Tag: FaceTime

The new AT&T FaceTime rules couldn’t please a lot of carrier’s customers and, of course, the Net Neutrality groups. Now free press against AT&T company is launched and a petition website is developed to support users who have grandfathered unlimited data plans and cannot use FaceTime feature over cellular with this American carrier. Remember that AT&T blocked FaceTime unlimited plans and now they have problems.

Users with tiered data plans probably like the latest AT&T FaceTime rules, as they are allowed using video calls over cellular connection. As for other operator’s clients, they are unhappy because the company limits their rights to use different iOS services.

The website created by free press says “AT&T: Your World. Blocked,” and you can see these words in the website’s title. This source was launched so that everyone who uses AT&T service was able to comment on the company’s policy. It is easy to share your thoughts with others by submitting the comments, your name and email.

According to the group, the mobile operator violates Net Neutrality and even tries to change all the rules that protect customer’s “freedom to connect.” You know what? A lot of users agree with these statements, as the website can boast over 10 thousand comments already.

The first charge for violation net neutrality was received by AT&T in September. The company limited FaceTime usage over cellular to most iPhone customers. At that time this feature was available to users with Shared data plans only. Today the situation has improved; yet not all people are satisfied.

What does the company say about its AT&T FaceTime rules? It believes that carriers are not required to make available preloaded applications on phones. According to AT&T, the provider must do everything to help users download programs that compete with the carrier’s video and voice services.

No matter what the mobile operator’s opinion was, it still revised the FaceTime policy and changed the rules. Maybe the new free press against AT&T petition will help customers with unlimited data plans to also get FaceTime over cellular option. Let’s believe it will happen in the future! But if you want to join the petition go here and express your opinion.

From now all most AT&T iOS customers should be able to use FaceTime over cellular. Why do we add “most” to iOS clients? Well, if previously the carrier opened up FaceTime over cellular to its users with iPhone 5 only [as well as to customers who had a Mobile Share plan with AT&T] and now any iPhone model is allowed using these features, there are still some restrictions for people who are connected to AT&T. Remember that AT&T wanted to block FaceTime calls and data sharing but it is another story.

The company announced in its blog that its testing proved there would be no problems if a lot of people start enjoying FaceTime over the cellular network. Thus it has decided to enable the feature for most customers at no extra charge. Yet, you must have one of AT&T’s tiered data plans and own a FaceTime compatible iOS gadget in order to get the new service working.

At the same time there will be no AT&T FaceTime over cellular support for unlimited plans holders so if you are a lucky owner of such a grandfathered plan you won’t be able to use FaceTime over cellular no matter what iPhone model you have. You can still get FaceTime working over Wi-Fi connection, so don’t be too upset about the news.

But if you have an iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, etc. and use a tiered plan with AT&T, you can start making FaceTime phone calls at any moment using the carrier’s cellular network and the company will not charge you a cent for doing so.

As the mobile operator states, its new AT&T service will roll out to clients during the next few weeks or months as the carrier has just started to update its systems. There is nothing to do but wait, as AT&T’s FaceTime for tiered plans update should start working automatically.

Which data plan do you have? What do you think about AT&T tiered plan users being able to get video calling option over cellular?

If you live in US and use your iPhone as an Wi-Fi Hotspots and FaceTime video, it’s likely you are sure to hear about special tweaks that allow you to bypass the AT&T restrictions which block FaceTime and mobile Internet share to several other devices. Latst time I wrote your about AT&T block stolen iPhone and today you can find out about more AT&T restrictions.

All subscribers who want to activate this function formally obliged to pay $ 20 per month. Now AT&T is going to impose penalties on users who have decided to unlock this feature using Cydia tweaks.

It can be that users will face disconnection from the current tariff plan to a more expensive, and then they will have to pay AT&T the price to cover the difference between contracts. While it is not known how long a user has time, before the company begins to impose penalties. Of course, quite interesting is the fact of how AT&T is going to find out the set of special jailbreak tweaks. Apparently, not only USA operators differ desire to monopolize the market.

The representatives of the U.S. operator AT&T told reporters that the network is going to block FaceTime video calls using the mobile Internet. Today it became known that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to investigate this AT&T limitation.

This was recently stated by FCC spokesman Julius Dzhenahovski during the interview. Unfortunately Julius could not officially informed of the progress of the investigation for obvious reasons. However, there is a possibility that the FCC ban AT&T blocking FaceTime calls.