AT&T’s ultra-fast GigaPower advertises $29 fee for privacy and security

AT&T has an ultra-fast Internet service that it’s offering in select regions, but those plans have come under fire as the company also noted that there would be a cost to remove any advertising tracking within the service. According to the company, in order to maintain your security and prevent third-parties from monitoring web searches and tracking information that is being logged will cost $29 each month. However, conflicting reports are now surfacing that argue that the service will cost in excess of $40 or even $60 to maintain the secure, tracking-free, high-speed service.

Breaking down the cost of the service is what ultimately uncovers the real cost of the GigaPower security fee. Its $99 per month, plus a $7 per month modem fee, and then a one-time activation fee that brings the total to a collective $114. Breaking that down reveals that the real cost of the security comes out to be $44 instead of $29. However, what is ultimately being compared is the cost of fees and taxes, which as usual account for a pretty large chunk of the respective service.

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AT the end of the day, this service will live, or die, by how effectively it manages the fact that its users are paying for security – something very few people want to hear now-a-days. Users don’t want to have to beg for a secure service that won’t cost them more money for the service, and then more money for the preservation of that security. Users want simplicity, and they want security – it’s quite simple. However, the service is still only available in a thin-layer of locations – and the future is unclear for GigaPower, as it’s the cutting-edge in terms of Internet firepower.

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