AT&T Lowers Data Access To Just $500/GB

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 12, 2011 @07:49AM from the cheap-at-twice-the-price dept.

GMGruman writes "No doubt in a move to demonstrate how having fewer carriers (once it buys T-Mobile) will be good for US cellular customers, AT&T has announced lower data pricing for customers not on contract: On a per-gigabyte basis, GoPhone users will only pay $500 rather than the previous $5,000. Such a deal. The pricing is indeed lower, but even the best option for such users is five times more than regular customers pay. And given that pay-as-you-go pricing is what the poor and people living paycheck to paycheck use, the result is those who can afford the least still pay by far the most."

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"Needs" by Anonymous Coward · 2011-04-12 07:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Nobody who is poor or living paycheque to paycheque NEEDS mobile data. I would argue they don't need cell phones at all but that's neither here nor there.
So ... by Kohath · 2011-04-12 08:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

don't buy it then?
To stop being poor, learn not to spend money you don't have on luxuries you can't afford.