AT&T's 150GB data cap for its DSL customers goes into effect today.Users who exceed 150GB will be charged $10 for ever additional 50GB they consume. AT&T, however, said that less than 2 percent of its customers will be affected because the average DSL customer user about 18GB per month.
AT&T said it will notify customers when they have exceeded 60 percent, 90 percent, and 100 percent of their monthly data allowance. The provider will also provide access to a usage report as well as tools like a usage calculator and examples of the kind of activity that will eat up data.
U-Verse high-speed Internet customers, meanwhile, will have a 250GB cap.
AT&T first announced plans for the caps in March, and has been notifying customers of the impending changes since then.
Reports of a 150GB data cap for AT&T customers dates back to 2008. At that point, AT&T kicked off a test for new customers in Reno, Nevada, allowing them to use between 20GB and 150GB of bandwidth per month depending on their speed tier. Read More
