I can honestly say that I truly do and honestly feel your pain and will admit that I concur with your statements and opinions. All I can say is this:
I am a fellow consumer, but I have also worked in wireless for 7 years. The data thing is not going to change; unlimited data has slowly been weeded out for a couple of reasons-some that seem to have to do with customers and some that fall in line with making sure that network build-outs are not compromised with network congestion issues. All I can say is that 3 years ago when the unlimited data first started dwindling away there were real arguments about it, but at this point, every major carrier has shifted away from unlimited data and unfortunately theres not anything you can really do about it. Once you exceed 5 GB you may reach the threshold of users that are usign excessive data and may be throttled or will be throttled. I can understand that its not really the news you want to hear, but I will just say as a consumer your not going to earn anything for switching. First off, you have significant tenure with AT&T, losing all that because you want to be excluded from a change every company is making doesn't seem like the most rational thing to do, even on principle. Secondly, and most importantly, as just stated, all the companies are doing it, so switching isn't going to do you any good. You could switch to Verizon and lose talk and data and pay more or pay the same for T-Mobile or Sprint and have less coverage. Up to you, but I can tell you if any of the carriers had a choice in the matter it would be not to lose any of their customers over the data issue but unfortunately, as advanced as these phones have become, unlimited data is just not the future of wireless, at least not now anyways. Best of luck with your decision. And again I am a consumer and that is simply my opinion on the matter.
