SO....
What a SCAM this deal is!!!!
I went and talked with the ATT store yesterday, after circling around his questions and him throwing numbers and info all over the place, I got the facts straight.
If I went to this plan, I would only save the $40ish a month for a few months. This deal is only good UNTIL YOU UPGRADE YOUR PHONE, then it GOES BACK TO THE NORMAL PRICE. And the kicker, BY DOING SO I WOULD LOSE MY UNLIMITED DATA!
Screw ATT!
The facts are on page one of this thread.
And you don't lose the discount as soon as you upgrade.
You lose the discount as soon as you do a subsidized upgrade.
As long as you use Next you can keep the discount.
This whole plan was a way to get people away from subsidized phones and away from unlimited data.
The unlimited data was never unlimited in the first place since you couldn't tether with it so for me, at least, this plan was a better deal.
I get the same amount of data, actually used, for a lower price, and I finally get tethering.
If the plan doesn't work for you then don't switch to it but don't call it a scam just because it isn't what you hoped it would be.