AT&T: Users take too many cookies from the bandwidth jar

GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz QueenMountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
edited December 2009 in Science & Tech
AT&T: Users take too many cookies from the bandwidth jar

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  • timuchantimuchan Fishers, IN Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Networks should have to have the same policy as casinos, they need to be able to make good on their offers. Internet and wireless alike, if I pay for x bandwidth, I expect to have it available 24/7 - if they can't, they're overextending themselves and need to revise their offers.
  • pragtasticpragtastic Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    What I hear is "Hey look at our sweet 3g network but don't touch please".
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Dear AT&T,

    You already charge $50 a month for a bandwidth cap of 5GB. If you are not prepared to offer 5GB, then you never should have configured your contract in this fashion. Please stop disguising the miserable nature of your network with crude excuses and incendiary accusations.

    Love,
    An AT&T user that is bailing on your network as soon as possible
  • timuchantimuchan Fishers, IN Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Also, Droid FTW. I got my firmware update today, went night and smooth... new slate theme on some of my apps is a nice touch.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Droid FTW indeed. The device just got rooted. Cyanogen and pinch to zoom here we come!
  • KwitkoKwitko
    looks back on his decision to switch the whole family over to AT&T from VZW with disgust.
     Sheriff of Banning (Retired) By the thing near the stuff Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    looks back on his decision to switch the whole family over to AT&T from VZW with disgust.
  • timuchantimuchan Fishers, IN Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    @Thrax "And there was much rejoicing..."

    yaaay.

    But no, I'm totally excited about the root abilities. Hack-ability is one of the top things I look for in my electronics. I hacked the crap out of the Razr I had before - I was long due for a new phone when I started hearing rumors of the Sholes/Tao/Droid. Love it! ^__^
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    Love,
    An AT&T user that is bailing on your network as soon as possible

    ^ this. iphone contract ends in july :D
  • MachineDogMachineDog New
    edited December 2009
    @thracks Pinch to zoom has been available with the dolphin browser on the market for a week or so. Just got my droid last night, exceptionally happy. This screen playing HD movies scaled to 848x480 is mindblowing. It is also from my tests much faster than my ipod touch 2g in the browser (on wifi). Speaker is, as reviews have noted, stupidly loud and clear for a phone. Just sitting waiting for some custom roms right now.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    MachineDog wrote:
    @thracks Pinch to zoom has been available with the dolphin browser on the market for a week or so. Just got my droid last night, exceptionally happy. This screen playing HD movies scaled to 848x480 is mindblowing. It is also from my tests much faster than my ipod touch 2g in the browser (on wifi). Speaker is, as reviews have noted, stupidly loud and clear for a phone. Just sitting waiting for some custom roms right now.

    Pinch to zoom is a useful gesture that has its place throughout the entire phone, not just the browser. I'm aware that Dolphin offers the feature.
  • MachineDogMachineDog New
    edited December 2009
    Ah, having multi-touch in other parts will be nice, true.
  • AnnesAnnes Tripped Up by Libidos and Hubris Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    *boards the "get me the eff off of AT&T" train*
  • redchiefredchief Santa Barbara Member
    edited December 2009
    I see 16 ATT contracts expiring without renewal.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    "We need to educate the customer"

    .. or the customer needs to educate you by taking their money elsewhere.
  • photodudephotodude Salt Lake, Utah Member
    edited December 2009
    more reasons I'm glad I'm not on the ATT band wagon. I was going to get a smartphone once, but the required data plans are expensive and provide low quality speed for the price. (why can't I just have a smart phone without the data plan...I wanted an omnia because it did wifi but I still had to pay for the data plan I would almost never use)

    I wonder how many users are taking too many cookies out of the jar with Verizon now that they have droid, and lots of people getting the droid?

    Or what about sprints so called 4G network?
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    My AT&T plan is up in 8 days. Hot titties.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Thrax wrote:
    Droid FTW indeed. The device just got rooted. Cyanogen and pinch to zoom here we come!
    Despite the fact that the Droid has been rooted, Cyanogen will not run on it. Sorry Thrax. It only has the hardware support for the G1 and the myTouch and Cyanogen has said that unless he magically obtains a Droid somehow he won't be able to port it to the phone. Also, pinch and zoom on Cyanogen only works in the browser (that I've noticed anyway).
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    photodude wrote:
    Or what about sprints so called 4G network?

    lol, somebody talking about Sprint.

    So the story on multitouch is supposed to be that Google won't do it because they're not interested (for whatever reasons) in messing with Apple's patents, but because it's open, people can code their own versions of anything and add whatever gesture support they'd like. HTC did this with Sense - they recoded and replaced the default browser, so it supports pinch zoom and text resizing, as well as the pictures browser and a couple of other places. In theory, the Droid could get it if others did the same - or people will just port Sense to the Droid like they've been doing with other phones.
  • MachineDogMachineDog New
    edited December 2009
    Snarkasm wrote:
    lol, somebody talking about Sprint.

    So the story on multitouch is supposed to be that Google won't do it because they're not interested (for whatever reasons) in messing with Apple's patents, but because it's open, people can code their own versions of anything and add whatever gesture support they'd like. HTC did this with Sense - they recoded and replaced the default browser, so it supports pinch zoom and text resizing, as well as the pictures browser and a couple of other places. In theory, the Droid could get it if others did the same - or people will just port Sense to the Droid like they've been doing with other phones.

    I haven't done any research of my own but I've also heard the patent excuse is complete nonsense and that apple doesn't own anything that would prevent the implementation. Palm has multitouch, right? I think its just something that hasn't been implemented yet.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    MachineDog wrote:
    I haven't done any research of my own but I've also heard the patent excuse is complete nonsense and that apple doesn't own anything that would prevent the implementation. Palm has multitouch, right? I think its just something that hasn't been implemented yet.
    You are incorrect sir. Apple owns the patent on multi-touch (which is a load of crap and proof that our patent system is too easy to abuse). The multi touch code is actually built into the vanilla Android kernel, however for a long time it was commented out because of the Apple patent. The multi touch code was then released in the 1.6 update (for the G1 and myTouch at least, not sure about any of the other phones).

    As for Palm, they also sync with iTunes despite Apple telling them they aren't allowed to and violate the USB standard to do so last I checked.
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited December 2009
    Point is moot anyway, "Milestone" (Droid in Europe) supports multitouch throughout the device.

    Palm Pre has it implemented, as well.
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