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AT&T GigaPower Plans to Charge Extra Per Month Again if you Want Privacy, No Ads

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 10 2017, @01:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the Lily-Tomlin dept.

martyb writes:

Privacy... when it comes to AT&T, it may once again come at a cost:

AT&T plans to reinstate their GigaPower pay-for-privacy scheme, as revealed by AT&T VP Robert Quinn in a recent interview with C-SPAN. In 2014, AT&T started offering GigaPower 300 Mbps fiber internet in cities around the United States. Users signing up had the option of paying $29 more per month to guarantee that AT&T doesn't snoop on your internet traffic and serve you advertisements and offers from their MITM position on your internet. Yes, they actually put a price on privacy and it's coming back. GigaOM discovered that $29 a month ($348 per year) isn't even the real price of buying your privacy back from AT&T – the total bill could run up to $800 per year.

How well would a VPN protect you from this, and at what cost in [in]convenience?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:29AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:29AM (#536996)

    By now, you are a certified moron if you pay AT&T for anything. If there is no alternative, go without or move.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:38AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:38AM (#536998)

    Can't move without money, can't get money without a job, can't get a job without a phone.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:39AM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:39AM (#536999)

      And you don't need AT&T for any of those items you mentioned. Do you have any other stupid comments to make ?

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:57AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:57AM (#537002)

        Yes I do. Joo shood uze a VPN dudebro. I iz leet as fuk!

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @03:54AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @03:54AM (#537017)

          U iz a deplorable

      • (Score: 2) by Arik on Monday July 10 2017, @02:43AM (1 child)

        by Arik (4543) on Monday July 10 2017, @02:43AM (#537010) Journal
        Unfortunately you do need some form of phone service to be taken seriously applying for most jobs, and even if you avoid AT&T you're only going to get screwed slightly less vigorously with anyone else.
        --
        If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?

        • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Monday July 10 2017, @02:13PM

          by Pino P (4721) on Monday July 10 2017, @02:13PM (#537117) Journal

          Then "get screwed slightly less vigorously with" T-Mobile or Ting.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @06:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @06:14AM (#537043)

    Have to agree. AT&T is a lake of dicks. They invent new ways to be annoying every month, as if bonuses are handed out for the most annoying idea from the Satanic Marketing PHB's.