AT&T Could Begin Charging iPhone Users Extra For Video Chat – Same For Android Users?
AT&T has been making headlines today for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, the #2 largest carrier in the US could soon begin charging iPhone users extra to video chat via Apple’s official FaceTime application while on a 3G/4G connection. News spread quick after 9to5Mac was tipped with the above screenshot showing a prompt one iPhone user received after attempting to FaceTime over AT&T’s data connection. AT&T actually spoke out on the discovery saying little more than they will provide more information once it becomes available.
The only reason I bring this up on, you know, an Android blog, is because of the old saying, “What’s good for the gander is good for gaggle,” or something like that. AT&T’s network is dominate by Android users who currently have (and have had) the ability to video chat using the Google Talk app since back on Android 2.3. If AT&T begins treating video calls the same was as a mobile hotspot feature, expect a separate “video chat add-on” in the near future. Data could soon find itself even more restricted on AT&T.
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