AT&T Contacts Customers about Data Usage Allowance: 150gb for DSL & 250gb for U-verse

[mstng86]

Oh sweet, it's like being on Prodigy back in 1994 again! We all know how well that worked out for Prodigy!

What the hell is prodigy?

[The King]

What the hell is prodigy?

AT&T continued using some of the old Prodigy dial-up access numbers up into the early 2000's if not beyond for their customers who didn't have access to DSL.

[bcoop]

Oh sweet, it's like being on Prodigy back in 1994 again! We all know how well that worked out for Prodigy!

lulz

[347Mike]

Consumers need to step and and take a stand against it. Call and cancel your service, tell them where you are going, and make sure they know WHY you're leaving. The only way to get through to corporations like this is to hit them in the pocket book.

But, everyone these days has a me first and me only attitude, and nobody will take a stand. Boycotts are a thing of the past.

What is the success rate of consumers boycotting a business change and it actually being successful? It is sort of like going to Walmart and telling them that they are going to lose your business because of a change they made. Do you think they will care?

I think this is a little backwards considering most cell phone providers are going to unlimited minutes and what not so I don't get this change 100%.

[BP]

Those assholes keep sending me letters telling me Uverse is available at my house but when I try to sign up it's not.

Prodigy is still huge in Mexico, basically being the only internet provider.

[mstng86]

AT&T continued using some of the old Prodigy dial-up access numbers up into the early 2000's if not beyond for their customers who didn't have access to DSL.

I know. I had a prodigy account until about 2003.

[bcoop]

What is the success rate of consumers boycotting a business change and it actually being successful? It is sort of like going to Walmart and telling them that they are going to lose your business because of a change they made. Do they think they will care?

I don't know if those stats are even available. There are plenty that have been successful, however. I can list 20+ just in my industry alone. The New Coke is probably one of the most memorable I can think of off the top of my head. And it wasn't really a planned boycott, per se. They changed the formula and people stopped buying because they didn't like it, not because they were protesting something.

[347Mike]

I don't know if those stats are even available. There are plenty that have been successful, however. I can list 20+ just in my industry alone. The New Coke is probably one of the most memorable I can think of off the top of my head. And it wasn't really a planned boycott, per se. They changed the formula and people stopped buying because they didn't like it, not because they were protesting something.

Those are two different examples in my opinion and I don't care to belabor this here. lol Contrary to your belief not everything is correlated to the resturant industry. Just my opinion..

[Dave586]

As much as I hate Time Warner at least they don't impose data limits..yet. We are moving next month, so maybe Time Warner is in our future instead of AT&T. Our PC backups are all online, and my PC alone is 350g backed up to the cloud somewhere on the net. That's going to suck come restore time.

[bcoop]

Contrary to your belief not everything is correlated to the resturant industry. Just my opinion..

No fucking shit? Surely you're kidding.


It's what I have experience with, so it's what I relate to or use as examples. Whodafuckingthunkit?

[347Mike]

No fucking shit? Surely you're kidding.


It's what I have experience with, so it's what I relate to or use as examples. Whodafuckingthunkit?

Then surely you can see how comparing the taste of a certain Coke product to putting a cap on internet speed are completely different... No need to get all intense, I am just giving you a hard time.

[bcoop]

Then surely you can see how comparing the taste of a certain Coke product to putting a cap on internet speed are completely different... No need to get all intense, I am just giving you a hard time.

No, it's not different at all. Companies offer a product. Things are gravy. The corporation changes that product (i.e. caps the bandwidth), and sales fall. Do you really not see the correlation here? It is EXACTLY the same. The only difference between the two is said product. I'm not tense. I'm sarcastic, and have a foul mouth.

[mstng86]

You two are arguing two different points.

[ozzeran]

This sucks because I had to sign up for UVERSE at this apartment complex. Wish apartments didn't put restrictions on what you can get.

[347Mike]

This sucks because I had to sign up for UVERSE at this apartment complex. Wish apartments didn't put restrictions on what you can get.

Maybe you should boycott them!