AT&T to Launch New Unlimited Data Plan

[ihonda]

I don't believe 22gb is enforced my kid uses well over 100gb/mo on her iPad mini 4 streaming YouTube. Never been throttled on the iPad line yet.

 

[mthomas184]

Gosh, US prices are insane!
Here in UK I pay just $20 for 20Gb of LTE data.

It really is. Welcome to the life of US Telecoms.

 

[burnside]

It really is. Welcome to the life of US Telecoms.

Gosh, US prices are insane!
Here in UK I pay just $20 for 20Gb of LTE data.

Waaaaay smaller infrastructure. We pay for the much larger coverage area and maintenance.

 

[coolbreeze]

Gosh, US prices are insane!
Here in UK I pay just $20 for 20Gb of LTE data.

I wonder why it's so cheap vs the gigantic US?

http://mapfight.appspot.com/gb-vs-texas/united-kingdom-texas-us-size-comparison

 

[Theophil1971]

I was just going to ask that question.

No tethering... no hotspots.

So - 22gb max before throttling it to unusable speeds, and you can't tether. WORTHLESS

 

[mthomas184]

Wow, talk about hate. The post was updated after I posted that.

Don't mind him. He had a bad Valentine's day.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Everyone call and ask about this new plan tomorrow, use online chat, or phone to ask about tethering. Their call center's log it, and at&t will see an uproar about it, and eventually include it. fingers crossed

Too much work. It took TMob 1 day to up the ante on VZW. It took ATT 3 days to come up with this weak sauce? Clearly they aren't not interested in actually competing. Nothing off my back but I won't be an ATT customer after about noon tomorrow when I go to TMob.

 

[gondor5]

Any word on tethering?

Tethering was not allowed if you had DirecTV and switched to unlimited. I see no mention of tethering with new this new plan. No go for me.

 

[Tech198]

AT&T is mopping the floor with us Auszzies

Making monkeys out of us.. Com on Australia,,, keep up to date with the U.S, We don't have unlimited anything on mobile

I've quickly checked the big 3 in Australia, Telstra: Optus and Vodafone, and the most u get with Telstra with bundled Foxtel is 1TB...

that could be enough, but 1TB is still not unlimited is it...

 

[FelixDerKater]

First below 50 wins. Sprint doesn't count.

 

[miamialley]

As if networks aren't bogged down enough. Now more people will be watching youtube videos on cats killing data speeds for everyone with no regard for data usage.

 

[lordofthereef]

Sure you can download on wifi before you leave LOL, train the family not that hard.

His defeats the purpose of mobile data for me.
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From my experience the FAN discount is on the price of the plan, but not the line fees.

So for the Directv unlimited plan, the plan was $60 and then $40 per phone, making 1 line $100 and 2nlines $140 and so on. The 21% would be only applied to the $60 portion of the bill. This would be a $12.60 in savings.

This is been based of my experiences with a FAN discount.

That's how it worked before I left two years ago. Bummer. Not worth it for us to switch unless aTT sweetens the pot.

 

[Solomani]

Oh I see…. there's now a "Faux Unlimited Plan" warz going on. T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T…. they're all throwing out their version of a several-strings-attached kinda-sorta-unlimited plan.

It's a race to the bottom.

 

[mytakeontech]

DO NOT GIVE BUSINESS TO THESE GREEDY COMPANIES. SUPPORT THE ONE THAT STARTED THIS EVEN IF YOU PAY FEW $S MORE. SUPPORT T-Mobile. Not ATT and Verizon. Let them get the message.

 

[Rafterman]

No hotspot = suck plan.

 

[WhoDatWayne]

Remove this post please. Keep secrets secrets duh

LOL! You have a good point! I may stick with AT&T until they change it.
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Sounds like a fortunate accident. I have the same plan, but it still asks me to contact ATT to set it up. When did it start working for you?

It actually worked from the beginning. I added the iPad two months ago and the personal hotspot has worked since then.

 

[Braderunner]

Not going to lower the grandfathered plan. Only if they can entice us to change. No guarantee grandfather on new.

I pay $84/month for grandfathered unlimited + unlimited text + 450 voice minutes. That's with an 18% fan discount! No reason for me not to jump ship now. I'm definitely switching when next iPhone comes out.

 

[east85]

$100 a month does not seem very competitive for a single line.

 

[lordofthereef]

LOL! You have a good point! I may stick with AT&T until they change it.
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It actually worked from the beginning. I added the iPad two months ago and the personal hotspot has worked since then.

I believe @Channan had reported something similar? (So that you don't have to go back and read this, we are referring to unlimited tethering on an iPad)

 

[avanpelt]

AT&T has got to be revising this offering soon to include personal hotspot. Looking at an article comparing the unlimited plans from each of the big four, AT&T is the only one that does not allow any data to be used for personal hotspot. Talk about tone deaf.

 

[JohnApples]

And we've come full circle. If I cared enough, I'd dig up those posts from 4+ years ago when certain people were saying that unlimited was on its way out for good and that tiered data was going to be the only choice with data usage continuing to grow.

This is such a bizarre industry.

 

[Daws]

AT&T has got to be revising this offering soon to include personal hotspot. Looking at an article comparing the unlimited plans from each of the big four, AT&T is the only one that does not allow any data to be used for personal hotspot. Talk about tone deaf.

Hotspot and a single line plan price at least as cheap as Verizon's if not T-Mobile's. If not, there will be massive defections. I can't see how they cannot sweeten their plan and price after being in dead last place.

 

[normanfox]

And we've come full circle. If I cared enough, I'd dig up those posts from 4+ years ago when certain people were saying that unlimited was on its way out for good and that tiered data was going to be the only choice with data usage continuing to grow.

This is such a bizarre industry.

not blizzard at all. 4 years ago when wireless is new and growing, carriers can easily gain customers from landline and dumb phone. these day the wireless market is saturated. carriers have to steal customers from each other to grow their market share. Thanks to tmobile, the competition works in the consumer favor. Capitalism works as usual.

The next evolution is family unlimited for under $100.

 

[tl01]

"AT&T's $180 price point is after a $40 credit for the fourth smartphone line, which will start after two billing periods. Prior to then, customers will need to pay $220 per month for the plan."

Hell no. AT&T always waits until their hand is forced and then ends up offering the worst deal. I'm going to switch to Verizon this year I think.

I will switch just to feel good about screwing ATT! Done with them! I will take 5 ATT lines and 1 t mobile and one more line to come shortly in the future for my oldest son.

 

[clunkmess]

Exactly, T mobile's network is horrible. Travel with a buddy from work all the time and he has T-Mobile. Sso many issues, while I have none with At&T.

Ya. My coworker can't even get a signal at his house. He bought the iPhone 7 unlocked from T-Mo. Now he's gonna switch to AT&T Unlimited since the phone isn't compatible with Verizon's network.