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AT&T Introduces New Data Plans Without Overage Charges

Meanwhile, former ATT&T customers who have switched to Cricket are receiving unlimited LTE uncapped for $65. LMAO!!
 
dampfnudel said:
I wonder if AT&T has plans to drop all grandfathered plans since the number of such subscribers is probably really small by this point. It would lead to uniformity among plans and less complexity, something any company would prefer.
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Doubtful since they still have people that are on plans that haven't been around since the 90's.
 
This sucks ass.

I don't often hit my cap (my iPhone is an old, grandfathered unlimited plan, but my iPad Pro is on a shared family data plan), but when I do, it's because something important pushes me there (eg. I need to tether a lot, or something).

I would much rather have them charge me a little more once I've hit my cap rather than throttle me to 1/100th my normal bandwidth.

Current model: I hit my cap, my LTE is still fully usable if I'm willing to pay the extra few bucks
New model: I hit my cap, my LTE is dead in the water until the next billing cycle starts.

Who thought this was a good idea?
 
I'm confused by how this is going to work. I have currently the 1GB mobile share plan (this does exist regardless of what these charts say). Will my price automatically increase on the 21st? Would I be better off changing to the 2GB plan before then so if I am going to pay the $30 I will get 2GB instead of 1GB?
 
eoblaed said:
This sucks ass.

I don't often hit my cap (my iPhone is an old, grandfathered unlimited plan, but my iPad Pro is on a shared family data plan), but when I do, it's because something important pushes me there (eg. I need to tether a lot, or something).

I would much rather have them charge me a little more once I've hit my cap rather than throttle me to 1/100th my normal bandwidth.

Current model: I hit my cap, my LTE is still fully usable if I'm willing to pay the extra few bucks
New model: I hit my cap, my LTE is dead in the water until the next billing cycle starts.

Who thought this was a good idea?
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The "new model" that you are referencing is how the old UDP worked. I do not believe that is the model they are returning to, to a degree.

BL.
 
eoblaed said:
This sucks ass.

I don't often hit my cap (my iPhone is an old, grandfathered unlimited plan, but my iPad Pro is on a shared family data plan), but when I do, it's because something important pushes me there (eg. I need to tether a lot, or something).

I would much rather have them charge me a little more once I've hit my cap rather than throttle me to 1/100th my normal bandwidth.

Current model: I hit my cap, my LTE is still fully usable if I'm willing to pay the extra few bucks
New model: I hit my cap, my LTE is dead in the water until the next billing cycle starts.

Who thought this was a good idea?
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Well for you this does not sound like a good plan. However for people who can get by the last few days of their plan with slow cellular its a good thing. My family has paid for overages SOOO MANY TIMES because one family member will accidentally use too much data in a given month. I (personally) would rather be punished with slow speed for a couple day than pay $15-30
 
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I may be in the minority but I will be happy to have a plan that guarantees I can't get any overage charges. I don't go over very often but I did last month. I paid $45 in overage charges. The only reason I went over is my home internet was down for 8 days. If this happens again, at least I can have slow internet without racking up huge charges.
 
mi7chy said:
Rip off. My total monthly bill is $61 for Verizon unlimited data.
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And those with unlimited data on AT&T likely have similar if not lower bills (given that the price of Verizon's unlimited data went up more than AT&T's). At the same time those older plans don't provide for unlimited calling and messaging, among some other included features.
 
TimUSCA said:
I'm sure some people who don't use much data will get hosed by this, but as someone on the 15GB family share plan, this works our wonderfully for me. I'll get 1GB more for $10 less. AND no risk of overage if I approach my data cap? I'm thrilled.
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wrong, previous plan was $15 per phone, new plan is $20 per phone, for me it would end up being $10 more per month for 1 gig extra.
 
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JBM82 said:
Will my price automatically increase on the 21st?
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Per the writeup of the article, nothing happens automatically. You remain on whatever plan you're on. Starting the 21st, if you want to switch to these, you can if you want.

eoblaed said:
Current model: I hit my cap, my LTE is still fully usable if I'm willing to pay the extra few bucks
New model: I hit my cap, my LTE is dead in the water until the next billing cycle starts.

Who thought this was a good idea?
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IMO, AT&T modeled these plans after Verizon's new plans, which has an option where .. if you run out of data and can't stand using the free 2G data until your plan resets .. you can pay to add 1GB of full-speed data at a time until your new plan starts.

My guess is that AT&T just didn't mention it in this press release, but wouldn't pass up an opportunity to get money from customers that want to give it to them! lol
 
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TimUSCA said:
I'm sure some people who don't use much data will get hosed by this, but as someone on the 15GB family share plan, this works our wonderfully for me. I'll get 1GB more for $10 less. AND no risk of overage if I approach my data cap? I'm thrilled.
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But you'll be paying $5 more plus taxes for each connected device right?
 
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Seems like you won't really benefit much from this unless you were already on their 15gb plan. Anything less and your bill will likely go up (or you just adjust your usage down slightly).

Unsure why they had to redo prices at all. Could have just added the no overages feature and been ok. I mean, I know why they did this, but I don't see a direct benefit to anyone not already on a decently large data pool.

Honestly, glad I left when I did. Yesterday was a year with T-Mobile. I know this because they sent a thank you text. Can't say I was terribly unhappy with att service. The pricing just got to me. Saved almost $1k this last year, not including insane discounts we got on our 6s phones.
 
I have had this rate since ATT started rollover data quite a while ago

Mobile Share Value 4GB with Rollover Data
$40.00

Access for iPhone 4G LTE w/ Visual Voicemail
$40.00
Discount for Access
−$15.00
International Roaming - Expanded
$0.00
See News You Can Use 911 TTY Message
$0.00

Total Monthly Charges
$65.00

I hate hearing about EU plans mobile phones rates are quite good there.
When I was in Canada they get stroked - Canada has the highest cell phone rates in the world
 
oneMadRssn said:
This actually ends up being more expensive in many common scenarios, because the device access fee is now higher. This easily wipes away any savings.

For example:

Old 15GB plan, 4 lines shared: $100 + 4 x $15 = $160/month
New 16GB plan, 4 lines shared: $90 + 4 x $20 = $170/month
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Dropping cost of data, but raising line access fees, sneaky weasels.

EDIT: Here is a nice chart comparing old vs new vs number of lines:

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Damn, I was ready to switch my plan and save $10 a month and gain a gig. They're seriously sneaky scumbags for this.
 
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Sorry if a duplicate.

My AT&T Plan for over 14 months has been thus:
"Promo for Mobile Share Value 30GB with Rollover Data for $130". I pay $15 per GB overage.

Your chart shows the "old" 30GB plan price is $225/month and the new is $130/month.
I don't understand. I pay $130 for what your chart says is $225.

Thanks for any insight. I am guessing they are keeping the $162/month unlimited (with bundled DirecTV commitment)
 
ClaveMan said:
Sorry if a duplicate.

My AT&T Plan for over 14 months has been thus:
"Promo for Mobile Share Value 30GB with Rollover Data for $130". I pay $15 per GB overage.

Your chart shows the "old" 30GB plan price is $225/month and the new is $130/month.
I don't understand. I pay $130 for what your chart says is $225.

Thanks for any insight. I am guessing they are keeping the $162/month unlimited (with bundled DirecTV commitment)
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That's easy, you got in on the double data promotion and you are paying the 15gb rate but getting 30. I'm on the 40gb (doubled from 20) for $150 which I thought was the max they would double. Wish I had more now.

Edit: I'm wrong, I remember now that it was another $75 to go up to 60gb so didn't feel worth it. Not sure I feel different.

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