No discount for Next as far as I know. 40 per line and your interest free Next payment is as good as it gets I'm afraid.
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AT&T Debuts New Unlimited Plan for Phone Customers With DIRECTV or U-Verse
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Okay, but I don't have to pay full price for the phone upfront correct?
Its not honestly bad for me, it will save me $50 a month. Never used tethering so It won't make a difference, the only thing I am concerned about is past 22GB the data speeds may get slowed down.
All you have to pay is the sales tax for the full price of the phone upfront. As far as the throttling it depends on where you live. 22 gb is a lot of data We have 3 phones and barely get 20 on a bad month.
that's because your wifi chip is not turned on, so iPhone can only use BT/USB to communicate with other devices.... It has nothing to do with the plan or carrier.
Just turn on your wifi then you will be able to tethe to other devices via wifi
[doublepost=1452640852][/doublepost]What I'm interested is if this plan can be transferred without uverse.
I'm currently with Comcast, and they offer 150/10 (though it SUCKS during peak hours), the best u-verse offer is 50/*
Just wondering if I can get the plan from someone without having to use uverse.
I also show this when looking at the option to change my plan -
Included with this plan
These features are included with your plan at no extra charge:
Rollover DataSM: Carry over unused data from your plan allowance for one month.
International Features: Send unlimited text, picture, and video messages from the U.S. to select countries. Plus, on our new promotional Mobile Share Value plans 15GB or higher, get Unlimited Talk & Text to Mexico and Canada.
Personal mobile hotspots: Share your mobile connection with other Wi-Fi enabled devices
The price listed is $140.00 vs my current $119.99. Both don't include my 23% FAN discount.
I've mentioned wanting to use Tethering once in awhile. It's very rare that I need it. Maybe a few times per year. I sometimes use it for my kids if they want to go online. But... at that point they can just use my iPad to watch Netflix. They can then watch as many movies as they want. I won't totally write this off. Total before taxes would be $126.20.
Is there any way to have a reasonably priced mobile hot spot if you can't access it on your phone or iPad?
Included with this plan
These features are included with your plan at no extra charge:
Rollover DataSM: Carry over unused data from your plan allowance for one month.
International Features: Send unlimited text, picture, and video messages from the U.S. to select countries. Plus, on our new promotional Mobile Share Value plans 15GB or higher, get Unlimited Talk & Text to Mexico and Canada.
Personal mobile hotspots: Share your mobile connection with other Wi-Fi enabled devices
The price listed is $140.00 vs my current $119.99. Both don't include my 23% FAN discount.
I've mentioned wanting to use Tethering once in awhile. It's very rare that I need it. Maybe a few times per year. I sometimes use it for my kids if they want to go online. But... at that point they can just use my iPad to watch Netflix. They can then watch as many movies as they want. I won't totally write this off. Total before taxes would be $126.20.
Is there any way to have a reasonably priced mobile hot spot if you can't access it on your phone or iPad?
I started out with a competent retention specialist but since my bill was combined, she could not help me ordering phones or crediting my account, only changing the plan (This was before this new promotion). I had to wait two months for the credits they promised me and I cycled through billing at least 6 times before anyone found the original documentation. I am sharing this because I am still annoyed with ATT and but really to also caution those loyal customers who have been with both companies. Obviously reps were not properly trained and I would use caution when it comes to combined billing.
Which part of a PACKAGE did you not understand?
And where are you that you can not get Directv anyways.
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Plenty of people are just fine with their current data plan, but ego or insanity forces them to want unlimited.
I understand it quite well. Thanks for pointing out the obviously.
I live in a building where the management specifically prohibits satellite dishes. It's on my condo lease.
The only way to get this new unlimited plan is to link it with either directtv or uverse TV. ...not uverse internet.....so u can keep yor comcast internet......
Oh. That's even worse.... I don't watch, at all....
I have Comcast Internet/tv, but for more than 2 years, I haven't even peal off the plastic on my tv box....
FWIW, I changed my three lines to this new unlimited data plan today. I was previously on an old family plan (700 minutes) and had one grandfathered unlimited data line, one 3GB data line, and one 300MB data line. This switch will save me about $10/month, and will also get all lines unlimited talk and data.
