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Re:AT&T Gives Up on the iPad 3G Unlimited Data Plan by rmc on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @10:17AM (#1397972)
While I sympathise with people who feel mislead, we all know there is no such thing as "unlimited data". No teleco can honestly provide "unlimited data", it's just not possible or econonically viable. It's common for telecos to actually have a hidden limit on their unlimited plan. At least now they are being (more) honest about what you get.
Re:AT&T Gives Up on the iPad 3G Unlimited Data Plan by jonhohle on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:03PM (#1398319)
Then perhaps they shouldn't have used that word.
Re:AT&T Gives Up on the iPad 3G Unlimited Data Plan by nocman on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:46PM (#1398481)
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D58LpHBnvsI )

Seriously, though, this has irritated me since the days where dialup internet access was all a normal person could get. All these plans were "unlimited", but in the TOS they made it clear that if you tried to use the service too much, or tried to stay connected too long, you're account would be suspended or closed.

Something is either unlimited or it isn't. If there's a cap it isn't unlimited. I guess I might cut them some slack if they described it as "effectively unlimited" (meaning that there was more bandwidth than an everyday person could expect to use). Of course, on many services that have been labeled "unlimited", even that would be arguable.

Of course, I don't expect most people in advertising to be honest about anything (goods/services are usually described as a hundred times better than they could possibly be), but that doesn't mean I'm not still annoyed by it.

Re:AT&T Gives Up on the iPad 3G Unlimited Data Plan by jokermatt999 on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @12:08PM (#1398338)
Indeed. How can they advertise "unlimited" when it clearly is not? How have telcos not been sued for this bs?
Re:AT&T Gives Up on the iPad 3G Unlimited Data Plan by OrangeGuutan on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @02:03PM (#1398797)
I don't understand why you are being downvoted. You didn't say you liked that the new plans offer very low data / dollar or that you have to pay more to tether (despite the fact that we are now being charged per bucket), you simply stated (correctly) that there is no such thing as "unlimited." More companies ought to outright state the limits to their plans / services (e.g., Gmail and its exact storage amount versus Yahoo Mail and its "unlimited storage").