So then when you go to upgrade your phone, and everyone does, you'll end up paying more?
Sounds like a bait and switch to me.
They take a short term hit then make it up and more over the next 2 yr cycle.
Do you really think ATT hasn't had an army of analysts and lawyers working this to their advantage?
The very fact that no one can follow their website is proof of that...
Agreed. They typically don't release new plans that cost them money. It seems as though you have to have quite a few lines to make this work in your advantage and the more lines you have the less data you have per line.
We have 2 smartphones (one with unlimited data and one with 3GB) and a regular talk/text phone on our plan. I've tried to run the numbers and it looks like we'd be paying about the same, even though I'd be giving up my unlimited data and we'd now be paying full price for our phones.
Our current plan...
Family talk 550: $50
My phone (unlimited): $30
Wife's phone (3GB): $40
My mom's phone (talk/text only): $10
Unlimited texting: $30
Total: $160
New plan...
10GB shared data, unlimted talk/text: $100
My phone: $15
Wife's phone: $15
Mom's phone: $15
Total: $145
So I guess we'd be saving $15 a month but would then need to buy 2 iPhones at full price.
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