Because they are offering the 4th line free promo, I asked an online chat rep if I could activate my iPad on the account for free. After "checking" she told me that yes, I could, and I would just need to go to an ATT store and get a SIM to activate it. I went by an ATT store tonight, and the rep there also confirmed that I could activate my iPad for the free 4th line, which I did. I guess we will see if the credit shows up like it is supposed to in two months. If not, at least I have the saved chat transcript to fall back on...
Because they are offering the 4th line free promo, I asked an online chat rep if I could activate my iPad on the account for free. After "checking" she told me that yes, I could, and I would just need to go to an ATT store and get a SIM to activate it. I went by an ATT store tonight, and the rep there also confirmed that I could activate my iPad for the free 4th line, which I did. I guess we will see if the credit shows up like it is supposed to in two months. If not, at least I have the saved chat transcript to fall back on...
I just switched from Verizon (15+ year customer on unlimited data) to AT&T tonight and got on this new plan for DIRECTV customers. It breaks down like this for my 2-line account:
Monthly recurring costs:
$60 unlimited data plan (22GB per line unthrottled, after which data speeds MAY be slowed)
$40 line access for Phone 1
$40 line across for Phone 2
$28.34 installment for Phone 2
$18.04 gov't fees and taxes (your taxes may vary based on your state)
Monthly discounts:
$15 off for employer (FAN) discount
$10 off Directv bill
One-time upfront costs:
$15 activation fee for Phone 1
$15 activation fee for Phone 2
$80.75 sales tax for Phone 2
One-time credits (PER new phone purchased)
Let me briefly explain. I only bought one new phone tonight under the NEXT program. I brought my current Verizon iPhone 6s Plus over onto the new AT&T account. The following credits are applied for EACH new phone purchased. Therefore, if I hadn't already had my own iPhone, I could have traded in another phone and received double the credits listed below. The reason I didn't trade my existing iPhone in is because it was valued at only $420, but the phone is a 128 GB 6s Plus and is only 90 days old. It didn't make sense and I would be losing money there.
$200 instant credit
$200 credit for being a DIRECTV customer
My new monthly total will be about $175.22/ month for two lines with unlimited data, minutes, and texts. This includes all taxes and fees and monthly discounts and a new phone for my wife. This number does not include the $10 discount on my DIRECTV bill, so effectively you could say my monthly bill will be $165.22. In 45 days, a credit of $300 will be applied to my account, effectively paying for two months of service. Since Verizon increased the pricing from $29.99 per line for unlimited data to $49.99, my Verizon bill for the same two lines was over $200 per month and that was only with 2000 minutes per month. Minutes are that important to us but still.
I hope this helps answer any questions/concerns anyone might have about this new program and I will be happy to answer any questions you might have that I didn't address.
P.S. I contacted Verizon prior to contacting AT&T to see if they would reduce my bill by the $40 they had increased it by and they pretty much refused and said it was a good deal and that the only way they could save me some money was if I was willing to move to a shared data plan. I was already pretty ticked that they didn't even tell me about the price increase (found out about it via Macrumors) but then they weren't willing to help a long time loyal customer or even listen to what I was asking. Why would I want to change my plan when the whole purpose of the request was to save money without losing my unlimited data. Between my wife and me, we average less than 12 GB of data combined per month. I could understand the increase in price if we were pulling down 20 or 30 or more gigs each month but come on!
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That's cool. The sales rep I worked with today said that you could get an iPad Air 2 for $99.99, but you had to add it to the plan. You can't just use it for wifi. Extra lines are $40 and this didn't make sense for our budget, but based on what you've found out, if you had three lines, it would make a lot of sense to get that iPad for only $99.99 and add it for free as the fourth line.
[doublepost=1452664486][/doublepost]Ugh! I hate when my separate replies get merged!
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Before you [might] see speed differences.
