Same here, saving $50/month now (since next month AT&T is upping the grandfathered unlimited plan by another $5 per line). T-Mobile's coverage and bandwidth is actually better than AT&T's around our home and places we use our phones.
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AT&T Announces New Unlimited Data Plan With 10GB of Tethering and $25 Off DirecTV
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Same here, saving $50/month now (since next month AT&T is upping the grandfathered unlimited plan by another $5 per line). T-Mobile's coverage and bandwidth is actually better than AT&T's around our home and places we use our phones.
Every time these american data plans are presented i laughlook up at the skylines if you wonder where your money is going.
Unlimited 4g everything is about 17$ here
Everytime I fuel my V8 4.4L I laugh at EU gas prices. We shouldn't compare countries here. Apples vs Androids. We discuss new Att data plan. This plan BTW works for me and I switch at the end of my billing cycle.
Yes, because subscribers in Florida and other more densely populated states subsidize the cost of infrastructure in those empty states.
As mentioned above, thats the current unlimited, not unlimited plus.
it matters to him because management has to each month go in and give him credits to satisfy what someone put in writing. Thats why they dont send anything unofficial out. He is good to go with his discount even if it doesn't come Thursday.
Thanks for pointing this out. I read it again and still came to the same conclusion, but then noticed my mistake. I should have read it as 2 sentences. You're totally right. It's 3Mbps. They should have reversed the sentence to avoid confusion, but of course it's confusion that works in their favor. Anyway, should have read:
AT&T may slow speeds after 22GB of data usage.
As you see I was RESPONDING to a post with #alternativefacts.
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Yes, that was my point to the person who took this up.
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I agree. It is however interesting as to why there is such a big difference. In previous years I always defended it by stating that in Europe you didn't get "a free iPhone" (by comitting to 24 months). But now thankfully that has ended. Maybe one of the reasons we are seeing prices go down here?
I want FAN discounts to apply, but with Verizon not offering them, I don't see any logical reason why AT&T would.
My office building has built-in repeaters for AT&T and Verizon. If you have T-Mobile, you have no signal inside.
I'm on a single line plan. Yeah, T-Mob might be 20 cheaper, but that's not worth my phone not working most of my work day.
Anyone on the grandfTer plan going to switch to the new plus plan if FAN is not included ?
The wife and I just jumped ship from our grandfathered unlimited plans to T-Mobile. After the monthly discount, from a former employer, we were still paying $168 a month for 2 lines...with a $5 per line bump coming in March. Jumped on the T-Mobile One unlimited. 2 lines for $100/month with 10 gb of tethering. Throw in the 20% off for life discount I got from an old neighbor who works for T-Mobile and we're at $80/month tax included. Just saved almost $1k per year by making the change and I'm not looking back. Heck we might add my in-laws and parents to our plan. 3 lines with T-Mobile One is $140/month. Lines 4-8 are only an additional $20 per line. We could be looking at 6 lines, unlimited with tethering for $200/month or $33/line. That is tough to beat.
This new unlimited plan is not a deal. They're just throwing in the tethering. And to get that you have to ditch your current grandfathered plan.
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Just did the same. #NOTLOOKINGBACK
Which still doesn't really have anything to do with what this is all about.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-25-off-directv.2034553/page-16#post-24349606
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I am. I'm at $86/month for grandfathered unlimited data, unlimited text and 400 minutes a month (that I don't use) after the FAN. And I think that's about to go up $5/month, right? so $91 (with tax) to ~$98? 7 dollars to add tethering? Sure, why not? And I think they'll eventually turn FAN back on for these plans.
The US is a big country, its population is spread out over a much larger area than, say, the U.K. It costs more money to maintain that network because they need more towers to cover people than in more densely populated areas. Thus, the service costs more. Fortunately, they're all competing for the same people, so they have to lower their prices or offer novel features. I'd be shocked if they ever got close to $15/mo unlimited service, though.Every time these american data plans are presented i laugh
Unlimited 4g everything is about 17$ here
But you do have more than 327 million active mobile phones in use, which is some 250 million more high paying subscribers than U.K. And there are more densely populated countries in Europe that have same low prices.
Prices are however going down fast. Scary scenario would be if Verizon buy Sprint and ATT buys T-Mobile. With the new administration that would probably go through without any involvement from the government.
Having been on AT&T's grandfathered unlimited plan since forever, I finally dropped them for T-Mobile after briefly considering Verizon — both of which offer better unlimited plans than this.
What got me to fully embrace T-Mobile is there's currently a promo where you can get 20% off the otherwise $70/mo One plan for life — you just need a code from an employee for the "Insider Hook Up". So I'm looking at unlimited everything (and up to 28GB before you're even theoretically de-prioritized) with 10GB of LTE tethering for $56/mo including taxes/fees. T-Mobile.com/Hookup then use your code there, then sign up within 14 days.
On top of that, if you're porting a number from another carrier there's another promotion that gets you a $150 prepaid debit card. t-mobile.com/promotions code: 17SWITCHER (after you've signed up)
Prior to that, the Verizon $80/mo plan sounded pretty good, but can't beat $56/mo.
What got me to fully embrace T-Mobile is there's currently a promo where you can get 20% off the otherwise $70/mo One plan for life — you just need a code from an employee for the "Insider Hook Up". So I'm looking at unlimited everything (and up to 28GB before you're even theoretically de-prioritized) with 10GB of LTE tethering for $56/mo including taxes/fees. T-Mobile.com/Hookup then use your code there, then sign up within 14 days.
On top of that, if you're porting a number from another carrier there's another promotion that gets you a $150 prepaid debit card. t-mobile.com/promotions code: 17SWITCHER (after you've signed up)
Prior to that, the Verizon $80/mo plan sounded pretty good, but can't beat $56/mo.
Correct, i was only stating that the unlimited was there, the unlimited plus won't be available until Thursday, as i mentioned above, they don't have an option/button to add it until Thursday