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AT&T to Permit Grandfathered Unlimited iPad Data Plans to Transfer to iPad 2

ctdonath said:
For emphasis:Originally Posted by Full of Win
Dude, sell it on eBay on macrumors. The unlimited iPad plans can be transferred and people pay in the hundreds for them.
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Now I'm curious....How would I go about transferring the unlimited plan if I sell it on ebay? Obviously I'd wipe all the data, etc if I sold it. I was planning on selling it on Gazelle for around $450, but if I can get 'a lot more' for it on Ebay due to an unlimited plan being attached, so be it.

Embarrassingly, I've had it since the day it came out and it says I've only used around 11 GB of data sent / received. Guess I don't need unlimited.

By the way, it's the 16 Gb / 3G
 
I hope when the iPad goes 4G down the road that I can still transfer my grandfathered unlimited data plan from my iPad 1. Heh heh heh. :p
 
Paperboy2010 said:
Now I'm curious....How would I go about transferring the unlimited plan if I sell it on ebay? Obviously I'd wipe all the data, etc if I sold it. I was planning on selling it on Gazelle for around $450, but if I can get 'a lot more' for it on Ebay due to an unlimited plan being attached, so be it.

Embarrassingly, I've had it since the day it came out and it says I've only used around 11 GB of data sent / received. Guess I don't need unlimited.

By the way, it's the 16 Gb / 3G
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Here is an eBay sale on-going for JUST the SIM card, no iPad. With one day left, its 330$.

http://cgi.ebay.com/iPad-3g-Unlimit...=US_Tablets&hash=item415770116b#ht_591wt_1141
 
I'm not too worried about it. You're out of your mind if you pay $830 for a freaking iPad. Plus data cost. For that much money you can get a netbook with a 3/4G card with unlimited data. I'll stick with the WIFI model. That's what MYWI OnDemand is for.
 
MacDawg said:
No word on whether you can just switch sim cards or if you have to call AT&T?
There have been mixed signals from AT&T reps on this
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Everything is linked to your sim card, I replaced my old iPad with a new one and just switched the sim card out. You will do the same thing with the iPad 2. Everything will just work. :apple:
 
Full of Win said:
Dude, sell it on eBay on macrumors. The unlimited iPad plans can be transferred and people pay in the hundreds for them.
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Interesting I had not thought about selling it off. To bad I don't have an eBay account.

Since I dropped the unlimited plan on my iPhone last year and went to Data Pro with tethering my heaviest month has been 1.5GB. And now my data cap has been moved up to 4GB so I doubt even using the iPad with my MacBook and iPhone I will get to 4GB on a 3G connection. I travel a lot but now days there is just so much free wi-fi I rarely am forced to be on 3G.
 
jona2125 said:
I'm not too worried about it. You're out of your mind if you pay $830 for a freaking iPad. Plus data cost. For that much money you can get a netbook with a 3/4G card with unlimited data. I'll stick with the WIFI model. That's what MYWI OnDemand is for.
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If I were to tether my ipad to my iphone instead of paying the $130 for 3G, are the speeds on the pad going to be the same on the phone (excluding the network)? In other words, is there any degradation of the signal or speed by tethering?
 
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Paperboy2010 said:
Now I'm curious....How would I go about transferring the unlimited plan if I sell it on ebay? Obviously I'd wipe all the data, etc if I sold it. I was planning on selling it on Gazelle for around $450, but if I can get 'a lot more' for it on Ebay due to an unlimited plan being attached, so be it.

Embarrassingly, I've had it since the day it came out and it says I've only used around 11 GB of data sent / received. Guess I don't need unlimited.

By the way, it's the 16 Gb / 3G
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If you "wipe" it MAKE SURE you remove the sim card out first. Then just put the sim card into the iPad 2 and you'll be good to go.
 
It's the only thing keeping me on AT&T.

...and for as much as I enjoy using the iPad, and I do, I wind up using it for all my internet related tasks (except OS X software updates, obv), if I had to pay $80/mo for internet and still have a 10GB limit, regardless of whether I reach it or not, it'd be the end of me owning one.

My traffic ranges from 2GB to 12GB/mo, depending on my workload.

