I have the same deal...i fought for 2 weeks with retentions to get it ...but im dumping it friday and switching 5 lines to unlimited plus. No more worrying about my kid goin over. We cud stream video again. And also 2 other grandfathered udp lines get tethering finally.....and wait til 5g arrives in 3 years it will eat up data like rheres no tomorrow. U will be strangling on your capped 20 gigs. Att wud never in a million years offered this great new plan if it wasnt for verizons new plan. Im sure its killin those greedy bastards to have to do this. But they were bleeding customers at an alarming rate. .... so im taking advantage of the situation and lockin up unlimited now while its. available again
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AT&T Announces New Unlimited Data Plan With 10GB of Tethering and $25 Off DirecTV
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You get tethering, you get unlimited calls to canada and mexico, and it's available to everyone due to TMO putting the fire under everyone's feet. It's not necessarily better than what you have, aside from the fact that new everyone doesn't have to rely on buying someones old phone line to have it available to them, or jump through stupid hoops like signing up for direct tv if they don't want to.
Nothing starts till Thursday. So there is probably things that will be updated from now till then.
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Correct, nothing starts till Thursday. He said they are just receiving the "FAQs" but my FAN applies.
Of course. Why would anyone expect them not to pinch every last penny.
Only if the FAN discounts apply. Even with the $5 increase I'll be paying less than $80 after taxes for the Nation 450 with unlimited data and unlimited text. Retentions added unlimited M2M two years ago, and since Wi-Fi calls don't use up minutes that's never an issue, particularly with rollover minutes.
If my FAN would apply, then the new plan would be about $90 after taxes for me.
The grandfathered plan still works well for single lines. It's the family lines that it gets stupidly overpriced. I'm $185 for 550 minutes for 3 lines after 21% FAN. Even without the FAN the new plan is 8 dollars a month cheaper.
Every time these american data plans are presented i laugh
Unlimited 4g everything is about 17$ here
I laugh at countries that are the size of 2 of our states comparing their infrastructure to ours.
After getting screwed over by DirecTV so many times in my 8 years with them, I will NEVER AGAIN give them my money and will speak against their company as much as I am able.
I would love to do that. Especially with the new $100 for 3 lines promo. But TMO just can't hold up to AT&T in my area. The speeds are less than half. And the single strength is consistently 1-2 bars less.
Well, it may be time for me to consider the Unlimited Plus and dump my grandfather unlimited plan. What really bothers me on my current plan is that ATT charges me for text messages. Yes, I know, it is 2017 but back in the day when I got this plan I did not include text message to save maybe $10 as month. Now, if I get someone that is not on my iMessage or WhatsApp I am charged by text message which is ridiculous. I am currently paying $130 for 2 lines including taxes for a 550 minutes (which we never use) but only my line has unlimited data and my wife gets 3GB. If they include my FAN discount I will probably consider a change.
If FAN is allowed I'll go for it to get the extra hotspot feature , still would be under 90 per month
It's a lot of upfront cost. My family has three devices on Next plans. To pay all of those off and switch would be close to $1800. Although T-Mobile "pays you to switch," it's in the form of a VISA gift card months later.
Ugh... The entire U.S. mobile service provider industry is STILL such a GD joke. Clearly, they're making it hand over fist. Obviously leaves zero incentive for them to change.
And that AT&T expects users to switch up their TV provider (and potentially their ISP) for their crappy TV offering in the name of a pricey unlimited + tethering plan, is just sad. And not the kind of sad you feel compassion towards. More like the kid of sad that infuriates.
I mean, it's 2017... Cars are driving themselves. Can someone please figure this **** out? It seems beyond ripe for someone to come in and shock the system. And not what T-Mo is doing. I mean radically redefine the whole GD mobile thing. And yes, I know it's "more complicated than that." Still... I'm pretty sure we have other things to be thinking about/working on. I can't be the only one who feels his way.
Sorry. Rant over. Just a topic that makes my face split open and melt.