Monthly recurring costs:
$60 unlimited data plan (22GB per line unthrottled, after which data speeds MAY be slowed)
$40 line access for Phone 1
$40 line across for Phone 2
$28.34 installment for Phone 2
- Must purchase at least one new phone under the NEXT installment plan program
- 64GB iPhone 6s Plus on a 30 month installment plan - your payment may vary depending on phone chosen
- $849.99 / 30 installments
- Each of the 30 installments is 100% interest free and you can upgrade whenever you want by paying the amount owed, which will not be the full cost of the phone, Ex: $28.34 X 24 $679.99 - but you will have to trade it in of course
$18.04 gov't fees and taxes (your taxes may vary based on your state)
Monthly discounts:
$15 off for employer (FAN) discount
$10 off Directv bill
One-time upfront costs:
$15 activation fee for Phone 1
$15 activation fee for Phone 2
$80.75 sales tax for Phone 2
One-time credits (PER new phone purchased)
Let me briefly explain. I only bought one new phone tonight under the NEXT program. I brought my current Verizon iPhone 6s Plus over onto the new AT&T account. The following credits are applied for EACH new phone purchased. Therefore, if I hadn't already had my own iPhone, I could have traded in another phone and received double the credits listed below. The reason I didn't trade my existing iPhone in is because it was valued at only $420, but the phone is a 128 GB 6s Plus and is only 90 days old. It didn't make sense and I would be losing money there.
$200 instant credit
- Can be applied to bill or anything else in the store
- per phone traded-in with a trade-in value of at least $10 and is in good working condition and does not have screen damage
- Ex: traded in old perfect condition 64GB iPhone 5 and got $200 credit which covered all my upfront costs and then some (walked out the door tonight without paying 1 cent).
- They valued another 64GB iPhone 5 that I had that had a cracked screen. This phone wasn't even activated but they said I could still trade it in for credit. It was valued at $24. If it hadn't had a cracked screen, that would have been another $200 credit because they automatically upgrade you to the full $200 discount AS LONG AS THE PHONE IS WORTH AT LEAST $10.
- Applied as a bill credit after 45 days
$200 credit for being a DIRECTV customer
- Applied as a bill credit after 45 days
My new monthly total will be about $175.22/ month for two lines with unlimited data, minutes, and texts. This includes all taxes and fees and monthly discounts and a new phone for my wife. This number does not include the $10 discount on my DIRECTV bill, so effectively you could say my monthly bill will be $165.22. In 45 days, a credit of $300 will be applied to my account, effectively paying for two months of service. Since Verizon increased the pricing from $29.99 per line for unlimited data to $49.99, my Verizon bill for the same two lines was over $200 per month and that was only with 2000 minutes per month. Minutes are that important to us but still.
I hope this helps answer any questions/concerns anyone might have about this new program and I will be happy to answer any questions you might have that I didn't address.
P.S. I contacted Verizon prior to contacting AT&T to see if they would reduce my bill by the $40 they had increased it by and they pretty much refused and said it was a good deal and that the only way they could save me some money was if I was willing to move to a shared data plan. I was already pretty ticked that they didn't even tell me about the price increase (found out about it via Macrumors) but then they weren't willing to help a long time loyal customer or even listen to what I was asking. Why would I want to change my plan when the whole purpose of the request was to save money without losing my unlimited data. Between my wife and me, we average less than 12 GB of data combined per month. I could understand the increase in price if we were pulling down 20 or 30 or more gigs each month but come on!
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That's cool. The sales rep I worked with today said that you could get an iPad Air 2 for $99.99, but you had to add it to the plan. You can't just use it for wifi. Extra lines are $40 and this didn't make sense for our budget, but based on what you've found out, if you had three lines, it would make a lot of sense to get that iPad for only $99.99 and add it for free as the fourth line.
[doublepost=1452664486][/doublepost]Ugh! I hate when my separate replies get merged!
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Before you [might] see speed differences.
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Thanks for this. I am wanting to do the same thing. Haven't got a confirmation it would work until now.
return the box, they are charging you a monthly fee for it. and cancel your tv service. If you want upgrade your internet to the top speed package too.
