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AT&T Undercuts Verizon, T-Mobile With New Unlimited Plan (cnet.com)
Roger Cheng, writing for CNET: AT&T just fired the latest salvo in the unlimited data wars. The Dallas telecommunications giant unveiled two new unlimited data plans. The first is Unlimited Choice, a stripped-down plan that comes with unlimited data at a maximum speed of 3 megabits per second, standard definition, and no mobile hotspot. At $60, it's lower than T-Mobile's $70 plan and Verizon's $80 option. Both plans, however, offer you full high-definition video and 10 gigabytes of mobile hotspot access. Sprint still offers the cheapest option at $50 a month, although prices rise by $10 after a year. AT&T continues to push its video aspirations with higher end option called Unlimited Plus that includes HD video and 10GB of mobile hotspot access. The plan costs $90 a month, but gives you the option to add DirecTV Now streaming video service for $10 and DirecTV home satellite TV service for $25 a month.
After taxes and fees is it actually cheaper?
I just takes a little time when there are only 4 competitors.
Someone told me Verizon is offering unlimited again. I see up there it says $80 for unlimited from Verizon, but strangely enough, when I look at my Verizon account with my phone, they want $65 for unlimited. So what the hell? Get some accurate numbers people.
Doesn't really matter if the coverage isn't there in rural areas.
AT&T isn't trying to steal Verizon's rural customers, and T-Mobile doesn't have better coverage. I bet AT&T would be happy to secure a big chunk of Verizon's urban customer base and leave Verizon with customers in the sticks.
Rural coverage is a byproduct, not the focus you think it is.
Forgot to add the asterisk next to unlimited. Everyone knows its unlimited til they decide you used to much then they choke you down to speeds not much better then dial-up so it takes 4-5min to load a web page.
If I bring my own phone and insert their SIM card?
The fact that TMO is owned by the germans it's not as alien for them to offer a tax/fee included rate.
Looks like FAN company/corporate discounts will no longer be applied to these new plans. This was the only thing keeping them competitive w/ T-Mobile pricing.
In South Dakota, Verizon and AT&T are basically your only options in rural areas. T-Mobile doesn't exist at all and Sprint is horrible in metro areas (no 4G), let alone rural areas.
T-Mobile just responded. Three lines unlimited data, $100, taxes included. https://www.macrumors.com/2017...
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
Those who forget the past are doomed
...I do not think it means what you think it means.
To undercut in price generally means to offer goods or services of comparable quality at a lower price. AT&T's offering remains inferior to its competitors; therefore, it cannot be regarded as "undercutting."
If someone is selling upscale donuts at $5 a piece, am I "undercutting" them if I decide to sell cardboard "donuts" at 10 cents each?
Unless it's a permanent pricing option, they didn't undercut anyone, they are tricking short-sighted fools into paying them more.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
It depends on the area for sure. In rural Vermont AT&T definitely has the best coverage, and Verizon's is just OK.
I've been a mostly satisfied AT&T customer for the last 7 years. In their favor, good coverage everywhere I've been, including Stumblefuck, ND, and they unlocked 2 (paid for) phones quickly and easily when I went to the UK so I could use an Asda SIM. Historically trips to the store have been brief and easy and I got what I needed done without grief.
That changed on Saturday. Like most people, we haven't been upgrading handsets and my wife was complaining about problems with her iPhone 5s, so we decided to get her a new phone. She wanted a 7 Plus.
On trip one, we went in and the sales droid pulled out all the stops to get us to buy other shit. $50 iPad mini if we added a line of service. Beats wireless headphones on the table "ready to buy", DirecTV, fucking cell phone insurance plan pre-added to our account in the tablet application. After telling him to fuck off over everything he wanted to do and to not stick us on a 6 gig shared plan when we use 5.95 GB regularly, we finally finished and walked out with the new phone and a case for it (she makes the money, so she gets to buy an overpriced case, but I digress).
Sure enough when we get home -- it's an iPhone 7 -- NOT the plus model. Couldn't tell from the box without the Plus box next to it to compare (or reading the microscoping printing on the bottom label).
Go back to the store WITH the iPhone 7 Plus case we bought and explain it to a different sales droid. Told him the first salesmen brought out the wrong phone, sold us a case that didn't match it without saying anything and who can tell from the sealed iPhone box (iPhone 7 and 7 Plus packaging is IDENTICAL in appearance other than size, and the non-plus box still larger than an actual Plus phone). Told him we had wanted the Plus but been given the smaller one in error. "Why would we pick out a wrong-sized new case? Why would sell us a phone and mismatched case?"
He wanted to charge me a $45 restock fee. Store was crowded and I raised my voice and told him I wasn't paying for his mistake and I would (well, mostly) walk away to T-Mobile with all 3 lines of service. Manager heard my voice, came over and approved the exchange without the $45 fee. Then THIS guy wouldn't let up about the insurance plan -- "Are you a gambler?" Fuck off.
So I get home.....and, the dumbshit assigned MY number to the now-right new iPhone SIM. Third trip back to the store to get a new SIM for my phone and the right number on the new phone.
3 fucking trips due to their incompetence. I told the manager when I was there that he needed to focus his employees on the details of their transactions, not on the relentless upselling.
Did you mean 12, or did they buy a new band and I need another new phone?
I just got one that covers 2/4/12
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
$60 from AT&T is //MORE// expensive than $70 from T-Mobile.
This is because AT&T uses la-la land pricing and T-Mobile has prices with ALL TAXES AND FEES included.
-- I was raised on the command line, bitch
...are they still just artificially disabling that feature in android phones sold by them, then selling it back to you?
I mean if you already have an unlocked android phone so it has hotspot support out of the box, can they even tell if you use it with a plan that does not include hotspot?
I stand corrected. I just looked at a T-mobile coverage map (first time in a few years). If the map is correct, they have a lot of coverage in SD. For many years T-mobile didn't have a presence in SD. Good to see that has changed.
True. Just don't mention the war.
You need to make sure your phone supports a new set of LTE channels to get that extended range with T-Mobile.
That expanded range comes from new frequencies, not new towers.
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