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iPhone 4 Will Mercilously Obliterate Your AT&T Caps

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:29:49 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
The video capabilities of the iPhone 4 are going to burn through AT&T's new caps like wildfire -- and that's precisely the way AT&T wants it. With everyone quickly becoming "bandwidth hogs" -- AT&T's placed itself in the profitability pilot's seat by insisting that $10-$15 is a fair value for a gigabyte of wireless data.

iPhone 4: Now with Price Gouging! (Courtesy of AT&T)

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:15:30 -0400

Full article: Free Press
Joshua Levy
Yay, the iPhone 4 is here. But today, instead of thinking about the latest version of the game-changing smartphone, we should all be mourning the end of the era of the unlimited data plan.

Why the iPhone 4 Made AT&T Change Its Pricing

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:56:27 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Stacey Higginbotham
The fourth-generation iPhone has several new features and a new app that clearly shows why AT&T's had to end unlimited data plans for new subscribers now rather than in a year or so when it gets around to deploying its LTE network.

Dear AT&T: Soon We'll All Be Data Hogs

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:50:11 -0400

Full article: PC World
Jeff Bertolucci
The demise of the AT&T's all-you-can-eat unlimited offering is bad news for the small percentage of bandwidth hogs who, with their piggish downloading and streaming, are slowing Ma Bell's robust network to a crawl. But with the expected surge in video applications for wireless devices, we'll all be data hogs soon enough.

AT&T Wireless Shift Promises Boon to Cable

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:44:40 -0400

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Nat Worden
AT&T's decision to shift its wireless-data pricing to a usage-based model may have upset lovers of mobile media, but it is music to the ears of cable executives.

App Makers Worry as Data Plans Are Capped

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:38:17 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Claire Cain Miller and Brad Stone
For the last two years, unlimited data plans have given app-hungry smartphone users an all-you-can-eat buffet. But will customers react to AT&T's new, limited menu by simply eating less? Some software developers fear they will, and if that happens, the caps on data use that AT&T has imposed could also make consumers lose their appetite for the latest innovations.

It's Time for Universal Data Plans

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:03:57 -0400

Full article: CNet
Molly Wood
AT&T announced this week that it will phase out unlimited data plans and start a metered approach, with tethering available for an extra cost. And although some elements of the new data plans will work for some customers, AT&T is moving in the opposite direction it should be going.

AT&T's Announcement Was Inevitable

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:20:10 -0400

Full article: SeekingAlpha
Leigh Drogen
When giant companies fall, like we are witnessing with the large telecoms, they don't go quietly, they are going to bitch and moan the whole way down, but have no doubt, they are going down. In the meantime, the question remains, will they drag the content providers and the hardware makers down with them? Will they crush innovation because they themselves aren't getting a piece of the mobile pie?

The Failure of Mobile Broadband

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:05:34 -0400

Full article: PC Magazine
Sascha Segan
AT&T's new smartphone and iPad plans are a white flag. The company has completely given up on the idea of 3G being the next-generation Internet on-ramp, instead preferring to parcel out its connections in stingy dribs and drabs. The new service plans offer smartphone owners less for less, cutting down on both prices and the amount you're allowed to use the Internet. Relatively heavy users will be charged more.

AT&T to End Unlimited Wireless Data Plans

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:05:29 -0400

Full article: San Francisco Chronicle
Ryan Kim
The era of unlimited wireless data, which fed the growing lust for the iPhone and other smart devices, is coming to an end. AT&T has announced that its $30 unlimited monthly data plan will no longer be available for new smart phone accounts. Most industry analysts believe AT&T's decision presages a wave of similar actions by competitors.