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AT&T to Raise Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Plans From $30 to $35

rjohnstone said:
And there's a reason some are leaving T-Mobile as well.
I made the jump from AT&T to T-Mobile.
Worst decision ever. Minimal (2G/3G) coverage in rural areas, spotty coverage on the highway between AZ and California (I travel to LA and SD a lot), and poor building penetration. Band 12 is still not deployed in most of AZ and my 6 Plus doesn't support it anyway.

Yeah their LTE was fast, when you could get a good signal. I had the Cell Spot in my house, without it, I barely got 4G.
WiFi calling dropped more calls than I could count during hand off.
So after a little over a year with T-Mobile, I went back to AT&T.
AT&T's LTE is not as fast as T-Mobile's, but I can get an LTE signal pretty much everywhere I go. Even on I-10 between PHX and LA.
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Thanks, very good info.

I just want to add T-mo LTE not as fast as it was this summer. 100 percent agree with LTE 12 deployment, it is fully deployed only on JL's twitter :). I live in LTE 12 area, I had 0-1 bar LTE Dec 2014 and have the same now.
T-mo has a tiny 5mHz of low band than Att has 10MHz. In addition Att has GSM 850 which will be converted since January 2017 and a strong HSDPA 4G.

I expect Att will spend as much as they need and to get another 10-20 MHz national wide 600 MHz. T-mobile is so inconsitent with the info on how much they are going to spend on 600 MHz. It was 10B, then they don't need 10B, they need 2-3, now is 9B. DT is even going to sell Neverland T-mo to get some money to buy some more 600MHz.

Binge ON is another marketing trick, to de-congest their (official info 8 percent of t-mo sites are congested) network.

The only thing t-mo has is a great international roaming.


ATT, PLEASE low your international roaming!!!!!!!!
 
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I switched to AT&T from Verizon in 2007 so that I could get an iPhone. At first I was pretty happy with it. Now, I'm already planning to switch back to Verizon. AT&T has the worst customer service of any company I've ever dealt with. The coverage is almost useless. I can't even get a decent signal in my home, so I had to buy a microcell to use my phone at home. There are ALWAYS surprise charges. I had an unlimited plan that I finally got rid of this year because they withheld every benefit that every other AT&T subscriber gets. I wish that they would actually miss me when I leave, but I know they won't care, so I'm telling everyone about how bad they are to encourage them to leave too.
 
image.png I cannot say that in New England/Boston area VZW is better than Att. I think here Att is #1. Everything depends on location.
 
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To that person ( whom I can't find ) that said this will reach 20 pages we are getting there lol :D:rolleyes::p;)


zioxide said:
Our main plan isn't $175, it's $100 plus fees/tax. After looking at it, it's actually 15GB a month plus rollover which puts it over 25. The other three users on the plan use less than 3GB a month combined so the majority is available for my use.

So $100 + 15 + 15 + 15 (other three lines) + 25 for my iphone (att next) + 25 for one other iphone (att next). $195 plus fees. Still substantially cheaper than the $250+ it was on the old plan.
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Had I not seen Lynx and you continue to reply to one another this is what I'd have thought.

All depends on when you got ( switched ) your plan so yea this pricing and savings makes sense. Also if you have phones on Next pretty sure you should be seeing some sort of extra discounts.



That's part of the draw to next. Pay full or near full retail in payments but receive extra plan savings.


Seeing that $25 or so "Next Savings" on my bill each month is nice and helping keep my bill under $190 rollover is certainly nice and cool that your families pooled usage works to your favor
 
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iOSFangirl6001 said:
To that person ( whom I can't find ) that said this will reach 20 pages we are getting there lol :D:rolleyes::p;)




Had I not seen Lynx and you continue to reply to one another this is what I'd have thought.

All depends on when you got ( switched ) your plan so yea this pricing and savings makes sense. Also if you have phones on Next pretty sure you should be seeing some sort of extra discounts.



That's part of the draw to next. Pay full or near full retail in payments but receive extra plan savings.


Seeing that $25 or so "Next Savings" on my bill each month is nice and helping keep my bill under $190 rollover is certainly nice and cool that your families pooled usage works to your favor
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Just want to add that I really see potential behind Att. They the strongest communication company on the market. They have debt, but they "bought" a lot DirectTV, Mexican provider, spectrum....
VZW has the same amount in debt, but they just "bought" themself from Vodagfone.
T-mo for me is the same as Netflix, Amazon.... A lot of innovations, but limited income. T-mo is already slow down, a lot of noise, but where is their tiny LTE12?
Sprint, they cannot organize, better to say reorganize themself. I don't know why, but I don't see that they efficient enough. With all potential they have, they produce very limited service.
I think that for investments T are the best out of 4 above.
 
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BeSweeet said:
Except for the one that's magenta colored.
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Are you serious?
Joking? Being sarcastic?
Or just living under a rock and/or ignoring the comments section?:rolleyes:


Magenta did too ( and I'm sure at least 1 user besides me will confirm that )
 
If porting my number to Verizon, how do I avoid the ETF because of this? Call AT&T first? Or do the porting and then call AT&T? Is this live yet?
 
