I chuckled when I first heard of AT&T’s plan to buy T-Mobile. Just days before, I had written that AT&T’s movement toward phasing out unlimited data plans for the iPhone and its broadband Internet offerings was a sign that the telecommunications services that have become such an integral part of our daily lives were about to get a lot more expensive. When I wrote that, literally one week ago, I assumed it would take a while — maybe a year or three — before the entire industry turned to metered plans and started forcing us to make hard choices about how we consume data.
. . . the second it was thought of. But for whom? This will be a true test of the "new" players at the FCC. Will they operate in our best interest as they profess . . . or side with the corporate world and screw us all?
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AT&T's T-Mobile Plans: Who's Looking Out for Consumers?
Posted by: Sidney Hill March 25, 2011 05:00 AMI chuckled when I first heard of AT&T’s plan to buy T-Mobile. Just days before, I had written that AT&T’s movement toward phasing out unlimited data plans for the iPhone and its broadband Internet offerings was a sign that the telecommunications services that have become such an integral part of our daily lives were about to get a lot more expensive. When I wrote that, literally one week ago, I assumed it would take a while — maybe a year or three — before the entire industry turned to metered plans and started forcing us to make hard choices about how we consume data.
We'll know soon.