“There’s a product that AT&T is rolling out called the “Micro-Cell,” which fills in the gaps in its spotty wireless network by hooking up a tiny cellphone tower to your home Internet connection,” Frommer reports. “AT&T plans to sell the devices for $150, giving you the privilege of using the bandwidth you pay for — cable modem, DSL, whatever — to make up for AT&T’s unreliable service.”
Frommer reports, “Here’s how AT&T is screwing you: It’s counting any mobile data you use — over the 3G Micro-Cell, over YOUR broadband connection — toward your monthly AT&T wireless bandwidth cap and overage fees.”
“For AT&T to charge its wireless customers a second time for bandwidth that they’re already paying their broadband company for is highway robbery and just plain insulting. In reality, AT&T should be paying YOU for the bandwidth it’s borrowing to make up for the fact that it can’t build out its wireless network fast enough,” Frommer reports. “There is simply no excuse for this policy, and it’s precisely the kind of B.S. that makes people HATE telecom companies.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Why Dan expects not to be screwed by incompetent greedy slimeballs is beyond us.
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