Rampidbyter Rampid byter: A byte of my .Net developing life.

Really perturbed by the recent move of AT&T to change data plan structure of the iPad 3G. I am about a week into using the 3G service after having signed up for the now defunct “unlimited” plan just last week. I’m still using it off-and-on while at work to listen to Pandora. I even hit the 606MB mark today.

The thing that bothers me the most about the plan change is that the allowed usage dropped significantly per month with more reoccurring charges in the event of exceeding the usage limit. That is complete and utter bull fecal mater. At thirty dollars a month I was still on edge after considering using the service, and the availability of the “unlimited'” plan being the ONLY selling point for me going 3G over the iPad WIFI only model.

For a device touted as the new way of doing portable computing and portable entertainment the sudden loss of a “unlimited” plan, zero alternatives to AT&T, and the increased reoccurring costs of using my portable data device  makes the device a novelty to be used occasionally at best. Frankly with that in mind FUCK YOU AT&T. Also, Apple, fuck you too buddy. Apple, you stuck us with AT&T. I don’t care for them one bit, but I bought the iPad 3G because I COULD get an unlimited plan at an OK price. For doing nothing more than streaming some music for a month by the months end with the new plans I'd have spent more to access the internet through a crap network than I do through my awesome Time Warner Roadrunner Business Class connection. Seriously?

Now I’ve seen a few other people rant and rave about how AT&T isn’t the culprit, and how AT&T is just trying to recoup for the overly consumed “cheap” network usage. I’d like to point those individuals to the fact that the US is decades behind on upgrading our networks. The US is seriously lagging behind countries like Japan, South Korea, and Finland who are spanking the US’s butt on broadband speeds. Why? Because we’re stuck with legacy outdated telecoms so far removed from quality of service that the entire country is held behind because of their cold almost dead hands strangling the pipes.

Bah, and here I was starting to think PC was becoming more and more “Professional Computer” instead of “Personal Computer” because of my newfound Appledom. PC I’m sorry I doubted you buddy.