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jjtheblunt
on Dec 1, 2017
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AT&T wants you to forget that it blocked FaceTime ...
only because their network wasn't ready for the traffic?
qntty
on Dec 1, 2017
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So don't sell unlimited data plans if your networks can't handle a modest increase in data usage?
parent5446
on Dec 1, 2017
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Real-time video transmission is perhaps the bulkiest of Internet traffic. Do you have data showing the traffic increase was "modest"?
qntty
on Dec 2, 2017
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Yes
parent5446
on Dec 2, 2017
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So what you're saying is that your point is invalid.
qntty
on Dec 2, 2017
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Good one
ajross
on Dec 2, 2017
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That was the excuse. Their network, absent any major upgrades, was carrying real time video from all sorts of sources within a year. This was a naked money grab to force users into a metered data plan.
scarface74
on Dec 2, 2017
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At the time you could use third party video calling apps so it wasn't about video traffic. I used Yahoo Chat at the time.
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