; should lead to lower pricing (without caps opposite is true)
- caps lead to surprise bills for excess; no caps have predicatable billing
+ unlimited is simples, administratively; should be reflected in cost
- most users have no concept of usage and cap, and most will never incur excess (arguable)