And that AT&T expects users to switch up their TV provider (and potentially their ISP) for their crappy TV offering in the name of a pricey unlimited + tethering plan, is just sad. And not the kind of sad you feel compassion towards. More like the kid of sad that infuriates.
I mean, it's 2017... Cars are driving themselves. Can someone please figure this **** out? It seems beyond ripe for someone to come in and shock the system. And not what T-Mo is doing. I mean radically redefine the whole GD mobile thing. And yes, I know it's "more complicated than that." Still... I'm pretty sure we have other things to be thinking about/working on. I can't be the only one who feels his way.
Sorry. Rant over. Just a topic that makes my face split open and melt.
I just left DirecTV, between my cell phone bill and my DirecTV bill, I was paying a lot to them, for them to say I am a loyal customer, but offer new customers a better deal.
I'm an AT&T customer for 9 years now. Single line user. I find this incredibly insulting. Why wouldn't I simply leave for VZW and save $10 a month? I thought they would undercut VZW by $5, not this BS. And that choice plan is a joke at those ridiculous speeds.
When it's time to upgrade I will probably leave for VZW. Plus their phones are by default unlocked for international GSM use unlike AT&T.
When it's time to upgrade I will probably leave for VZW. Plus their phones are by default unlocked for international GSM use unlike AT&T.
Every time these american data plans are presented i laugh
Unlimited 4g everything is about 17$ here
For about $70/month, we get coverage in approximately 1.9 million square miles. (US land area is 3.8 million square miles, but about half of it is uninhabited and has no roads and thus no coverage, so I estimate half for purposes of this comparison, which is actually very conservative.) So that works out to about $0.04 / thousand square miles of coverage / month.
Denmark has 16.5 thousand square miles. Assuming 100% coverage, at $17/month, that's ~$1 / thousand square miles of coverage / month. In this way, our data plans a steal compared to yours.
Even if we your plan includes coverage in a few other neighboring countries, $ / land area / month costs are likely more or similar to the US. Our country is very big, and the populated areas are far apart. It takes a lot of cell phone towers to cover it all - a lot more than in Denmark.
Also, we do have local regional prepaid carriers that generally only cover some local smaller area that are a lot more affordable to the folks that don't want coverage in all 50 states. These tend to cost a lot less, and might even have better local coverage in far-away areas like Alaska.
Bye-bye T-mobile
I had old Att UDPs 4 lines and switched after the price increase and expensive Canada/Mexico roaming.
I just have just two question:
1. still have promo 35 dollars DirectTVNow, are they going to drop the price to 10 dollars or not?
2. On what amout can I have FAN discount?
3. Can I use BoGo on iphones 7 ?
P.S. No more Philippines call center. I cannot believe it.
Fine print says the discount doesn't apply to the $35 Go Big plan. This would be $5 a month more for me with 4 lines than I'm paying now on last week's unlimited plan, so I'm out without that $25 discount.
I didn't scroll through the remaining posts so not sure if you're aware. I was thinking it would be a great deal as I'm also on the $35 plan. With AT$T I'm used to reading the fine print. Looks like we're out of luck.
Qualifying Video Service: DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW (excludes Go Big $35/mo. plan)
well, that's a deal killer for me. even then, i probably wasn't going to switch back. the coverage is so much better than t-mobile.
Trust me, I sat on the fence for awhile debating on switching to T-Mobile, but was worried about what the coverage was like in my area. Fortunately I was able to test their network via a cheap prepaid plan. When I saw the coverage was just as good, maybe a tad better than AT&T, I jumped ship.
Granted the signal strength at our place was 1-2 bars with AT&T and is about the same with T-Mobile (maybe I'll get three bars depending on where I'm at in the house).
This argument will soon be moot, since the EU will end roaming fees later this year (which means European customers will be able to use their plans in the entire EU). Yes, Europe is smaller in terms of land area, but bigger in terms of population ...
I'm getting ready to cancel my three month DTVN trial, so that's no biggie. But we have DTV, so that's a nice perk.