- Must purchase at least one new phone under the NEXT installment plan program
- 64GB iPhone 6s Plus on a 30 month installment plan - your payment may vary depending on phone chosen
- $849.99 / 30 installments
- Each of the 30 installments is 100% interest free and you can upgrade whenever you want by paying the amount owed, which will not be the full cost of the phone, Ex: $28.34 X 24 $679.99 - but you will have to trade it in of course
$18.04 gov't fees and taxes (your taxes may vary based on your state)
Monthly discounts:
$15 off for employer (FAN) discount
$10 off Directv bill
One-time upfront costs:
$15 activation fee for Phone 1
$15 activation fee for Phone 2
$80.75 sales tax for Phone 2
Those are super high recurring monthly fees and taxes theyre charging you.i wonder if its cuz of the iphone payment on there....if not then those are big charges for jiust 2 lines[/QUOTE]
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Question for you all... I have 4 lines right now and use the 15GB mobile share value plan. Now I pay about $133 a month for 2 iphones and 2 ipads plus a 17% fan discount. Or 100-17+15+15+10+10=$133 plus taxes and fees.
If I was to switch to this plan it looks like I would get a fourth line free. It also looks like my ipads don't have to be on the unlimited data and can do a 1GB plan for 10 dollars. So my question is does this work? 60 for the plan - 17% discount + 40 dollars for my iphone, plus 10 dollars for each ipad and my wife's iphone is free? Or 60-10.2+40+10+10+FREE=109.8.
If it is possible I would save almost $24 dollars plus the combined bill discount so almost 35 dollars.
I'd bet it won't but it should right?
If I was to switch to this plan it looks like I would get a fourth line free. It also looks like my ipads don't have to be on the unlimited data and can do a 1GB plan for 10 dollars. So my question is does this work? 60 for the plan - 17% discount + 40 dollars for my iphone, plus 10 dollars for each ipad and my wife's iphone is free? Or 60-10.2+40+10+10+FREE=109.8.
If it is possible I would save almost $24 dollars plus the combined bill discount so almost 35 dollars.
I'd bet it won't but it should right?
I wud think it wud go like this.......cheapest way first
60 for data-17%
40 for yor iphone
40 for wifes iphone
10 for ipad 1 gig plan
10 for ipad 1 gig plan
160 bucks total plus fees and tax
But for 20 bucks more plus fees u cud do this
60 for data-fan
40 for iphone
40 for iphone
40 for ipad
Free 2nd ipad
180 plus fees....this will give uboth your ipads unlimited data...i dont think tmobile even offers tablets unlimited
Ok, let's get something straight, if you read everything here, you can tell this is for the MOBILE SHARE VALUE PLANs. 1. There is no data to roll over in an unlimited plan. It's unlimited. 2. Under International Features section, it even states "Mobile Share Value plans". 3. Everywhere you read and it has been a RULE since unlimited has been out, that there is no tethering. AT&T is not going to change their minds now. There must be a glitch in the webpage with your browser, because when I do it, this is what I get.
AT&T has not changed their minds on UNLIMITED data and TETHERING. WHEN and IF they do, this will be a big announcement, not just a slight addition with a new plan.
To clarify, I have my doubts -- I expect I will not see a credit and will have to call in and point to the chat transcript. We will see. But I did have two different reps tell me this 4th line for the iPad would be free after the credits issue in two months.
I brought my existing iPad Air to the store and just got an ATT sim for it and activated it. I did not buy a new iPad although if you can really get an iPad Aid 2 for $99 and activate it as a free 4th line that sounds like a good loophole to take advantage of.
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I know many people who work for AT&T, both on the corporate, as well as the retail side. Everything that AT&T comes out with includes a big disclaimer.
1) Fan Discount - it will only apply to the $60 dollar plan. (disappointing) Because right now I pay $97.50 monthly for 30GB of data on a MSV.
2) Combined Billing - You do NOT need to combine your DTV/Uverse TV bill with your wireless to be eligible.
In fact, don't combine your bills at all because the $120 of savings you'll receive after a year isn't worth the time or headache you're about to endure in trying to have anything serviced on your account. Just don't do it. BTW, to officially do this, you must call in. The account holder name on each account must be the same to be combined or get this unlimited data plan.
3) No tethering/hotspot functionality with unlimited plan. Period.
4) The fourth line becomes ''free'' after two months of paying for it. The eighth line will not free as well- only the fourth.
