lol I still have my att unlimited it's 39.00 a month. so really it's 5gb if you counted the limited part of the unlimited it's still cheaper. so no big savings here.
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AT&T and Verizon Boost Monthly Wireless Data in Ongoing Competition
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I was on the $70 4gb plan and got a text from Verizon offering to up to 8gb with no price change or contract update. I thought I was on a 2 gb plan with 2gb free for upgrading but I honestly don't remember the cost of the plan:
Free Verizon Msg: Verizon appreciates your loyalty. You are currently on the $70/4GB plan. You can now get an extra 4GB of data per month for the same price you pay now. There's no change to your voice plan or contract extension. Would you like to move to this new plan? If so, reply YES.
i just changed my plan with verizon online.
i originally had their $70 4GB plan, which i increased to the 6GB plan for $80 last year. i just checked online and saw that it states my 6GB plan is no longer available, and in turn, the $80 plan is now 10GB. so i updated my account to the 10GB plan for the same $80 i was paying for 6. not bad.
i originally had their $70 4GB plan, which i increased to the 6GB plan for $80 last year. i just checked online and saw that it states my 6GB plan is no longer available, and in turn, the $80 plan is now 10GB. so i updated my account to the 10GB plan for the same $80 i was paying for 6. not bad.
The U.S. just needs to hurry up and get off limited data plans. Here in Switzerland everything is unlimited, you simply pay for throughput. For example, I pay for 30Mbps data (which includes unlimited talk and text). No additional charges for tethering either. They have plans that start at 256k and go up to "unlimited", which with 4G can be pretty fast! No throttling. I believe the rest of Europe has similar offerings.
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Just out of curiosity, how many of you go over your data plan limits? I haven't been on a U.S. contract in so long, I can't remember what data plan I was on. I'll be going back to the U.S. soon and probably don't need a 10GB data plan, but I think 2-3GB might be too little.
Nope it's over, thankfully, most carrier plans include unlimited international calls for just a $5 extra !
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The point I was making about diesel is that diesel cars are far more efficient, ours at least... For instance a gas car usually needs 6-7 L / 100km, a diesel one is closer to 3-4 L, so even with gasoline being twice as expensive i'm pretty sure we don't pay more at the end.
Yup , as usual . people forget the population density/ size of territory part real quick .
That being said , here in Canada we have similar situation as US but there's no chance in a hell a pricing war will happen with the big three here ,Robelus being a monopoly approved by government sigh
Certainly not in Germany. Data gets worse and worse now that people no longer use sms. Most people I know have 500mb or 1gb at most before they get throttled to something insane like 64kbs or even 32kbs for the rest of the month. One used to be able to reset the data for like 5 but they even changed that. Instead of getting your original volume back for the month you only get another 200mb
Yeah, first thing I thought of, since I’ve recently been toying with the idea of just buying a phone outright. For our 4GB shared it wasn’t cheaper (with the $10 line discount), and it wasn’t cheaper for the 10G plan either because the “base” plan price offset the much steeper line discount of $25.
*If* this allows the $25/line discount because it now falls into the 10GB+ plans, we’ll definitely do that (mostly for the net price reduction, the extra data being just a side perk).
If you find out, it would be great if you post back to this thread. I’ve been considering a change to t-Mobile, but this might keep me with Verizon.
I'm in the same boat. I still have unlimited but wife has 2gb plan. My FAN discount applies to both plans so even if she goes over its still cheaper than getting any other data plan. What we don't have is any texting plan and/or tethering option (would work well for the kids ipads). Those are the only 2 features we would get but at a premium of about $40-50 more.
Don't know if you've been replied to or not, but call them up and tell them you're thinking about switching to Sprint's 20GB/$100 plan and ask if they have something to match. They will double your 10GB plan.
It starts tomorrow, 11/2, but they won't change you automatically. You need to call, go in, or use the app to make the change to the new plan. You can ask them to backdate the change to cover any overage, but if your bill cycle ends tomorrow, the system will likely not let them. They may be willing to issue you a credit for the overage given the timing, so you should ask.
Looking at these numbers, it looks like it may be cheaper and faster to ditch Comcast's Broadband for my home internet and just use AT&T's LTE.
Same here. We also have an excellent FAN (24%) on our account. Even going over our texting we also still pay less. I need to see 6GB shared for two lines at $115 (before FAN) before it's worth it for us.
It was a deal through the retention department that lasted for 3 days and then was stopped due to the overwhelming amount of calls that they received. I was lucky enough to get the deal and now have 20GB for the price of 10GB.
We pay more for some things--other things you pay more. I for one don't plan to move to Europe for cheaper data rates anymore than you would move to the USA for cheaper gas prices.
That's nice...I'm paying $25 a month per phone on T-Mobile and getting 2.5 GB for each of my 4 phones. Beat that, AT&T and Verizon!
Just as soon as T-Mobile even comes close to having the same coverage and building penetration.
Yeah...the coverage really isn't the best, but I tested it with my cellular iPad over the summer, driving from California to Utah and found that it really wasn't THAT bad and I had at least some signal almost the entire way. I also get LTE in my home city, and I rarely leave from there.
USA vs ... !
It is more like a USA vs Rest of the World situation! It is not just about cost/bandwidth, throttling, etc., but about how you are billed!
Everywhere else, the person making the call pays or uses up the minutes. Here, the in the USA, both parties get billed/tallied! That should be stopped! Missed calls - a whole another scam!
It is more like a USA vs Rest of the World situation! It is not just about cost/bandwidth, throttling, etc., but about how you are billed!
Everywhere else, the person making the call pays or uses up the minutes. Here, the in the USA, both parties get billed/tallied! That should be stopped! Missed calls - a whole another scam!