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Fighting ATT Data Throttle, an alternative venue

How about contacting the CEO directly and advising him that screwing the people that made ATT rich is biting the hand that fed him and provided him with his $5 million mansion and therefore is not a good business practice in the long run.
Office:
Randall L. Stephenson
208 S. Akard St.
75202 Dallas 2233 TX
United States
Primary Phone: 210-821-4105
Residence
5404 Walnut Hill Ln.
Dallas, Texas 75229

These threads are some of the funniest on all of XDA.. There is nothing and no one who you can talk to or complain to or try to sue that gives a damn.. and I'm not being rude but realistic. T - MOBILE has been throttling people for a few years now and in the beginning people tried to fight it, but guess what.. its still happening. Its in your contract that they can and will do what they want. Accept that and move on.
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Interesting.. that's blocks away from my office. Maybe I will just stop by.
It's actually a fairly small house for that area but your numbers are right ...and it's paid for lol
http://www.dallascad.org/AcctDetailRes.aspx?ID=00000421726000000
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5404+...+75220&t=h&z=12&panoid=OLOCv9jVeJAXzAVKOcvegA
geez check this one out..
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5404+...+75220&t=h&panoid=E2197WVhevu0UdENbmSrTA&z=12
privatewarrior1 said:
How about contacting the CEO directly and advising him that screwing the people that made ATT rich is biting the hand that fed him and provided him with his $5 million mansion and therefore is not a good business practice in the long run.
Office:
Randall L. Stephenson
208 S. Akard St.
75202 Dallas 2233 TX
United States
Primary Phone: 210-821-4105
Residence
5404 Walnut Hill Ln.
Dallas, Texas 75229
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PJcastaldo said:
These threads are some of the funniest on all of XDA.. There is nothing and no one who you can talk to or complain to or try to sue that gives a damn.. and I'm not being rude but realistic. T - MOBILE has been throttling people for a few years now and in the beginning people tried to fight it, but guess what.. its still happening. Its in your contract that they can and will do what they want. Accept that and move on.
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Taking it up you know what and just doing nothing is the wrong attitude. Whatever makes their lives and work a little bit harder is a good business practice on the part of consumers.
They need to know that this BS will not fly. Maybe T-mobile customers are pacifists, not us.

00mred00 said:
geez check this one out..
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5404+...+75220&t=h&panoid=E2197WVhevu0UdENbmSrTA&z=12
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I bet the U-verse speed on his line is off the chart.

I am sure it is...kind of like the sprint exec up in Kansas that has cell coverage at any point on the Lake where his home is
privatewarrior1 said:
I bet the U-verse speed on his line is off the chart.
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privatewarrior1 said:
I bet the U-verse speed on his line is off the chart.
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Yeah, like two whole megabits upload speed.
FIOS ftw.
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id10terrordfw said:
Yeah, like two whole megabits upload speed.
FIOS ftw.
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You get 2 up on FiOS in DFW? Time to call for an upgrade if so...

Get over it. You can't have unlimited data. People don't use it responsibly. We can't have 200 million pimple faces using their phones as TV sets. Business people wouldn't be able to get anything done.

Midiman57 said:
Get over it. You can't have unlimited data. People don't use it responsibly. We can't have 200 million pimple faces using their phones as TV sets. Business people wouldn't be able to get anything done.
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Randall Stephenson? Is that you?
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planoman said:
You get 2 up on FiOS in DFW? Time to call for an upgrade if so...
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Oh god no, i get 44ish down, 35 up. I was commenting on uverse's pathetic upload speed.
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Sheolrock said:
Randall Stephenson? Is that you?
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No he is just a dude who thinks he is important he is our local troll and village idiot
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Randall is the CEO of the AT&T Corporation, and does not run the wireless division. If he knew there was unlimited anything he might squash that and charge you the same for 2GB...lol!
Although he did run wireless in 2005 until becoming CEO in 2007.
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id10terrordfw said:
Oh god no, i get 44ish down, 35 up. I was commenting on uverse's pathetic upload speed.
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Ahhh I thought maybe you forgot to connect the cables...lol They advertise 50 down but I did not know the up was 2...
I have great affection for my FiOS! Wished everything worked as well as it does!

