I hope Verizon gets in on this also. It is about time for some good ole fashion carrier wars that will actually benefit the consumers.
Go go T-Mobile, keep shaking things up.
x1000.
T-Mobile can be cutting all their margins as thin as they want, but it only hurts themselves. Having Legere has their puppet doesn't cost them much, but network upgrades do. They can't afford to improve their network if they keep lowering prices and letting everyone onto their network.
Is AT&T getting into a legal grey area with this move? I can see the DOJ having a problem with a very large competitor targeting the smallest national carrier without making the same offer available to customers of the other two large carriers.
Nah, we're good.
Some of us can actually do math, figure out TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) during the research stage.
So with this whole up to 450$ in savings AT&T is offering, is no one else seeing the irony in the fact that when you buy let's say an iPhone from them, they are already taking 400$ off the retail price of that device with the signing of the contract or plan. So does this just mean that customers end up paying around the same price for the phone anyway? A 16GB 5s would cost 649$ outright with no plan... So take away 450$ from that and you have your regular 199$ pricing, just seems like a way for them to say they are saving you money, and to just keep doing the same thing.
Is this the first time AT&T has actually offered to pay money to customers instead of taking more away?
Shucks! Just switched to ATT two weeks ago from T-Mobile!
Had no issues with TMobile, voice was great, WiFi calling was great but their Data coverage sucked. I thought I could live with it as I already knew this from their coverage map. But I couldn't!
TMobile, other than these tricks... increase your coverage!
Somebody must be feeling a little revenue hit; small no doubt, but enough to nudge them into offering a little incentive.
If Sprint goes thru with their planned acquisition of T-Mob, and such a deal is approved by the FCC and DoJ, I would certainly hope they would eventually integrate both business units, and convert all of their networks to GSM. Sprint and T-Mob combined would have more resources to improve their networks, with wider LTE coverage, and this would make them a realistic alternative for those who are currently only sticking with AT&T and Verizon because of their better coverage.
Gotta love competition; a consumer's best 'friend'.
Seems like too little too late... I guess no one is falling for the family shared plan. It actually would have raised our rates and given us less data.
AT&T employee here. To partake in this promotion, you must either BYOD, participate in AT&T Next, or buy a device at retail price. 2-year contracts are not included in this promotion.
New customers have to sign for mobile share plan at AT&T (this is the only option AT&T offers for new contracts).
2GB Data + Unlimited talk and text = $95 before taxes. Compare it to $50 from T-Mobile. That's $45X24 months (contract) = $1080 - $450 credit = $630 or $315 loss per year for this move (pre tax).
Every additional smartphone adds $40 to the plan and shares this 2GB, unlike T-Mobile where you get additional line with 2GB data for $40 (goes down by $10 for each additional line).
LOL, shared plans saved me a ton and I have several friends who have also saved quite a bit so do you care to disclose whether you work for Verizon or T-Mobile?