(I think that's crap, btw- oh and it'd be better if they just made the fourth line free from the beginning)
That means it's $220 per month for four lines unlimited everything. BEFORE Taxes, BEFORE insurance, BEFORE NEXT Installments (No NEXT savings on service costs with this plan. Assuming you're financing a $650+ Apple device on a NEXT plan, It's as if your paying for a 2-year contact AND a next plan at the same time).
5) Fu** DirectTV. Can anyone guess why AT&T spent so much money acquiring a dead TV service that doesn't work well in bad weather when they already had a ''fiber-optic'' service in which BOTH TV and internet service runs through?
6) The iPad Air 2 for $99 is a good deal, but understand that you must order DTV with it. Also, it's a two-year commitment of having it as a connected LTE tablet. That incurs a nonnegotiable $45 one-time activation fee on your next bill, as well as $10 a month for two years. So essentially, you're paying $99 and tax up front + $45 + $240. It's still decent deal considering it's the cellular enabled iPad that WILL have access to data for two years, but you'll end up paying within $200 of that actual MSRP.
Despite everything I just said, I'm unbelievably happy with my wireless service (the only service AT&T should offer imo) from AT&T. If you have a sick deal on a MSV plan with over four devices like myself, AT&T is actually the bang-for-your-buck carrier. Oh and the carrier-locked version of the iPhone 6s that AT&T offers is the same model number of the ''factory unlocked'' version that Apple sells. So assuming you unlock your interest-free-finacned AT&T iPhone 6s when you're eligible (easy to do actually), then expect to be able to use it with near full support on many other carriers here.
1) Fan Discount - it will only apply to the $60 dollar plan. (disappointing) Because right now I pay $97.50 monthly for 30GB of data on a MSV.
2) Combined Billing - You do NOT need to combine your DTV/Uverse TV bill with your wireless to be eligible.
In fact, don't combine your bills at all because the $120 of savings you'll receive after a year isn't worth the time or headache you're about to endure in trying to have anything serviced on your account. Just don't do it. BTW, to officially do this, you must call in. The account holder name on each account must be the same to be combined or get this unlimited data plan.
3) No tethering/hotspot functionality with unlimited plan. Period.
4) The fourth line becomes ''free'' after two months of paying for it. The eighth line will not free as well- only the fourth.
(I think that's crap, btw- oh and it'd be better if they just made the fourth line free from the beginning)
That means it's $220 per month for four lines unlimited everything. BEFORE Taxes, BEFORE insurance, BEFORE NEXT Installments (No NEXT savings on service costs with this plan. Assuming you're financing a $650+ Apple device on a NEXT plan, It's as if your paying for a 2-year contact AND a next plan at the same time).
5) Fu** DirectTV. Can anyone guess why AT&T spent so much money acquiring a dead TV service that doesn't work well in bad weather when they already had a ''fiber-optic'' service in which BOTH TV and internet service runs through?
6) The iPad Air 2 for $99 is a good deal, but understand that you must order DTV with it. Also, it's a two-year commitment of having it as a connected LTE tablet. That incurs a nonnegotiable $45 one-time activation fee on your next bill, as well as $10 a month for two years. So essentially, you're paying $99 and tax up front + $45 + $240. It's still decent deal considering it's the cellular enabled iPad that WILL have access to data for two years, but you'll end up paying within $200 of that actual MSRP.
Despite everything I just said, I'm unbelievably happy with my wireless service (the only service AT&T should offer imo) from AT&T. If you have a sick deal on a MSV plan with over four devices like myself, AT&T is actually the bang-for-your-buck carrier. Oh and the carrier-locked version of the iPhone 6s that AT&T offers is the same model number of the ''factory unlocked'' version that Apple sells. So assuming you unlock your interest-free-finacned AT&T iPhone 6s when you're eligible (easy to do actually), then expect to be able to use it with near full support on many other carriers here.
I have 4 lines on 2 accounts in AT&T and 6 line on T-Mobile. I want to switch the 4 AT&T lines over to the new plan. Would I be able to switch the 6 T-Mobile lines over to the unlimited data plans down the line after the unlimited data offer expires?