AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on land-line DSL customers, $10 for every additional 50GB of data

AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on land-line DSL customers, $10 for every additional 50GB of data

 AT&T will implement a 150GB monthly cap on land line DSL customers and a 250GB cap on subscribers to U-Verse high speed internet starting on May 2nd. AT&T will also charge overage fees of $10 for every additional 50GB of data, with two grace periods to start out.  In other words, the third month you go over the cap that’s when you’ll get charged. DSL Reports says it has confirmation from AT&T that these rates are legitimate, and that letters will go out to customers starting March 18th.

The company explains it will only impact two percent of consumers who use “a disproportionate amount of bandwidth,” and poses the caps as an alternative to throttling transfer speeds or disconnecting excessive users from the service completely. Customers will be able to check their usage with an online tool, and get notifications when they reach 65 percent, 90 percent and 100 percent of their monthly rates.

AT&T spokesman Seth Bloom confirmed the whole thing rates are exactly as described above, and the company will actually begin notifying customers this week. According to Bloom, the cap will involve overage charges. However, only users who consistently exceed the new caps will have to deal with these charges.