AT&T Says... "No unlimited downloads for you!"

[mfalaura]

You can't bypass the restriction with a VPN ???

[sandman_1]

AFAIK, they do it at the DSLAM, the data monitoring. Data is data so I don't see how VPN would change that.

[mjmacky]

You can't bypass the restriction with a VPN ???

That's not how VPN works, the outside world doesn't know it's you connecting, but your ISP is still transmitting the data between you and the internet.

[zot]

A VPN will only defeat specific protocol-throttling, not whole-line throttling.

[nntpjunkie]

When you use a VPN you are still transmitting data from your ISP to your computer and your ISP can monitor and control the amount of data that they allow you to transfer each month (they don't know what the data is though) - they can set a cap at X number of gigabytes and once you hit that you are dead in the water and will have to pay more for more bandwidth - I think AT&T is charging $10 for each additional 25 gig block

[mjmacky]

I think AT&T is charging $10 for each additional 25 gig block

So AT&T's in the business of selling block account now huh?

[sandman_1]

I think AT&T is charging $10 for each additional 25 gig block

So AT&T's in the business of selling block account now huh?

Looks like it. And I think it is $10/50GB after you hit your cap, DSL 150GB and Uverse 250GB.

[Tokeman]

At least they offer for you to pay, with comcast, you just get a warning then cut off

[littleflower]

poor american network, before I exceeded usage of 250G/M, I don't even know there exists limitation