The dominos are starting to fall. Earlier this month, the beginning of the end for
flat-rate mobile data started when AT&T announced the elimination of a flat-rate data plan option for new subscribers. Hot on their heels,
O2 announced a similar plan change this week, paving the way for UK providers to make the move away from flat-rate. Orange and T-Mobile, Hutchison Whampoa and Vodafone are expected to follow suit.
The move to "pay as you go" plans is designed to keep 'abusive' mobile data users from causing network congestion problems - something AT&T in particular has come to know only too well. The…
