If the latest announcement by AT&T is any indication, the days of unlimited data downloading and web surfing are numbered. On Wednesday AT&T dropped a bombshell for data hogs by announcing that it would no longer offer an unlimited data plan to the users of iPhone and other smart phones. What led AT&T to take such an extreme action? It appears that a small fraction of users were using the network very extensively slowing it down for all others. The new policy of the company spells out the prices according to the network usage by the clients. The other important question is why AT&T?
AT&T is losing out the most from this unlimited data usage plans seemingly because most of customers use AT&T network for their iPhone and they are generally the ones using it most extensively. Its interesting to watch whether the other telecom players in United States and elsewhere follow suit.
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