Data Caps? Apple Can't Get Out of This AT&T Deal Quick Enough
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 9:03AM 
Dropped calls. Delayed Features. And now, the possibility of data caps? Let's hope Apple's new legal eagle can find a loophole to get them out of the AT&T deal as soon as possible.
PCWorld quotes AT&T head Ralph De laVega, making statements recently that could point the way to data caps, or at least data "management" for smartphone users, saying that 3% of AT&T's smartphone customers use 40% of all smartphone data. Well guess what? It's fair to say that a majority of those heavy users are iPhone owners. Why did you sign up for iPhone exclusivity again, AT&T? Oh yes, to bring in more customers. Well now they've arrived, and you can't handle them.
Is any carrier ready, though? Is the iPhone and its data-friendly ways beyond the capacity of any network? If exclusivity ended tomorrow, would users of other carriers face the same issues? I don't know, but at this point it's a chance worth taking.
Reader Comments (2)
Meh its a very common thing in Canada. We have 500-3GB data caps ranging from $40-100 a month. Get use to it.
Canada is socialist country. Were not (yet). Sprint and verizon even allow tethering. Free enterprise always is better and it will be better if more companies could have Iphones.