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AT&T Introduces New Data Plans Without Overage Charges

gsmornot said:
We each spend about 75% of our time near WiFi as well. At home we average about 700-800GB a month. We have 5 devices total.
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It's just me on the plan so I don't have anyone else or extra devices contributing to data usage - just one iPhone.
 
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.
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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. 🙁
 
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penajmz said:
Am I the only one that thinks 1GB for $30 is ridiculous?
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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.
 
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SandboxGeneral said:
Hmmm... I have the Mobile Share Value 3GB & 3GB Bonus w/Rollover Data plan
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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
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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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nburwell said:
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.
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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
 
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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.
 
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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.
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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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iMacDragon said:
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.
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With what company and are you getting LTE speeds?
 
On the serious note: yeah...it's expensive as is and now pushing people further away. What can they do if ATT has better coverage than alternatives?
 
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.
 
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willdude said:
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.
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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.
 
SandboxGeneral said:
I agree. If I were in a situation like that, I'd rather pay extra than get throttled to useless speeds.
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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.
 
Cscottrun said:
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?
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Your math appears to be correct. This update works out for you.
 
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