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AT&T Launches Unlimited 'Mobile to Any Mobile' Calling, Requires Unlimited Messaging
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well this kinda goes along with the A-list requirements, for A-list you have to have a high enough minute plan, and if you do, like me, you never end up using your minutes because everyone you call is on your A-list. So I have 9000 rollover minutes... sheesh. And if i drop down a level, I lose all my rollovers, pay a fee, then have to bump it back up the next month anyway. It's just a complicated way of making sure I don't go over my minutes.
So I'll add this new feature tomorrow, and in 3 months I'll have 12000 rollover minutes. Hurray, i guess.
Well said, I was trying to think of a way to explain this useless plan, you just did it.
I too have 9500 r/o minutes, a family plan @1400 min/month.
If I drop, I loose the R/O, loose the top ten, and now flirt with overage.
Just another tactical way to spin it to look like they are doing everyone a favor. (those on higher plans** that is)
Silly.... Messaging and Voice Calling go together just like .... Vodka and Prune Juice!
Regarding Rollover Minutes: If you reduce your minutes to a 700 minute plan, they will reduce your RO minutes from whatever you had to 700 minutes. If you call c/s (and ask nicely), they can let you keep up to 5000 RO minutes.
I've done it several times with no problems.
I've done it several times with no problems.
Yes you do lose rollover minutes when changing from one rate plan to another if yo have more rolloever than what is included in the new rate plan.
You can use this FAQ and the chart shows all the details.
http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-..._dyncharset=UTF-8&solutionId=52371&isSrch=Yes
You can use this FAQ and the chart shows all the details.
http://www.wireless.att.com/answer-..._dyncharset=UTF-8&solutionId=52371&isSrch=Yes
The details directly from ATT:
This is what I found out today from ATT sales representative:
Essentially, the "mobile to any mobile" feature creates an unlimited a-list with the lowest eligible plan....this is very good news for all of you.
For most people, who opt for this feature and wish to down grade to the 450 minute plan, will save $15. That is, you move from what normally be about $105 for a plan with: 900 minutes, 5 person A-list, 1500 messages per month, and a $30 data plan (assuming you are on an unlimited plan) to a plan with 450 minutes, unlimited a-list, unlimited messaging per moth and unlimited data at a cost of about $90 per month.
$15 saved by making some minor changes and reseting my R/O minutes is actually a good change to make for the savings.
This is what I found out today from ATT sales representative:
- The new "mobile to Any mobile" feature requires you have an unlimited messageing plan. This means if you are at the 1000 message plan for $10, you need to upgrade to the $20 unlimited plan.
- you also have to be on a qualifying phone plan such as the 450 min. or 900 min. per month calling plan.
- Once you have the unlimited messaging and the qualifying plan, you can go to "att.com/anymobile" site and ask to be on the plan.
- BUT!! if you have a roll-over minute balance, you will "reset" your R/O balance to the plan you opted for. That is, if you are currently on a 900 minute plan and you opt to downgrade to the 450 min. per month, and you have a balance of (for the same of example) 5000 minutes in R/O minutes, your balance will be lost and reset to 900 minutes.
Essentially, the "mobile to any mobile" feature creates an unlimited a-list with the lowest eligible plan....this is very good news for all of you.
For most people, who opt for this feature and wish to down grade to the 450 minute plan, will save $15. That is, you move from what normally be about $105 for a plan with: 900 minutes, 5 person A-list, 1500 messages per month, and a $30 data plan (assuming you are on an unlimited plan) to a plan with 450 minutes, unlimited a-list, unlimited messaging per moth and unlimited data at a cost of about $90 per month.
$15 saved by making some minor changes and reseting my R/O minutes is actually a good change to make for the savings.
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Here are the questions that remain to be officially answered:
Which voice plans qualify and which don't?
For those using Google Voice, is your own Google Voice number (since GV can be configured to call you) considered landline or mobile? What about the GV passthrough numbers for your non-GV contacts?
So the A-list and rollover minutes essentially became useful only for U.S. landline numbers, correct?
Which voice plans qualify and which don't?
For those using Google Voice, is your own Google Voice number (since GV can be configured to call you) considered landline or mobile? What about the GV passthrough numbers for your non-GV contacts?
So the A-list and rollover minutes essentially became useful only for U.S. landline numbers, correct?
