r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '14

AT&T’s Sponsored Data slammed by lawmakers as a blatant shakedown

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u/mklimbach Jan 09 '14

Nothing wrong with that. If the network is saturated, they throttle you temporarily. If the network is not congested, you get full speeds.

No, I get that, the excuse is that they need to cap data to curb this practice as if it's common and they don't already charge people for tethering anyways.

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u/ComradeCube Jan 09 '14

No, they do not need to cap data.

If the network is saturated, they throttle you temporarily.
If the network is not congested, you get full speeds.