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AT&T Will Now Charge for "Turbo" 5G

May 3, 2024, 12:40 PM by Rich Brome @rbrome.bsky.social

AT&T has introduced a new add-on plan called Turbo for $7/month that promises "enhanced data connectivity for real-time responsiveness and improved stability". AT&T says the feature is ideal for "gaming, social video broadcasting and live video conferencing". AT&T confirmed to The Verge that it has technically lowered the network priority level (QCI) for existing plans and this new offering lets users buy their way back into the priority level they had previously. However AT&T claims that existing plans should not notice any degradation without Turbo, and Turbo is more like a new, faster service, due to "increased network resources and relative weighting". Turbo can be added or removed at any time. It is only available to customers already on premium unlimited plans (Unlimited Premium PL, Unlimited Extra EL, and Unlimited Elite).

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linkfeeney

May 7, 2024, 1:31 PM

meh

ATT is going to get slammed on this... in sure they have a team of lawyers ready for it.

bofis

May 3, 2024, 1:12 PM

DO NOT PAY THIS RANSOM

ATT should not be rewarded for coming up with this awful plan, if anything, it confirms they ARE deprioritizing all customers now even those who previously had plans that claimed faster data and no throttling. Consumers should ditch ATT for this and not give any other carriers the idea that they should copy this bad idea!

navydave

There was a reason it is called the Evil Empire.

rwalford79

May 6, 2024, 1:59 PM

Net Neutrality

All it takes is ONE complaint to the FCC that this goes against the law set by Net Neutrality in that one can not charge more for priority or special access.

Good luck AT&T

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