Facetime over cellular (Greedy AT&T)

 

Data on smartphone: extra charge (and can't opt out of it whether you want it or not)

Tethering: extra charge

and now Facetime over cellular network: extra charge?

I am so happy T-Mobile USA is still T-Mobile USA.

http://9to5mac.com/2012/07/16/att-appears-set-to-control-and...

Voice only Sprint works for me ...

Voice only Sprint still works not only for me, but also for the rest of my family. Won't pay for an XM Radio subscription either. Hit the road w/a custom burnt spindle of MP3 CDs.

You could always get around

You could always get around this limitation with a jailbreak.

verizon

Let's face it, it is all about the network. Verizon has the best 4G LTE hands down, and they're on their way to mounting a can on your roof and providing you your cable, internet, and phone that way. They also just jacked anybody who's by themselves by $20/mo., and capped their data at 1 gb. It's good to be king. smile

Well, we're grandfathered and I understand they want to remove those as well. My wife and I plan on pushing the razr maxx and galaxy S3 to the ends of their useful life. We just wanted to be 4G before the plans all changed on 6/28.

I loves my smartphone

It's a shame that the unlimited data plans are going the way of the dodo.

Trial balloon...

Remember, this is something in iOS 6, which isn't quite out yet -- there may be a (slight) chance AT&T will listen to which way the wind is blowing on this one. (Not a very big chance, but you never know.)

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Greedy AT&T

chewbacca wrote:

Data on smartphone: extra charge (and can't opt out of it whether you want it or not)

Tethering: extra charge

and now Facetime over cellular network: extra charge?

I am so happy T-Mobile USA is still T-Mobile USA.

http://9to5mac.com/2012/07/16/att-appears-set-to-control-and-charge-for-facetime-over-cellular-in-ios-6/

AT&T is top worst customer service/consumer complain/over-charged for many many consecutive years.

Apple plays dirtry here

This sorts of things is possible because of the cooperation between Apple and AT&T. Otherwise, it would just be a flow of data over the internet.
Skype on Android/Verizon had a "Mobile" version awhile back that didn't allow to go over the 3G so that Verizon can charge you the communication when not over WiFi. Eventually, Skype released a version without that restriction and now you can (video-)call over WiFi or 3G and Verizon doesn't get any extra (other that data fees on non-unlimited plans.)
So until (and I bet it will eventually happen) the phone providers find a way to control Skype, and if Apple persists into playing AT&T game (and Verizon's, and etc.) with Facetime, Skype might be a better deal. Isn't Skype also available for iOS? Don't you love choices without the control of a single company....

Collusion!!!!!

Collusion!!!!!

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