Too bad the connection usually sucks though. If Verizon wanted to pull customers away from AT&T, they'd offer a limited time signup for the same unlimited plan @ 30-40/mo with iPad2, and they'd kick AT&T's butt right out the door.
 
litopine said:
If you "wipe" it MAKE SURE you remove the sim card out first. Then just put the sim card into the iPad 2 and you'll be good to go.
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Thanks....what I was thinking was selling the SIM on Ebay, getting a new sim and wiping and then sending the iPad into Gazelle for $446. I'd take out the existing SIM card and sell it as is, but I'm wondering if any of my info would be on it then.
 
cmaier said:
I fall into the grandfathered category, but I am still getting a Verizon iPad this time around.

1) AT&T may drop the unlimited at any time
2) I seldom go over 1 GB and only went over 2GB once
3) Verizon's data plans are much more cost effective given my usage. I can pay $20 a month most months, and my rare overages are not that expensive.
4) Verizon has better connections most places I go. AT&T's speed advantage is of little help when I can't connect.
5) I have an AT&T iPhone 4, so having connectivity from each carrier provides some assurance that in moat places at least one devicemwill work
6) the CDMA disadvantage of no simultaneous voice and data doesn't apply to iPad.
7) I'm keeping my old iPad for my family, so the plan will live on if I need to use it.
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Nice points. I'm probably going to do the same for the same reason. But I did pause for a second and reconsider getting the AT&T iPad 2. But in NYC it would be nice to be back to using Verizon. And the double access between AT&T iPhone and Verizon iPad seems a nice back up.
 
Paperboy2010 said:
Thanks....what I was thinking was selling the SIM on Ebay, getting a new sim and wiping and then sending the iPad into Gazelle for $446. I'd take out the existing SIM card and sell it as is, but I'm wondering if any of my info would be on it then.
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Yes, It does carry over. My suggestion would be to change the CC information to one of a gift credit card, then if they don't switch that over then their plan will lapse and the unlimited plan would expire. :) :apple:
 
I'm unsure why this is news. Wouldn't just swapping a SIM tied to an unlimited data plan in to an iPad 2 be easier than calling AT&T and having them switch ESNs, risk screwing up, etc. Was there possibility of AT&T cancelling the data plan if the device ID changes?
 
You can't sell your unlimited plan. Yes the unlimited plan is tied to the SIM card but the SIM card is tied to you. If you sell the SIM card and even walk the new owner of that SIM card into an AT&T service center they will not transfer the account to another name. So be super careful if you sell your SIM card because you maybe paying for someone else's unlimited data plan if you don't cancel it prior to you selling the SIM card. This is in the terms and conditions page of the unlimited plan. The plan stops when the account holder name changes. End of story. So those ebay SIMS are a scam.

Buyer beware!!!!
 
jona2125 said:
I'm not too worried about it. You're out of your mind if you pay $830 for a freaking iPad. Plus data cost. For that much money you can get a netbook with a 3/4G card with unlimited data. I'll stick with the WIFI model. That's what MYWI OnDemand is for.
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Given that a 3G-connected iPad is far more useful and versatile than any netbook, seems to me the netbook is the one that is overpriced.
 
spazzcat said:
At work, our wifi is just as locked down as the network. So I use 3G 8 hours a day everyday...
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Same here. Our network at work is locked so I tether my laptop to my unlimited data iPad for internet access and use VPN to access our servers. :)
 
Si if you have the original plan and are grandfathered in, when the IOS 4.3 comes out with personal hotspot you could technically run your entire home network over the 3g connection on your iPad...

Not saying you would or should but you COULD... am I correct.
 
miamijim said:
Si if you have the original plan and are grandfathered in, when the IOS 4.3 comes out with personal hotspot you could technically run your entire home network over the 3g connection on your iPad...

Not saying you would or should but you COULD... am I correct.
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No. You can't use an iPad as a hotspot. The hotspot feature only works on the iPhone.
 
xraydoc said:
I'm unsure why this is news. Wouldn't just swapping a SIM tied to an unlimited data plan in to an iPad 2 be easier than calling AT&T and having them switch ESNs, risk screwing up, etc. Was there possibility of AT&T cancelling the data plan if the device ID changes?
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Unfortunately, AT&T reps at the stores are giving conflicting information on this
 
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