AT&T To Throttle Data Speeds For 'Unlimited' Hogs
NEW YORK — AT&T Inc. said Friday that it's going to start limiting speeds for the 5 percent of its customers with \"unlimited\" data smartphone plans who clog the airwaves the most.
The measure will take effect Oct. 1, AT&T said, and is intended to alleviate congestion on the network.
T-Mobile USA already throttles users who go over certain limits for data consumption.
AT&T stopped signing up new customers for \"unlimited\" plans last year. Instead, it now lets heavy users pay extra when they go over a certain data allotment.
Verizon Wireless also recently stopped signing up new customers for unlimited service.
AT&T says it will wa users when they are approaching joining the top 5 percent, and anyone subject to the speed limits will experience them until the next billing cycle starts.
The Dallas-based phone company says that what puts someone in the top 5 percent is usually streaming video or playing some online games.
AT&T won't count data use over Wi-Fi, just usage over the cellular network
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