Welcome to 2002, Shep, when the term "flat rate" for broadband access started to be watered down. Over here, only the previously state-owned T-Com stuck to their terms and never gave me shit for having traffic of more than 100 gigs a month. But hey, it only affected a small percentage of users, right? So noone gave a fuck.

Skip to 2012, when more and more folks create significant amount of traffic with their smartphones. All of the sudden, this becomes a problem. Getting throttled down to GPRS speed is annoying, isn't it? Guess what, Shep, you should have given a fuck when this started. They've been at it for more than a decade, best of luck trying to make 'em change their ways.

And we can't even create clusters of open WLAN anymore, since we'd be liable for any copyright infringement done through our access points.

I get the feeling he's upset about something..

Recent research has found that cellphone use has been linked with Selfish behavior.

Pffshaw. Now people are getting upset with cell phone companies because they're trying to rape you? NOW? Where the hell were these people when cell phones started to include wi-fi (ie. becoming "smartphones"), allowing you to bypass the phone network to surf the Internet, so cell phone carriers started adding on a required $30/mo data plan just because you're using a smartphone? Where were they when cell carriers started to sell Push-To-Talk as a "feature", when in reality, PTT actually uses LESS of the line, saving the carrier money, than having a dedicated circuit open between two callers, like a normal POTS jack?

NOW you're upset?? Get in line. The smarter people are ahead of you.

*talks

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I expect nothing but crap from AT&T (in service and integrity) so I can't say I'm surprised.