planoman said:
Randall is the CEO of the AT&T Corporation, and does not run the wireless division. If he knew there was unlimited anything he might squash that and charge you the same for 2GB...lol!
Although he did run wireless in 2005 until becoming CEO in 2007.
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Ahhh I thought maybe you forgot to connect the cables...lol They advertise 50 down but I did not know the up was 2...
I have great affection for my FiOS! Wished everything worked as well as it does!
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I have the Comcast 50Mbps plan and I get about 45-50 off-peak. Love it. For only $95 a month with a TV package.

oxeneers said:
I have the Comcast 50Mbps plan and I get about 45-50 off-peak. Love it. For only $95 a month with a TV package.
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Haha.. somehow I managed to get the time Warner equiv for $30.30/ month. I think it was a special when I bought my house 5 yrs ago. Every time the try to raise it I call and complain and they switch the price back
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Glad a got the One S--

http://www.tmonews.com/2012/05/htc-...s-held-at-us-customs-due-to-applehtc-lawsuit/

lmao for real. Damn Apple is going crazy! That picture is priceless though

That is just sad.. blocking import before anything has been proven. In the tech world such delays can cause serious harm to sales. About time a companies are forced to present substantial proof before any patent lawsuit is taken seriously.

QuintusDias said:
That is just sad.. blocking import before anything has been proven. In the tech world such delays can cause serious harm to sales. About time a companies are forced to present substantial proof before any patent lawsuit is taken seriously.
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Before anything has been proven? If you read the article, it's been noted that HTC was ordered to comply by April 19, 2012. As that day has now passed, they should fully expect what is happening.
When HTC is found guilty of infringement, it isn't up to Apple to clear HTC's name. HTC and ONLY HTC can do that. Until they bother to do that, their stuff will not be allowed through. It's quite simple.
Nobody likes Apple on this one, but I noticed that everyone blames Apple for this happening. The simple fact of the matter is that HTC is not performing their due diligence, and has not bothered to prove compliance. That is HTC's problem.

ydizzle said:
lmao for real. Damn Apple is going crazy! That picture is priceless though
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Lol
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If you read through some of the comments a link to this is in there. Kinda funny!

Yes!
Luckily their still shipping the HTC One S!

AndroidAlistair said:
Luckily their still shipping the HTC One S!
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Hmm maybe cause att and sprint both carry the iPhone and tmobile doesnt...what you think?
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CNN says Iphone 5 could significantly boost GDP...

Wat r ur opinions on this statement? I know the power of Apple and its following but it seems a bit far fetched that one electronic device could actually lift the gross domestic product enough to impact the overall economy?
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Just bs apple propaganda apple avoids more taxes then al capone might gain it 0.0000000000001%
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In theory any $800 item that sees millions of purchases within the first week of release would make for a temporary surge.

In the long run, it won't change anything. You also have to wait and see what happens with HTC possibly trying to ban the import off the new iPhone.
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lol
Hah as stated above apple avoids paying taxes so... anything they bring in is negated. Plus the iphone 5 will be a big pile of **** anyways.

Sure.

RonnyT24 said:
Hah as stated above apple avoids paying taxes so... anything they bring in is negated. Plus the iphone 5 will be a big pile of **** anyways.
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Yes but the consumer pays tax on purchased goods and so of course it will help the economy if millions are sold.
Dave
( http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownKXmAQ/bigfatuniverse )
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We'll see how much it helps the GDP if Samsung is able to stop it from being sold in the US at all due to 4G LTE patent violations.

LiqudDeth said:
We'll see how much it helps the GDP if Samsung is able to stop it from being sold in the US at all due to 4G LTE patent violations.
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if it sets any GDP it'll be how much less units it has sold against Android phones
the Wall Street news will probably read
"For the 5th quarter in a row Apple's iPhone5 has sold less than expected margins against rival Android platform blah blah blah..."

AllGamer said:
if it sets any GDP it'll be how much less units it has sold against Android phones
the Wall Street news will probably read
"For the 5th quarter in a row Apple's iPhone5 has sold less than expected margins against rival Android platform blah blah blah..."
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We can only hope.