Wouldn't you save more money, though, in a case like mine:
450 anytime minutes: $30
Unlimited Text: $20
Total: $50
Dropping to Unlimited text & m2AM, keeping current voice plan: $20
or am I completely reading that wrong (which isn't surprising, given a 60-hour work week & severe lack of sleep)?
450 anytime minutes: $30
Unlimited Text: $20
Total: $50
Dropping to Unlimited text & m2AM, keeping current voice plan: $20
or am I completely reading that wrong (which isn't surprising, given a 60-hour work week & severe lack of sleep)?
I guess but...
JFred,
seems like you have an older calling plan and presumably no smart phone?? If this is the case, you may qualify. Not so sure it is that low cost with people with smart phones.
JFred,
seems like you have an older calling plan and presumably no smart phone?? If this is the case, you may qualify. Not so sure it is that low cost with people with smart phones.
the fine print states it has to be a direct mobile number, so Google Voice probably doesn't qualify
If most of your calls are to mobile numbers, now you can drop to a 900 minute or 700 minute plan (depending on how many minutes you need for landline calls). Yes you will loose a bunch of rollover minutes, but you won't need them anymore. A-List in your case, requires a plan of 900 minutes or more, so if you want to keep A-List (for landlines) then drop down to 900 minute plan. In addition, you can move all those A-List mobile numbers off of the A-List and make room for more landlines in there.
While this is a cool feature, I kind of already have a boatload of rollover minutes.
That and I don't have the unlimited messaging plan.
So essentially this doesn't help me in anyway.
Give me rollover data and I will be happy. That and cheaper unlimited messaging for a single user. I can have a family plan with 5 people and pay $30 for messaging, but on my own I pay $20? Or if those 5 people had separate plans they pay $100 total for unlimited messaging.
That and I don't have the unlimited messaging plan.
So essentially this doesn't help me in anyway.
Give me rollover data and I will be happy. That and cheaper unlimited messaging for a single user. I can have a family plan with 5 people and pay $30 for messaging, but on my own I pay $20? Or if those 5 people had separate plans they pay $100 total for unlimited messaging.
Wow ... yeah, lack of sleep. I've had an iPhone for the last few years. Make that:
450 minute plan: $40
Unlimited Text: $20
Total: $60
I was leaving out the data plan on purpose, but wasn't clear. So, hey ... I'll end up saving more money than I thought.
Now, the caveat with this: my FAN discount works on the voice & data plan, but NOT on the messaging ... which means I'll likely lose that part of it, BUT I still end up saving money overall, so I think I'm okay with that.
Qualifying Plans
The requirements for Unlimited Mobile to Any Mobile are the following:
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The requirements for Unlimited Mobile to Any Mobile are the following:
- AT&T Nation 450 & 900 or AT&T FamilyTalk Nation 700 & higher.
- Unlimited Messaging Plan
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If you have a boatload of rollover, that means you are probably in a higher than necessary rate plan. You can drop down to a lower rate plan, and with the savings, then add unlimited texting. Now you'll be eligible for unlimited m2am which will even give you more rollover.
Now you'll probably be paying the same, with the exception of now having unlimited texting and unlimited m2am. (I'm hypothesizing since I don't know how many minutes you really use, and what rate plan you are on now)
roll over minutes
when you change your plan the roll over minutes go with you if you move up in plans. They carry over to the max if you move down in plans. If you have 1000's of roll over minutes you are paying too much per month all ready.
The requirements for Unlimited Mobile to Any Mobile are the following:
- AT&T Nation 450 & 900 or AT&T FamilyTalk Nation 700 & higher.
- Unlimited Messaging Plan
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Thanks for the info! Maybe I'm just unaware of all the plans, but aren't those all the plans that didn't already have unlimited minutes?
I'm on the 450 minute plan, and I have 1770 roll over minutes. I've stuck w/the 450 plan, mostly cus almost everyone I call is on AT&T (I switched from Verizon, and saved a boatload, since it's just me on the plan). In the 4 years I've been with AT&T, I've only ever gone into my roll over minutes *twice*. They always end up expiring on me.
Text messaging & the (grandfathered unlimited) data plan are far more valuable to me.
Text messaging & the (grandfathered unlimited) data plan are far more valuable to me.