AT&T expands FaceTime over cellular support

#1 Macworld

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 01:24 PM

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#2 keithnteri

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 02:23 PM

Still no love for the unlimited subscribers. I can't wait till October when I take my 3 iPhones and go to prepaid. AT&T you suck, funny thing is that I will still be using your network when I switch and paying 1/2 the price for all of the services.

Seems like AT&T would rather get new customers then do anything to keep the oldest and most loyal amongst us.

Enjoy!

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 03:00 PM

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Still no love for the unlimited subscribers. I can't wait till October when I take my 3 iPhones and go to prepaid. AT&T you suck, funny thing is that I will still be using your network when I switch and paying 1/2 the price for all of the services. Seems like AT&T would rather get new customers then do anything to keep the oldest and most loyal amongst us. Enjoy!

Agreed. I've been with them since before they switched to Cingular and then back so I'm grandfathered into an unlimited data plan. They need to address this issue.

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 04:16 PM

The longest-time and most-loyal customers will be the only ones not allowed to FaceTime over cellular. There's a longevity reward program in reverse.

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 05:19 PM

When the original iPhone first came out, I had less than two months remaining on my two-year Verizon contract; but although they were willing to pro-rate the early termination fee for new subscribers, they wanted to charge me (a loyal, long-time subscriber) the full amount. I told them to drop dead and switched to AT&T anyway. AT&T isn't any better, of course.

#6 danmusician

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 08:19 PM

How much data does a minute of FaceTime use?

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Posted 17 January 2013 - 11:05 AM

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How much data does a minute of FaceTime use?

Simple and to the point, your question is one of the best of them all. In a cellular environment, dose anyone expect someone in a most likely not private noise area to hold more than a 2 minuet FaceTime conversation. In a one year period I use FT at home in a WiFi quiet room for about 5 minuets at a time about 3 times a YEAR.

This is much to do about nothing, we just caught AT&T with their hands in our back pockets, taking what they could get away with. Like others here, I too have a Grandfathered unlimited plan, and for that loyalty (and 4 iPhones ) I get the big nothing from AT&T.

They should remember that all of the unlimited data plan holders, are the ones that supported them when they were the only ones with the first iPhone's. We turned them into the mega company they are today. And what do we get. A plain bagel with nothing on it. Thanks AT&T we don't love you too!