Dear Buzz Gang and Crew,
It appears that AT&T has a great deal of work to do. Reports are coming in of inaccurate broadband and DSL metering as the May 2nd date approaches. In one case, an AT&T customer indicated that their bandwidth usage was off as much as 4700%!
If AT&T is going to move forward with this action, they really need to get their act together or just drop the idea all together.
Later People.
Links to information:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/att-vows-to-improve-inaccurate-broadband-metering/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/223398/atandt_internet_usage_billing_off_by_as_much_as_4700.html
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Users-Already-Complaining-About-Inaccurate-Meters-113314
Dear Buzz Gang and Crew,
Yes, I am also an AT&T customer and as of May 2nd, 2011, I too will be under the broadband usage cap. I am not very happy about it but at the same time I am watching to see how AT&T handles their metering services.
Some Notes:
1. URL to check your usage:
https://uversecentral4.att.com/uvp/myhome/bbu
or
www.MyUsage.att.com
2. AT&T Broadband Usage FAQ:
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB409045&cv=102#fbid=cuVIGhcCXk3
3. Metering appears to be calculated during your billing cycle. So in other words, it resets after each billing period.
4. Interesting note:
If you have multiple DSL or Broadband lines, each line is metered individually.
Case in point:
I use a Dual WAN Router for my DSL so I have two DSL lines. Each individual DSL line is metered at 150 Gigs. So my total is 300 Gigs per month for my account.
As more updates come, I will try to post. Links to more info below.
Later People.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/15/markey-att-data-cap_n_835952.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/03/atts-bandwidth-caps-a-bad-deal-for-whom.html
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/att-officially-announces-data-caps-wont-talk-about-congestion.ars

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