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Anything related to that device must go to our sister site iphonedevelopers.com

Sorry Microsoft....after the scumy move you pulled, I'll pass on surface and go Asus

US Start Price $499........$519 in Canada????? Why , when both Apple and Google can have standard price.
Then you move our launch to Nov.4/12???? Again why, when Apple and Google can also have standard launch.
So after this...I'll pass and take my money else where.
I could have been a cheer leader for Surface had you not put this bad taste in my mouth !!!!!!!!!

Greywolf_Ghost said:
US Start Price $499........$519 in Canada????? Why , when both Apple and Google can have standard price.
Then you move our launch to Nov.4/12???? Again why, when Apple and Google can also have standard launch.
So after this...I'll pass and take my money else where.
I could have been a cheer leader for Surface had you not put this bad taste in my mouth !!!!!!!!!
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You can blame your government not MS for this! They charged the high tax rates to import and they held the devices at customs. Yes MS should not of been in a situation that customs would hold things up but that's not to say this sort of thing does not happen with Google or Apple. Plus if you arguing about the price then saying Apple is better take a reality check there. I agree to a point about price it is over priced all round but then I think your paying for quality hardware (even though reviews have been down on RT itself).
Also USD and CAD though almost the same are not the same currency.

lol, its a bit ironic that one of your point is the launch date, and right below your post is an ad that says "Get ms surface on 10/26 at Toronto Eaton center"
The 519 is pretty lame though, unfortunately that's Canada for you. I believe when i bought the IPAD 3 when it first came out it as at that price point as well
Greywolf_Ghost said:
US Start Price $499........$519 in Canada????? Why , when both Apple and Google can have standard price.
Then you move our launch to Nov.4/12???? Again why, when Apple and Google can also have standard launch.
So after this...I'll pass and take my money else where.
I could have been a cheer leader for Surface had you not put this bad taste in my mouth !!!!!!!!!
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Greywolf_Ghost said:
US Start Price $499........$519 in Canada????? Why , when both Apple and Google can have standard price.
Then you move our launch to Nov.4/12???? Again why, when Apple and Google can also have standard launch.
So after this...I'll pass and take my money else where.
I could have been a cheer leader for Surface had you not put this bad taste in my mouth !!!!!!!!!
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Nexus 7 is 209 in Canada compared to 199 in US. Also not same price but closer.
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bountygiver said:
Nexus 7 is 209 in Canada compared to 199 in US. Also not same price but closer.
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Hummmmmm maybe I was wrong on the google, but I could have bet I saw an ad showing US price in Canada.
I may have been mixed up, my trouble is I am not good with google devices so I can not quickly id them.
Thank you for pointing out my boo boo !!

bountygiver said:
Nexus 7 is 209 in Canada compared to 199 in US. Also not same price but closer.
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That's actually a worse price, its not 'closer' at all.
$209 is a 5% increase over $199
$519 is only a 4% increase over $499
It seems closer, sure, but if you look at the absolute price of the items, its actually a lower markup

Samsung GS4 possible recall

I just found out at work while on a Samsung technician training the galaxy as 4's are possibly going to be recalled. The frame of the phone is to weak and flex's easy resulting in the screen cracking down the middle. Samsung is determining how many they've sold and what the cost would be. Depending on the cost they'd either issue a recall or replace the phone when it breaks for that reason.
Just letting the community know.
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That sound you just heard was thousands of Android freaks frantically googling for a corroborating link.
Do you have any more information?

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That's the type of information that is usually way up the food chain. The kind of information that can drive investors to cost a company hundreds of millions of dollars. How is it that tidbit of information fell into the hands of a technical group? Not directly calling you out just wondering as the person above me, is there any corroborating evidence? Or is this just something that is said off the cuff on the call? Because what you're alleging is a pretty big deal.
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Dont believe it.
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meh

It does better than the S3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XNIn0BAUjv4

It makes sense though... There was that 1 guy who has a cracked screen under his glass, with no visible damage to the outer glass or phone so it could have been induced from this "recall". The guy says he never dropped the phone and the glass in the pic proves it. There was a crack down the middle of the display under glass...

burhanistan said:
That sound you just heard was thousands of Android freaks frantically googling for a corroborating link.
Do you have any more information?
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Lol. That was good...
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I just barley dropped mine and the screen shattered, very weak screen. I hope this recall happens!
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A comment made at a technical training session is not a credible source for something like this.

