It's just me on the plan so I don't have anyone else or extra devices contributing to data usage - just one iPhone.
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AT&T Introduces New Data Plans Without Overage Charges
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Damn... that's the plan I am on now. so going for the extra gig will cost me $10 extra per month.
I'll stick with my grandfathered unlimited data plan.
Agreed. Right now I use between 1-2GB a month, so I'm on the 2GB plan at $55/mo (which effectively becomes nearly 3GB with rollover). With the new plans, I'd have to get the 3GB plan at $60/mo.? That's not better.
Coincidentally, I was planning on switching to T-Mobile this weekend for the cheaper plans. I thought this might be a last chance grasp to keep my business at AT&T. Guess not.
Same plan here however, most likely I'm gonna go over my data this bill cycling so it sucks so I'm gonna get a data overage charge.
So if I pay $65 for 6GB of Data will they switch automatically to adjust for the new plan and save me $5 dollars?
I think the US is in desperate need of some healthy competition in the wireless service provider market..
That would buy unlimited data with 30GB of that tetherable in the UK. North America and Australia are being royally screwed over.
Right now I'm paying ~$23 for a month of unlimited data, with tethering, on a pay as you go sim.
And in the last week and a half, I've done ~90GB so far.
And in the last week and a half, I've done ~90GB so far.
I was wondering why our AT&T bill went down $27 this month. I'll take it. No overage charges and throttling data I could see being an issue. Thankfully we have never gone over our allotted data though. It also helps that my mom who is on my plan literally uses no data on her iPhone.
right? are not supposed to notice? OLD 2GB for $30/month -----NEW - 1GB for $30/month
I don't use much data. I am always on a wifi.....NOT switching.. shove it AT&T
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Thats not why...IT says you YOU WILL NOT BE MIGRATED AUTOMATICALLY. If you reached the end of our two year agreement, it went down
I'm on promo pricing, so this would cost me more than my current plan.
15GB for $130, promo-doubled to 30GB a month. 24% work discount. So around $100 before taxes/fees.
10 lines, at $15 each + $4.xx taxes/fees, so nearly $20 each, or $200 for all phones.
Current Total: $300 / month for 30GB
New plan:
30GB for $135/month - 24% discount is close to $100 a month before taxes/fees.
10 lines, now at $20, which will probably be around $25 after taxes/fees, so $250 for all phones.
New total: $350 / month for 30GB plus 128 Kbps unlimited...
Let's say I go for the 25GB plan.
25GB for $110/month - 24% discount is close to $85 a month before taxes/fees.
So the total for that would be $335 / month for 25GB plus 128 Kbps unlimited...
Obviously this plan is not for me.
15GB for $130, promo-doubled to 30GB a month. 24% work discount. So around $100 before taxes/fees.
10 lines, at $15 each + $4.xx taxes/fees, so nearly $20 each, or $200 for all phones.
Current Total: $300 / month for 30GB
New plan:
30GB for $135/month - 24% discount is close to $100 a month before taxes/fees.
10 lines, now at $20, which will probably be around $25 after taxes/fees, so $250 for all phones.
New total: $350 / month for 30GB plus 128 Kbps unlimited...
Let's say I go for the 25GB plan.
25GB for $110/month - 24% discount is close to $85 a month before taxes/fees.
So the total for that would be $335 / month for 25GB plus 128 Kbps unlimited...
Obviously this plan is not for me.
I have a 20 gb plan, 4 lines shared, so for me, if I'm understanding this correctly:
Old 20 gb plan, 4 lines shared: $140/month + 4 x $15 = $200/month
New 25gb plan, 4 lines shared: $110/month +4 x $20 = $190/month
If I understand this correctly, I'll get 5 extra gbs, wont have to worry about overage fees, and I'll be saving $10/month.
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With what company and are you getting LTE speeds?
It's kind of sad that we need to get "excited" over things like a couple extra GB of shared data, or no overage charges. But I digress.
At least T-Mobile is actually doing what they claimed to be doing: shaking up the industry.
At least T-Mobile is actually doing what they claimed to be doing: shaking up the industry.
They had a special offer a while back that doubled my data and got me 30 GB for $130/mon + roll over. So, I'm already on a better offer than this with Mobile Share.
Plus my per-iPhone connection fee is only $15/mon, because they both carry installment plans.
I pay $268/mon for 2 iPhones (NEXT, 12 month upgrade) and 2 iPads to shared 30 GB of data + roll over. Can't beat it.
Plus my per-iPhone connection fee is only $15/mon, because they both carry installment plans.
I pay $268/mon for 2 iPhones (NEXT, 12 month upgrade) and 2 iPads to shared 30 GB of data + roll over. Can't beat it.
You could try to go with 1 gb plan since there are no overage charges. You would only save $5. I think these plans are for people that deal with overage charges a lot. ATT is always very sneaky with data plan changes. They don't do it to save you money. I'm in a similar situation. I currently pay $100/month for 2 lines at 4 GB. I could jump up to the 6 GB plan and pay the same or drop down to the 3 GB one and save a little money.
I'll stick to the grandfathered AT&T plan instead, but thanks!
The issue is that overage fees are sneaky: you use 1 byte above your limit, you pay the full fee. And of course AT&T doesn't give you an alert: "you have reached your limit, do you want to pay extra?" With AT & T I often experienced going just a little over the limit, and then paying double for my data. One reason I changed to T-Mobile.
The best way would be that once you reach the limit, you pay per extra byte. But that would be too honest.
