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AT&T Will Raise Cost of Old Unlimited Data Plans By $5 In February (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader writes: AT&T customers trying to hold on to their old unlimited-data plans will have to pay a little more starting in February. AT&T's legacy plans for unlimited data will soon be $35 a month, instead of the current $30, on top of normal monthly bill costs. The Verge reports: "This is the first price hike AT&T has levied on grandfathered unlimited customers in seven years; the plan in question was discontinued in 2010 and as such is no longer offered to new customers. The $35 unlimited data feature is in addition to the costs associated with your voice and texting plan(s)."
Yeah it's kind of a ghetto company, but frankly I'm not that stuck up. Data is data. I also like the fact that every month is the end of the contract. If they piss me off I walk.
Downside to make the deal a good deal you need to pay for the phone upfront, so if you want the latest and the greatest it will cost you. I got the 5S when it came out for $600. It's a great deal these days for around $300.
Watches the exodus of AT&T customers to T-mobile.
Seriously??? T-Mobile is a joke here in DFW. Verizon or ATT is the only game in town. I'll gladly pay the extra $5 since I figure it has saved me a lot since I've had the grandfathered unlimited plan...
So... watch the last couple of years?
Lucky at&t customers your bill is only going up $5 verizon wireless is raising ours $20.
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
That's not a bad idea, if the one I get to fuck is that cute brunette on their television commercials. I think her name is Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrub. Cute face and nice rear end, too.
Contract's up on January 5th. The last straw for me was when they refused to unlock my old iPhone so I could sell it after I upgraded to the 6s.
I'll be on T-Mobile before they get that $5.
Imagine all the people...
6 or so years ago when they disabled tethering or wifi on this service. I know I used to have it until 2 years ago.
Since then I ditched all plans and just do pay as you go. $60 bucks a month and I don't pay a dime extra....like it should be. I seemed to remember no matter what carrier I used to use they always ended up jacking the price up dollar by dollar every few months...until somehow you're $80 plan somehow morphs into a $130....for one line. Screw these assholes and their contracts.
...since I usually use less than a GB a month. I have WiFi turned on and I don't watch movies on my damn phone. I have a TV for that. I have the 10 GB plan. My teenage daughter uses about 4 GB a month. If it ever gets close to going over, I try to turn off her data until the end of the month or have her pay for overages. Haven't run over yet.
It will effect my friend who pays out the nose because he has a 30 year old daughter with a college degree on the plan. Our company got bought out and now we get a 22 % discount on standard price of service, but he won't switch because of his daughter. I think, fuck if she is 30 years old, then she needs her own damn plan. You pay over $250 a month when you could pay $160 so that your 30 year old daughter can have unlimited data? And, you complain about money sometimes? I know where you can save a boatload of money. Cut the cord...
It's a joke here in NJ too. Personally I don't have an unlimited plan with them, but I've been with AT&T for many years now and really have no complaints. Verizon has caught up by now coverage-wise, but no reason to switch.
You should visit AT&T offices for sales related events and who they hire for THOSE roles. Models.
I'm one of the grandfathered ones and it's the main reason I stick with AT&T. Sure it sucks that I have to pay another $5 a month but to have unlimited data (even if they throttle it after a while) is worth it to me.
We all know that the cost of networking equipment is rising and the performance of said equipment is dropping. So it is getting much more expensive to provide the same amount of data. /sarcasm
I know it is fashionable to make fun of AT&T, but per network device costs are not rising, but investing in more infrastructure, like replacing one tower with 6 towers is, as you can imagine, expensive.
Improving LTE coverage is also expensive
22 gigs, actually.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Meh. I've been paying the same rate since 2008. I wish all my other services worked like that. AT&T can have the $5.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
AT&T can hold the customer to the terms of a contract, but the customer cannot hold AT&T to the terms of a contract.
You haven't saved anything. You spent less. Now you spend more. To save money you have to decrease your cost, and it has nothing to do with other options
Nonsense. You save money by spending less than you would spend if that option weren't available. For example, if you desperately need a car and you see one that's $2000 cheaper than the other options, you've saved $2000. If you don't need a car, then buying it is not saving money.
I'm not sure if this is precisely the correct term, but this is basically opportunity cost. You have $X net money, as opposed to your alternative choices, where you would have less than $X.
A cat can't teach a dog to bark.
Voice and Data for modern cellphones? Are they transmitted or handled differently, or is the only difference in how they are billed?
You are only throttled to 2G speeds AFTER you have consumed your data allotment. So in your example if you were only paying for 1GB per month you would start getting 2G speeds after 1GB is used. You shouldn't expect to continue surfing at full speed after you used your allotment. I'm glad they don't charge you additional fees for overages like AT&T and Verizon.
I just bought a phone in September (son destroyed previous 4-year old phone), so I had to renew my 2-year contract. Since the terms of the contract have changed (notably the monthly charge for data), can I cancel the contract without having to pay an early cancellation fee?
Increased data cap prior to throttling?
Oh here's the rub... so for the past few years I have averaged around 5-7 gigs a month on my Unlimited plan. Recently, AT&T upped the throttling cap to 22gigs. And suddenly, this past month I received a warning that I was approaching my 22gig cap.
My average for the year prior was 8 gigs. And that is higher than my long standing average with an increase the last few months before AT&T announced the change. My average since the change 14gigs, with last month at 18gigs.
Mind you, there has been no change in my usage. In fact, I'd say recent months have involved significantly less usage. So I find it quite bizarre to have averaged around 5-8 gigs for years. And now that AT&T has announced a new 22gig cap, my usage since September has been 9/15 = 16gb, 10/15=12gb, 11/15=18gb, and here it is with 2 weeks till my next billing date and I am already at 12gb. Which means 12/15 ~= 24gbs.
Hey AT&T, can you explain why suddenly, when use my phone less. My new data usage is reporting 2-4x my prior data usage. It's almost like, my data usage was right at the cap before. And now there is a new cap....and well, I am right at the cap again. But I haven't changed?????
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Reminiscent of Comcast not being able to stream HD or 3D Netflix. Despite a 50mb connection. Yet, once the deal was done with Netflix. I was able to stream 3D the following day on my 3mb connection.
I CALL BS ON THE TELCOS.....LYING BASTARDS ARE THEY ALL!