AT&T iPhone Customers Can Keep Unlimited Data Plan for Next iPhone
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Warbrain
macrumors 603
Depends on your definition of true and what base you're using. I happen to love Base10.
Mademan12321
macrumors 6502
THANK YOU KIND SIR
Even with the grandfather clause still in effect I don't want to deal with AT&T anymore considering that they won't do anything to help there own network or listen to customers complaints but instead have us pay up front through the nose and maybe if they can get people to quit yelling at them about there crappy 3g service they will get to upgrading if all the other carriers do it as well. We all know we are getting cornholed for a piece of technology. It's just a matter of if we are going to keep taking it or not and if people are going to sign up for this just to be a part of a fad.
Diode
macrumors 68020
This is false, FAN discounts should apply to this as confirmed by an AT&T employee who posted an internal document:
Are These New Data Plans Eligible For FAN Discounting on IRU/CRU Lines?
Yes. IRU discounting is available on the $25 DataPro 2GB plan. CRU discounting is available on the $40 DataPro 2GB for Enterprise plan.
(BTW - IRU = individual paid account. CRU = company paid account)
ericinboston
macrumors 68020
My ATT plan, for example does not cap...nor does my ISP (and there I download about 70-150GB a month). I really don't follow other phone carriers (if that's your point)...it's not my job. However, I stick by my promise that I will never buy a service (especially smartphone or ISP service) that caps. Even my home phone system has been 100% call anywhere in USA and Canada unlimited since 1995 for about $35/month.
I'm simply stating I don't like ATT's new policy/plan...it's been unlimited for years and now they step backward...like some ISPs that were "unlimited" and now have placed caps (and at least the caps they have placed are very reasonable). If/when the day comes that I must consider the "new ATT plan", I will shop around and see how ATT is competing.
-Eric
Go read your billing statement again. They actually break it down every time you use data so you can figure out how much of that data actually came from your trip versus the other 21 days of that month.
NakedPaulToast
macrumors member
Steve Jobs at iPad keynote:
It wasn't AT&T who originally promised us the $29.99 unlimited data plan, it was Steve Jobs. If he couldn't get them to commit to that promised plan for a reasonable time frame, then he should not have stood up on that stage and promised that "breakthrough" deal.
It wasn't AT&T who originally promised us the $29.99 unlimited data plan, it was Steve Jobs. If he couldn't get them to commit to that promised plan for a reasonable time frame, then he should not have stood up on that stage and promised that "breakthrough" deal.
Sorry if this has already been posted...
**New iPhone customers, listen up**
Just got off the phone with AT&T. The unlimited plan will still be offered for the iPhone after June 7th - they're just adding two new plans. What is going away is the unlimited iPad plan.
Here's a link to the press release:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30854
Nowhere dos it mention replacing the current iPhone unlimited plan.
**sigh of relief**
**New iPhone customers, listen up**
Just got off the phone with AT&T. The unlimited plan will still be offered for the iPhone after June 7th - they're just adding two new plans. What is going away is the unlimited iPad plan.
Here's a link to the press release:
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30854
Nowhere dos it mention replacing the current iPhone unlimited plan.
**sigh of relief**
Warbrain
macrumors 603
I wonder if the deal had any statements about pricing and for how long.
So you're the one who has been killing AT&T's network and my $30 unlimited plan has been subsidizing. You're not getting any golf claps from me...
Warbrain
macrumors 603
To tether you need the DataPro plan and any new iPhones will be offered these two plans. So yes, it's going away unless you're grandfathered in.
DiamondMac
macrumors 68040
Does anyone really think AT&T will just let a certain segment of their users have unlimited freedom as time goes on? Not a chance, imo
Whether it is with secret fees being attached if we go above a certain limit or some other way....AT&T will find a way to not let the unlimited users truly have unlimited use
Whether it is with secret fees being attached if we go above a certain limit or some other way....AT&T will find a way to not let the unlimited users truly have unlimited use
JediZenMaster
Suspended
Cool i didn't know they were going to keep the unlimited. This is great news for the crybabies who weren't going to be effected by it anyway.
