<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>3G is 3G, whether you access it by iPhone, iPad, or a Dixie cup and string.</div><div><br></div><div>These past two months I have been averaging 6-8 gigabytes per month, and I am nowhere near the "top five percent of data users". So, unless you are uploading and downloading the New York City and Los Angeles telephone directories twice daily, I really wouldn't be concerned.<br><br><div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Post Falls, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"If not us, who?</div><div>If not now, when?"</div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:32, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">I don't know anything about Ipads. I am talking about phones. I just know it has been in the news and the reason I didn't switch from my current provider to them. Here is a piece on it, <span style="RIGHT: auto" id="misspell-1"><span>although</span></span> it is about two months old, I am sure there are newer ones if your care to do the googling;</span></div>
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<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class="hr" contenteditable="false" readonly="true"></div><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>> <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</span></b> Saundra Lund <<a href="mailto:v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm">v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm</a>>; Dan Carscallen <<a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</a>>; "<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>> <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 20, 2012 8:48 AM<br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Fwd: AT&T 3G data network?<br></font></div><br>
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<div>Donovan Arnold unsubstantially informs us:</div>
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<div>"<span style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px" class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span">AT&T has placed a data cap on its users. If you go over it your 3G is virtually useless because they slow it down so much."</span></div>
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<div><font class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span" size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span">I have been an AT&T customer for more than ten years. For the past two years I have been maintaining two sub-accounts, one for each of my and My spouse's iPads. Each iPad sub-account possesses the AT&T 2-gigabyte package. This means there is no charge for the first two gigabytes of data usage. There is, however, a $10 charge for each gigabyte that exceeds the 2-gigabyte limit.</span></font></div>
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<div><font class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span" size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span">Prior to December 2011, I had never exceeded the 2-gigabyte limit. However, as I have been away from home these past two months, I have exceeded the initial 2-GB limit each month.</span></font></div>
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<div><font class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span" size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span">I have not ever experienced a degeneration of communication or file uploads/downloads using 3G. In fact, I am posting this email via 3G.</span></font></div>
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<div><font class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span" size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 16px" class="yiv197069441Apple-style-span">Mr. Arnold: Care to substantiate your allegation or is it simply . . .<br></span></font><br>
<div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div>
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<div>Tom Hansen</div>
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<div>"If not us, who?</div>
<div>If not now, when?"</div>
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<div><br>On Feb 20, 2012, at 6:58, Donovan Arnold <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com"></a><a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a></a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite">AT&T has placed a data cap on its users. If you go over it your 3G is virtually useless because they slow it down so much.</blockquote>
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