Comments on: Poll: If carriers charge for FaceTime over cellular, will you pay?

By: Gregory

Gregory — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:52:52 +0000

I’m using FaceTime on AT&T cellular with iOS 6, but I’ve never gotten a pop-up screen.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 03:30:19 +0000

Why the hell should we pay for it, I mean we don’t have to pay to use Skype over the 3G!! Another rip off.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:24:25 +0000

I can’t see Verizon charging for this on the new Share Everything Plan. You already have an allotted amount of data since unlimited plans have gone away. It would now be to the carrier’s benefit to let you use all you want and hopefully go over the limit so they can charge you more.

By: James Hannibal

James Hannibal — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:01:56 +0000

I will definitely not pay extra just to use FaceTime. I also know that at least several hundred of the people I know feel the same way.

By: Wil

Wil — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:50:34 +0000

Seriously AT&T? What’s the point in paying for data if your going to restrict every aspect of it? I want a flat rate service with all you can eat data at what ever price point you feel will cover the cost of all these services. $99 a mo. Fine, lets do this. I’ll be glad when some small company comes out of no where and knocks all the wireless companies off their “Monetize first, innovate only when necessary” high horse with some real innovation. The grid network is coming for you and it’s coming in the form of wifi.

By: Craig Hart

Craig Hart — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:27:17 +0000

It makes no sense. It is just like the tethering option. You have the set limit of dada if you go over then they will charge you. If I can’t tether or Facetime I am 100% less likely to go over my data. If I could Facetime and tether I would use at least another GB a month but enough to have the 5GB a month plan.

By: Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen

Dan Villiom Podlaski Christiansen — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:19:34 +0000

I’d switch wireless provider on the spot… (I doubt it’ll happen here in Denmark.)

By: Alexander M Zhang

Alexander M Zhang — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:45:19 +0000

In China, you may pay admission to a zoo – they then charge you another individual fee at each exhibit. (Some American zoos do this as well, with “special” exhibits.)
We already pay for wireless data service. To pay extra to use that service for a particular app invites them to charge extra for other app uses as well.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:40:19 +0000

Skype to Skype

By: Barb Darrow

Barb Darrow — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:39:37 +0000

No!