data usage: AT&T to try limiting internet bandwidth.
- 11/05/08 02:52 AM
AT&T is going to try limiting the amount of data that subscribers can use each month! They will initially apply limits to their customers in Reno NV. Starting in this month, AT&T will limit downloads to 20 gigabytes per month to their slowest DSL service subsctibers. The limit will increase with the speed of the plan, up to 150 gigabytes per month for their 10megabits per second customers. AT&T plans to charge customers $1.00 per gigabyte who exceed their alottment. Other ISP's are considering this or other ways to deal with high bandwidth uses. Comcast (the nation's 2nd largest ISP next (2 comments)