At&t 3g

[WindingRoad]

So I'm wondering if it's just my phone but have any of you noticed a drop in speed and quality of the Internet recently while using this service?

[indysteel]

Do you have an unlimited data plan?

[Trek420]

Do you have an unlimited data plan?

Right. Are you at the beginning of the bill cycle or later and getting close to the limit? Only when away or remote from a cell tower or everywhere? In other word is it the network and only slow at those locations or your use vs the plan?

[indysteel]

WR, I don't know if this applies to you, but you might find this interesting reading/listening nevertheless:

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/28/147553...est-data-users

[zoom-zoom]

Oh, this reminds me of a dial-up provider I had about 10 years ago. I had an "unlimited" plan. One month I couldn't get connected. I called to find out why and was told that I'd gone over my minutes, or whatever...wait, what?! I had set my modem to not disconnect, since reconnecting was a pain. They wanted customers to reconnect every 30 minutes...screw that.

So like 3 weeks into a 4 week cycle I was cut off. Of course I switched companies. If a company is going to claim unlimited, then that is what they need to provide.

Our bank pulls BS like this with our "available" balance. More than once my checking account has shown a particular dollar amount is available. So I'll pay bills, then end up overdrawn, even though I had more than enough showing as "available." Their idiotic system will show pending transactions as available...but it only works at the detriment of the customer. If I use my debit card that money is instantly gone...but if I deposit a check it's not my money until it clears--even if it says available. Utterly ridiculous and more than a little fraudulent, IMO.

[WindingRoad]

I guess I'm noticing this more with APPS like Facebook? I updated the old APP now it seems to run much slower?

[ny biker]

I don't have AT&T. But I have had enough problems with app updates that I now read the recent comments first, and based on them I sometimes decide not to download the upgrade. I would rather wait a few weeks for the bug fixes to be available.

For things like facebook and twitter, I will look for alternative apps to access them when the apps I've been using stop behaving nicely.