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Nope! I spoke with AT&T's customer service and they indicated you would have to be on a family data share plan. AT&T really wants a date with the FCC and I don't think they'll be holding hands and all friendly like.

On Aug 23, 2012, at 6:01 AM, KK4AHX Darren Duff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> perhaps they are blocking it in iOS 6 beta and once it is out of beta they
> will unblock it?
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> 73.
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> Darren Duff.
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> Vice President,
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> Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
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> http://www.cherokeehams.com <http://www.cherokeehams.com/> 
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> amateur radio station KK4AHX.
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> Cherokee county ares.
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> http://www. <http://www.cherokee-ares.org/> cherokee-ares.org
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> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 2:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: AT&T's Latest Scam
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> 
> Hi Group,
> 
> As this list allows pretty much anything and as at least with most mail
> clients, the original message was virtually unintelligible because of mail
> transfer traffic and the inability of this ancient server to decode Rich
> Text format, I have taken the liberty to resubmit this article by removing
> all of the coding and by sending it in plain text.
> 
> Please! everyone should change their outgoing message format for this list
> to 'plain text' format.  Most modern mail clients allow for this: Outlook,
> Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Windows Mail and Live Mail.  Some day, maybe
> we will be on a server that can handle the modern formats.
> 
> [Begin repost]
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Sarah Alawami <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: AT&T's Latest Scam
> Date: August 22, 2012 12:08:12 PM EDT
> To: Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]>
> 
> got this off of free press's website. I think for those of us that
> live in the uSA and that's most of you that I'm sending this to we need to
> take action. At&t are becoming ridiculous in their actions tward iPhone
> users and if we don't stop them they will nickel and dime us for everything
> we've got.  The ccc<I assume FCC is meant here>  wants to hear from you so
> even if you are not an iPhone user express yourself here. The message
> explaining everything is below. You can always opt out of receiving emails
> from them ever again if you do this. I won't as I want to fight for what I
> personally believe in, bent newtratlity and internet freedom, and the how I
> choose to use my device. Share via the link given to you on facebook,
> twitter, any social network you can. Shout this to the masses!
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> 
> Share this info Then act to stop AT&T blocking
> Dear Sarah,
> electricity to earmuffs, once you buy a product from a company,
> it shouldn't be any of its business how you choose to use it.
> Then there's the upside-down world of AT&T.
> The telecom giant just announced it is crippling the FaceTime video
> calling app on its customers' iPhones unless they subscribe to a
> more expensive text-and-voice plan. That's right!  AT&T
> will block one of the iPhone's best features unless users pay more money
> for less data and unlimited voice minutes, none of which they need to
> use FaceTime.
> This is not just an insult to customers, it's a violation of
> Net Neutrality. Tell the FCC to take action against AT&T's blocking.
> If we had actual competition for mobile phone service in America,
> AT&T's latest scam would never fly. You'd simply take your
> business elsewhere.
> But we don't have any competition. We have a market dominated by
> companies that force consumers into ridiculous service plans that make
> you pay more for less.
> Meanwhile, the FCC's Open Internet Order explicitly prohibits
> AT&T from screwing over iPhone customers this way.
> The rules state that mobile phone providers can't "block
> applications that compete with the provider's voice or video
> telephony services. And yet, AT&T is doing precisely that
> violating the letter and the spirit of Net Neutrality.
> Tell the FCC to take action against AT&T's blocking.
> Companies like AT&T and Verizon have shown they'll consider
> all sorts of ridiculous things to prop up declining revenue streams like
> voice and text.
> Today AT&T is blocking FaceTime unless you pay its toll. But tomorrow
> it could be Skype, Google Voice or Messages.
> And that's why users everywhere need to speak out against
> AT&T's harrowing vision for our wireless Internet future.
> Take action now: Put a stop to AT&T's attack on its customers
> and on Net Neutrality.
> Thanks,
> Craig Aaron
> Free Press
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> 1. Craig Aaron, E2809CAT&T: Pay Me, Screw Net Neutrality,E2809D
> Huffington Post, August 20, 2012.
> http://act.freepress.net/go/11644?t3D9
> <http://act.freepress.net/go/11644?t3D9&akid3D3798.9670476.Fcuz-I>
> &akid3D3798.9670476.Fcuz-I
> 2. Joel Kelsey, E2809CFCC Ruling Will Save Verizon Wireless
> Customers Big Bucks, Free Press, August 9, 2012.
> http://act.freepress.net/go/11641?t3D11
> <http://act.freepress.net/go/11641?t3D11&akid3D3798.9670476.Fcuz-I>
> &akid3D3798.9670476.Fcuz-I
> 3. See the FCC's Open Internet rules:
> http://act.freepress.net/go/11642?t3D13
> <http://act.freepress.net/go/11642?t3D13&akid3D3798.9670476.Fcuz-I>
> &akid3D3798.9670476.Fcuz-I
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