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AT&T Announces iPhone Tethering and New Smartphone Data Plans
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Its a charge based on the fact that ATT executives are greedy bastards.
Maybe you do not understand my point. With the DataPro plan, you have already paid for 2gb. Use it however you like. If i use more data, i will be paying $10/1gb.
This is why I want to strangle people who send texts as if it's an IM application. If it takes you five texts to say "Sup. What are you doing? You busy? I had this dream last night, LOL." I will probably bash your head in. Thankfully, most of my texting friends will write paragraphs instead of sentences or words.
Have you reset that recently? It's more than likely your phone's lifetime usage, not a month.
Use the at&t data usage reporting, not the iPhone's unless you reset it.
This is exactly what they wanted to accomplish. The bandwidth hogs will pay more, as they should.
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WOW. That is the worst deal I have ever heard of. To all the people who compained about rogers 6gb for $30 with free tethering you should all be loving this right now. I knew that AT&T had to do something but this is absolutely INSANE how bad a deal that is. This is a sign that the iphone is NOT going to other carriers because these rates are WAY out of line
WOW. That is the worst deal I have ever heard of. To all the people who compained about rogers 6gb for $30 with free tethering you should all be loving this right now. I knew that AT&T had to do something but this is absolutely INSANE how bad a deal that is. This is a sign that the iphone is NOT going to other carriers because these rates are WAY out of line
Thats quite a bit of money for so little.
Up here on Rogers its $30/month: 6GB inc. Tethering
Rogers doesnt care how you use your bucket of beans, either way your paying for it.
The bandwidth "hogs" today is the normal users tomorrow. Do you want people to stuck only doing text emails on their smartphones forever? Consider watching youtube when it was started. You would be considered as bandwidth "hogs," yet today watching hulu,netflix streaming, etc is considered normal usage.
Yes, it is. The iPhone reports entirely different information from what at&t has, even if just cellular data usage.
So you've used 1.9GB of combined WiFi and 3G since you bought your phone (which presumably wasn't this month, considering you're on this site), and think a 2GB monthly cap on 3G is going to screw you?
More pissed at iPad "bait and switch". iPhone plans reasonable.
While it is a step backwards, I think I haven't used 2GB of iPhone data in the last 2 months combined. My wife barely used 200MB this month. While people in my situation will benefit from the options, you have that person that lives on 3G data that will be affected.
I am more pissed at the "bait and switch" technique for the iPad plan though. This is to stop people from going strictly VOIP with their iPad and skype.
While it is a step backwards, I think I haven't used 2GB of iPhone data in the last 2 months combined. My wife barely used 200MB this month. While people in my situation will benefit from the options, you have that person that lives on 3G data that will be affected.
I am more pissed at the "bait and switch" technique for the iPad plan though. This is to stop people from going strictly VOIP with their iPad and skype.
Man these new plans are set up at just below what I need.
I currently use around 250-300MB of data a month but would like tethering...the thing is I'm pretty sure I would go over the 2GB when tethering.
I'm assuming we won't be able to add the tethering plan to our current iPhone data?
Basically I will either stay the same at $30 a month, use less data and save $180 a year or pay $180 more for tethering limited to 2GB.
I currently use around 250-300MB of data a month but would like tethering...the thing is I'm pretty sure I would go over the 2GB when tethering.
I'm assuming we won't be able to add the tethering plan to our current iPhone data?
Basically I will either stay the same at $30 a month, use less data and save $180 a year or pay $180 more for tethering limited to 2GB.
The iPhone indicates all time data usage unless you manually reset it... you've had your phone for less than one month?
I wouldn't mind saving $5 a month by switching from "unlimited" to "DataPro", but that will really suck if (or when) Netflix streaming comes to the iPhone.
I download a 10MB podcast every weeknight and read all sorts of news on iPhone apps daily. I haven't topped 500MB before. I want to know what people who go past 2GB, at least on iPhone, because it's got to be inventive.
You're also forgetting that you can send away on WiFi. These data limits will change over time, especially in a few years when the 4G network rolls out. My ISP just upped the upload speed for free. It's not much, but it's something. ISPs all around have been slowly charging less for more speed. In 2000, I think I paid $50 for a 1.5Mbps connection. Now I'm paying $30 for 3Mbps and could get 12Mbps for $45.
From what I read, LTE is designed specifically for handling data, which means it will be more efficient at handling everybody. I'm guessing that means more bandwidth per node or whatever. 4G service will cost more when it's available, but it will much more likely come with higher caps.
I just checked my data usage for my wife and I for the last six months. I averaged 395mb while my wife averaged 31mb.
Based on the new pricing: I would need the Data Pro for $25 and my wife can use the 200mb plan for $15. I would allegedly save $20/month.
It's not earth shattering but it's something. Now if they would just include text with that.............
Based on the new pricing: I would need the Data Pro for $25 and my wife can use the 200mb plan for $15. I would allegedly save $20/month.
It's not earth shattering but it's something. Now if they would just include text with that.............
Exactly right. Lose revenue from folks dropping from $30 to $15, but gain revenue from folks going from $0 (no plan) to $15. The required $30 unlimited plan has been a huge barrier to iPhone adoption. Tons of complaints.
Starting at just $99 for handset, most everyone at AT&T would have an iPhone. But, it's not really $99/$199/$299 when consider that it will cost and extra $360/$720 over 1/2 years.
It's better to get $15 opposed to $0 from folks unwilling to pay $30, and hope that they become heavy data users and realize the value and move up to more expensive plans.
It costs a lot more to cover the US land mass than the Netherlands. You Europeans don't have the vast expanses of nothingness we have. Sprint and T-Mobile can charge different prices for data and such here because their networks barely try to cover outside major traffic areas. AT&T and Verizon cover much more area.
argh
Doesn't stop me from still wanting to buy the next gen iPhone.
However, what I don't like about the plan change is that I will be more data conscious; meaning that I will probably cut down watching videos, streaming radio, downloading apps from wifi instead of 3g.
It's the only thing that slightly deters me but oh well.
It's what I always did on my iPod Touch anyways.
Doesn't stop me from still wanting to buy the next gen iPhone.
However, what I don't like about the plan change is that I will be more data conscious; meaning that I will probably cut down watching videos, streaming radio, downloading apps from wifi instead of 3g.
It's the only thing that slightly deters me but oh well.
It's what I always did on my iPod Touch anyways.
That is my main complaint for this change. If they are going to charge for tethering why not give an additional 2GB for data. Of course now I can return the MiFi and not pay Verizon $59 for 5GB of data