/johnny
Maybe they think they'll make more money if they charge people more? It is a business, you know...
ATT and other ISP’s are looking at new pricing scheme’s to increase revenue.
They know people are going to go over the bucket of GB’s alotted to a plan.
They measured plans just like the old days of per minute charges.
Personally, I think they should improve the network for all subscribers and raise the cost per subscriber.
But it’s still tough to price as the first thing people consider is minutes and texting.
After that they want a better connection.
So the pricing problem is driven by customer priorities.
They tried that with nailed up circuits and it was totally rejected. Now the cable companies are trying that scheme too.
There's your answer, right there. AT&T is first and foremost a telephone company, with the mentality that that entails. They do not want to allow cannibalization of profits derived from their voice/data rate structure. A pure ISP makes no such distinction, outside of connection speed.
I’m aghast that the voice, internet, and texting data streams are considered “separate” - so that they can charge for each separately.
It’s ALL data.