Still someone will find something negative about this though
JediZenMaster
Suspended
Actually yes i do and they will. AT&T cannot charge extra fees on to this,etc because if they alter that plan in anyway. Then those users effected can use it as a loophole to get out of contract with no ETF.
There will not be fees or anything like that. AT&T has honored customers plan's from way back when it was the old AT&T wireless and let those "Blue" Customers keep there offerings.
Someone mentioned the point of this is to hurt those 2% of users who use over 2GB of data a month. I don't see how they are hurt at all. They can clearly opt to continue their unlimited plan since they already have it, being grandfathered in. And they can continue to "illegally tether with Mi-Wi" with unlimited data. No one is being hurt except new customers who plan to use over 2 GB. Even if you plan to tether, new users aren't hurt because current customers can't tether legitimately even on the $30 unlimited plan.
ericinboston
macrumors 68020
What I'm saying is...out of my 22 days of service this "period", I've used 44MB of data on the ATT network. I know that the 44MB occurred on 1 single day...when I took a road trip. Now, considering that while I sit in a car and use ATT's poky slow service for a few hours and compare it to the hours I use my WIFI at home, I can tell you that I use at MINIMUM 44MB a day of data...whether on my WIFI or on ATT. Therefore, if my WIFI were to break tomorrow and was forced to use ATT forever for data, I would multiply 44MB x 30 days to get my minimum data usage. 1.32GB which in my book, is close to the 2GB cap.
I would be willing to be that on an average day on WIFI, I use up to 100MB (about 3GB per month)...again: Youtube videos, web surfing, email attachments, apps that hit the web, (and I believe GPS still uses the ATT network while I am on my couch) etc. But I don't have any way to calculate my WIFI usage.
What I can tell you, is that I use far more "data" on WIFI than on ATT...therefore, I know my 44MB/day is bare minimum what I would consume.
For an example, every time I hit a Boston.com webpage, I pull down roughly 100KB...if I visit/read 10 pages on that site, I've just downloaded 1MB. Apply this knowledge to other sites you or I may visit (and no, I'm not switching to "mobile mode" to put my iPhone back to 1999) and the megabytes quickly add up simply for web surfing. Again, who knows how much my purchased apps are using (TV Guide, ESPN, ATT Wireless, etc) as well as the other built in features of the iPhone and you have concerned users like myself.
Make sense?
Now again, in my case where I am a)already grandfathered in and b)have WIFI and c)everywhere I visit seems to have WIFI...I am not super concerned. But if I were a potential customer, the cap would greatly concern me because as life goes on and technology gets cooler and we start measuring data in larger quantities, 2GB is a joke...remember, you're trapped in a 2-year contract...technology changes a lot in 2 years. ATT's commercials are always showing iPhone usage OFF WIFI networks...people smiling on boats and walking down streets and driving down the highway and frollicking at the beach...pretty much implies/states/infers that you will use your iPhone on ATT's "network".
-Eric
Tethering, yes - that's the only way to get it is to have the new $25 plan.
As far as the new iPhone goes, AT&T says that you will still be able to purchase the unlimited data plan for $30/mo after June 7th, even with buying a new iPhone.
I personally find that public wifi is becoming much less prevalent. Most wifi zones I used 5 years are gone, locked, or now require payment. Also, I find AT&T 3G to be much faster that many hotel and coffee shop's free wifi lately.
Blizzardman
macrumors regular
So I am assuming this includes getting the new iPhone for the subsidized price? Excuse me for not trusting ATT's definition of "upgrade".
Warbrain
macrumors 603
No where does it say that is for new customers.
My point is that nowhere does AT&T say that they are getting rid of offering the unlimited plan for the iPhone.
Correction: all reps are now reporting that you CANNOT get the unlimited plan on a new iPhone starting next Monday.
Dang!
ericinboston
macrumors 68020
I know that...I work from my home and really don't use my iPhone on the road...calls or anything. It's illegal in my state to use a phone while driving unless using hands-free (which I do not have). Therefore, the only time my iPhone is in use outside my home is when I am a passenger in a car...and out of the last 22 days, that's happened once...1 day
-Eric