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Carrier At&t Legacy Unlimited Data plan increase? Again?!

If At&t increases 5 dollars per old UDP are you going to switch?

  • Yes

    Votes: 38 51.4%

  • No

    Votes: 36 48.6%
  • Total voters
    74
blaine07 said:
I'm just going to throw this out there... this is what a phone payment cost, unlimited data, unlimited talk, unlimited text, and unlimited hotspot from Verizon runs me every month. Just upgraded to 7+ is why most recent bills are weird but the $231 is what it cost for the above... ON A SINGLE LINE

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I see all you all posting about ~$80 bills... just know, it COULD be a LOT worse.

(I usually use 50-60gb of data a month to "get my monies worth" just for the record so one of the new data bucket models just wouldn't work for me... )
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Is that Verizons grandfathered Unlimited?
 
blaine07 said:
It's iPhone 7+ 256gb payment, unlimited data, unlimited hot spot, unlimited talk and text & Asuron phone insurance.
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So how much of that is actually for the service itself (basically all that total minus the device payment and insurance)?
 
I got all (most?) of you beat with my T-Mobile plan. Simple choice plan when it was $50 first line, $30 for second, and $10 for each additional. 6 lines for $120 month. Started out at 2.5 gigs high speed, but they bumped all lines to 4 gigs for free. And last year the ran a refer a friend promo that you would both get unlimited high speed for free. So my line is unlimited lte.
 
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I got rid of my grandfathered unlimited expensive ATT plan and switched to T-Mobile One unlimited everything plan where I get free data and texts international and haven't looked back. Paying way less and getting way more for my money
 
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ateslik said:
http://arstechnica.com/information-...te-hike-on-grandfathered-unlimited-data-plans

These guys. :(
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you can get t-mobile for 70 all in with no price hikes and I think they'll pay you 150 to swtich. a couple posters have a 50 unlimited deal with t-mobile which obviously is pretty good.
Or you can go the reseller route and get boost mobile unlimited for $50

my advice- if they go through with the increase, call att - ask for retentions and ask them to match another carriers deal. if you are on contract this counts as breaking your contract and you can termiante without any etf.
 
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When you start comparing the UDP to the deals other carriers offer for multiple lines, it's not a fare comparison. Economies of scare always prevail. I've stuck with the UDP mainly because I just pay for a single line, for myself, and I do use a lot of data. Since the service is responsible good, in fact my speeds have increased in the past year tremendously, usually over 50Mpbs, I'm inclined to stay with plan. My main gripe is that with these increases, they should allow you to make a hotspot with your device.
 
eagleglen said:
When you start comparing the UDP to the deals other carriers offer for multiple lines, it's not a fare comparison. Economies of scare always prevail. I've stuck with the UDP mainly because I just pay for a single line, for myself, and I do use a lot of data. Since the service is responsible good, in fact my speeds have increased in the past year tremendously, usually over 50Mpbs, I'm inclined to stay with plan. My main gripe is that with these increases, they should allow you to make a hotspot with your device.
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The way plans are going single lines are not efficient when it comes to monthly post paid pricing.
I believe the sweet spot now is at 4-5 line family plans.
If you can get a group of people that you know and trust and share a plan you can all save money and have plenty of options that you dont have now for less.
 
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DrewDaHilp1 said:
$5 isn't that much. I've been on the UDP since I bought the original iPhone. Does it suck the price is going up? A little.
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Nothing beats the peace of mind of never having to worry about data limits, ever.

I've got friends who check their phones constantly to see if they are nearing the limit. It's incomprehensible to me. About now its the only thing good about being an early adopter years ago.

BJ
 
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boltjames said:
Nothing beats the peace of mind of never having to worry about data limits, ever.

I've got friends who check their phones constantly to see if they are nearing the limit. It's incomprehensible to me. About now its the only thing good about being an early adopter years ago.

BJ
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You can still get unlimited data on Sprint, T mobile and AT&T.
The only one you cannot is Verizon so AT&T is not the only option with peace of mind unlimited data.
 
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Now it is on the main page, Macrumors reffered to Dslreports.com, not to Reddit or this thread.

John Legere was correct when he said that VZW and Att donate them customers. I think I know now what does "Mismanagement" mean :)

BTW: I wanted to migrate to DirecTV + att new udp and I asked Att a technical question almost 2 months ago and they...... simply ignored me.
 
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Applejuiced said:
Same plan here on T-Mobile. $180 for 5 lines unlimited everything with 16GB of high speed hotspot per line.
With taxes comes out to $211 a month.
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I think I reccomended you to switch and we are at the same plan. I want to correct you , it is 14 gb of high speed tethering. Or may be I missed some deal :-(
Our plans are the best value on the market and right after they have US cellular roaming agreement (Neville comfirmed me on Periscope) it be no brainer plan. I predict that even no tax TMUS1 plan will be exchange as soon as they announce USCellular roaming deal or SoftBank agreement. I'm going to stick to the plan as long as I can.
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CBR900RR said:
I will be dropping AT&T and go cricket wireless, they are own by AT&T, $70 included tax and fees ($65 w auto pay/ cheaper with multiple line), unlimited everything and data speed are cap at 8mbit
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Good choice.
 
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imlynxy said:
I think I reccomended you to switch and we are at the same plan. I want to correct you , it is 14 gb of high speed tethering. Or may be I missed some deal :-(
Our plans are the best value on the market and right after they have US cellular roaming agreement (Neville comfirmed me on Periscope) it be no brainer plan. I predict that even no tax TMUS1 plan will be exchange as soon as they announce USCellular roaming deal or SoftBank agreement. I'm going to stick to the plan as long as I can.
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Good choice.
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You are correct, I had to open up my Tmobile app to double check. It is 14GB of personal hotspot per month:D
 
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