Tag Archives: AT&T

Episode #42: Apple TV, iPhone Carriers and The Lorax

Monday, March 12 8:22 am

The Apple TV has been updated. Is it finally worth it? Then, which iPhone carrier is Chris going with? Is there an advantage to one or the other? Finally, Chris talks about seeing the new animated movie The Lorax and … Continue reading →

AT&T Thinks Outside the Box, and Their Mind♣
Wednesday, March 7 10:30 am - engadget.com

Billy Steele citing a Wall Street Journal Article: The most recent report from The Wall Street Journal says that Ma Bell is planning a service that will enable app devs and other content providers to pay the carrier for subscriber’s … Continue reading →

Why Is AT&T Throttling?♣
Monday, February 20 9:13 am - macrumors.com

Arnold Kim on AT&T data throttling: It seems that ceiling has decreased significantly over the past few months, at least for some regions. John Cozen reports that he received his top 5% data usage warning after reaching only 2.1GB of … Continue reading →

For Some It’s Cheaper to Change Carriers, Than Pay Upgrade Fees♣
Thursday, October 13 8:11 am - brooksreview.net

Ben Brooks on the lack of a fully discounted upgrade for his iPhone 4S: Let’s just state this again: for many others and for me, it is $50 cheaper to break the AT&T contract and switch to another carrier. Brooks … Continue reading →

New AT&T SMS Plans Shot Across Bow At Apple

Thursday, August 25 8:21 am

AT&T recently announced they are dumping the 1,000 SMS per month texting plan ($10/month) and just providing two options, unlimited for $20/month and pay per message ($0.20 each). This would appear to be a direct shot across the bow at … Continue reading →

AT&T DSL To Add Data Caps and Overage Fees♣
Monday, March 21 6:24 pm - engadget.com

Not a shocking move. Comcast did this a couple of years ago and I would assume that most ISPs will get there eventually. As more and more people start streaming more and more media, this could get a little dicey.

Verizon iPhones Aren’t Booming For Developers♣
Tuesday, February 22 9:20 pm - marco.org

Marco Arment has a post up about how the sales of his Instapaper app didn’t see a big spike when the Verizon iPhone was released. He was surprised: At first, this worried me. I’ve been assuming that the Verizon iPhone … Continue reading →

AT&T Doubles Tethering Data Cap♣
Wednesday, February 2 8:06 pm - mashable.com

I have resisted signing up for tethering with AT&T because I would have to go from my current 5 GB to 2 GB of data, and then pay $20 for no extra data. Now you at least get extra data. … Continue reading →

AT&T Evaluating iOS Personal Hotspot♣
Thursday, January 20 5:41 pm - engadget.com

Verizon’s iPhone announcement contained the news that they would be including a WiFi hotspot feature with the higher-end 32 GB iPhone. Although they didn’t reveal pricing information for this feature, it has been a very popular topic of conversation. The … Continue reading →