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Is there a practical reason for the limit? I tend to switch to tethering over Verizon 3G for large downloads as it is faster than my ADSL connection. I don't have an iPhone, but I can't imagine the benefit of a potentially slower connection to download something.

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Prevent overloading radio networks and avoid nuking data quotas, which are still extremely common on cell phone networks?

sms and data in the us (now that unlimited is out... Hold to that contact of yours) are more expensive than operating hubble and transmitting said data for the consumer.

So saying that usage is culprit to network congestion is pretty simplistic. Only reason is lack of investment.

I always assumed it was a concession to AT&T when the data plans were unlimited.

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