How can we belive this guy, honestly. ..??
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Not sure if I believe this but my screen did crack in the lower corner and it didn't take much for it to happen. On another note, if I buy a 9500 screen will it fit to the 9505?
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Just_s said:
That's the type of information that is usually way up the food chain. The kind of information that can drive investors to cost a company hundreds of millions of dollars. How is it that tidbit of information fell into the hands of a technical group? Not directly calling you out just wondering as the person above me, is there any corroborating evidence? Or is this just something that is said off the cuff on the call? Because what you're alleging is a pretty big deal.
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good point but the biggest bullet that proves its bs is that no company will recall millions of devices on an issue that is not safety related. Companies don't recall a phone because of a weak spot, they will recall it if there is a grave risk of spontaneous combustion, or if there is a risk of physical damage to a human being. Recalling millions of phone to prevent people from cracking their screens makes no sense whatsoever. It will be hundreds of thousands of times cheaper if they just replace screens or bezels if and when people brake their screens. I already dropped mine twice, once from 2 feet and another from about 5 on office floor carpet, i have no chips or physical damage to the phone.
In law, i studied that in order to recall a product, there has to be a safety hazard or a voluntary recall because of a major and widespread manufacturing default in order to maintain reputation. Companies spend millions of dollars to evaluate if a recall if cheaper, or letting their product fry people and settling on lawsuits in court. Believe it or not, there were many instances where companies have let their products kill clients knowing there were major issues just because it was cheaper to settle in court than recall all products, this happened a lot more in the car business.
In any case, none of those scenarios are viable or even a problem here.

wttisme said:
Quick, everyone run to AT&T and see if you can snap the display phone in half!
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Literally laughed out loud
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What was it that Apple did with the antenna problem? I know they offered the bumper, but did they do/consider a recall, or what was the process?
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plwalsh88 said:
What was it that Apple did with the antenna problem? I know they offered the bumper, but did they do/consider a recall, or what was the process?
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they never considered a recall, they never even acknowledged the problem. The gave free bumpers to clients that got the iphone within the first 3 months and the rest sued and won in court and got a lousy 15$ compensation.
Another fiasco was with the Asus transformer, they did a acknowledged from the start and they gave everybody a GPS dongle for free. And besides that, they even offered a trade-in for the new transformer infinity when it came out...now talk about a deal. You get a tablet that cant lock-in GPSs as fast as a regular device and a year later you get to trade it for a brand new spakin 1200p tablet! Asus are the boss!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271893
Does my issue relate to this screen issue?
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polish_pat said:
they never considered a recall, they never even acknowledged the problem. The gave free bumpers to clients that got the iphone within the first 3 months and the rest sued and won in court and got a lousy 15$ compensation.
Another fiasco was with the Asus transformer, they did a acknowledged from the start and they gave everybody a GPS dongle for free. And besides that, they even offered a trade-in for the new transformer infinity when it came out...now talk about a deal. You get a tablet that cant lock-in GPSs as fast as a regular device and a year later you get to trade it for a brand new spakin 1200p tablet! Asus are the boss!
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Yeah that was through best buy for me. I couldn't believe it. 8 months after buying that pos I walked out with a brand new Samsung note 10.1. couldn't believe it. Even had a little damage by the charging port. Didn't matter.
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fernando sor said:
Yeah that was through best buy for me. I couldn't believe it. 8 months after buying that pos I walked out with a brand new Samsung note 10.1. couldn't believe it. Even had a little damage by the charging port. Didn't matter.
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thats what make a difference between an honest company and a horse crap money makin machine. Apple used to be cool, when jobs was still in charge, now all they want is to keep their crown way up there, but sorry apple, other companies are going to eventually give you the same treatment rim went through. Luckly for us, it wont happen with samsung anytime soon, and thats what happens when you diversify your business so much, youre pretty much indestructible, phones, computers, fridges, washer/dryers, tvs, electronic components, sound systems, cameras, consumer electronics, if one part of the business goes bad, the rest will eventually keep the company afloat until they catch up.