I personally could care less about spending 5.00 I waste money all the time. It is the principle that these cell phone companies Nickel and Dime especially long time customers, there is no value for Loyalty. This is literally only to squeeze money/motivate people to switch to tiered pricing, along with the upgrade fee increase and all the other nonsense some big wig just generated hundred of millions in revenue without having any overhead.
 
PackFan said:
If porting my number to Verizon, how do I avoid the ETF because of this? Call AT&T first? Or do the porting and then call AT&T? Is this live yet?
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1st off interesting Avatar ( profile pic )

Nextly you should receive some kind of notification or letter detailing how or where to find the directions I'd imagine.

Anyway no it's not "live" yet

The change doesn't start until around February 2016 presumably you'll have X amount of time before and after the change is set to take effect
( probably January Thru Mid/late March )
 
iOSFangirl6001 said:
1st off interesting Avatar ( profile pic )

Nextly you should receive some kind of notification or letter detailing how or where to find the directions I'd imagine.

Anyway no it's not "live" yet

The change doesn't start until around February 2016 presumably you'll have X amount of time before and after the change is set to take effect
( probably January Thru Mid/late March )
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:) Thanks.

We are thinking of getting a phone and adding a line for our son - but it is kind of a mess when all you have is 2 unlimited data plans instead of shared data. So, we either have to switch to an AT&T shared plan to add a line - or perhaps this gives us the ammo to ditch the ETF and go to Verizon where they have better coverage anyhow.

But if it's not 'live' until Jan or Feb...
 
iOSFangirl6001 said:
1st off interesting Avatar ( profile pic )

Nextly you should receive some kind of notification or letter detailing how or where to find the directions I'd imagine.

Anyway no it's not "live" yet

The change doesn't start until around February 2016 presumably you'll have X amount of time before and after the change is set to take effect
( probably January Thru Mid/late March )
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People will have 60 days after the change takes effect to cancel without an ETF. I don't know when you'll be able to start though.
 
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freepomme said:
¯\(°_O) Why does AT&T even exist? T-Mobile is way better.
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I live an hour south west of Boston right above RI and get zero signal with T-Mobile. I have had ATT for 6 years and it's been great. I have their original unlimited data plan and can go up to 20gb a month with no throttling for $70 a month. That includes a discount from my workplace.
 
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PackFan said:
:) Thanks.

We are thinking of getting a phone and adding a line for our son - but it is kind of a mess when all you have is 2 unlimited data plans instead of shared data. So, we either have to switch to an AT&T shared plan to add a line - or perhaps this gives us the ammo to ditch the ETF and go to Verizon where they have better coverage anyhow.

But if it's not 'live' until Jan or Feb...
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You're welcome. Although "Tiered" plans suck sometimes there are decent deals like Double Data ( NO Extra cost ) on Mobile Share/Mobile Share Value plans.

I'd definitely look into your options a bit more. I'm also quite shocked anyone would say Verizon has "better coverage" or better anything
 
iOSFangirl6001 said:
You're welcome. Although "Tiered" plans suck sometimes there are decent deals like Double Data ( NO Extra cost ) on Mobile Share/Mobile Share Value plans.

I'd definitely look into your options a bit more. I'm also quite shocked anyone would say Verizon has "better coverage" or better anything
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Well - we frequently drive from St Paul, MN to central Wisconsin - and there are frequent spots where AT&T has little to no coverage...
 
MacRumors said:



AT&T will raise the price of its grandfathered unlimited data plans from $30 to $35 in February of 2016, reports CNBC. The upcoming rate change is detailed on a page on AT&T's website and is the first price hike the unlimited plan has seen in seven years.

Though AT&T no longer offers unlimited data plans to customers, a small number of customers continue to hold unlimited data plans that were purchased before AT&T discontinued them in 2010. AT&T's current $30 unlimited data plan allows customers to use an unlimited amount of data, but AT&T does throttle with excessive data usage.

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As of February 16, the $30 price tag, which is in addition to voice costs, will rise to $35. The price hike comes just a couple of months after AT&T announced changes to its throttling practices. AT&T previously throttled customers on congested networks after 5GB of LTE data usage, but that cap was increased to 22GB in September, making unlimited plans more valuable.

AT&T plans to notify customers who will be impacted by the price increase. Customers who wish to cancel their wireless service because of the pricing increase will have early termination fees waived for affected lines. Price changes will take effect during each customer's February billing period.

Article Link: AT&T to Raise Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Plans From $30 to $35
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MacRumors said:



AT&T will raise the price of its grandfathered unlimited data plans from $30 to $35 in February of 2016, reports CNBC. The upcoming rate change is detailed on a page on AT&T's website and is the first price hike the unlimited plan has seen in seven years.

Though AT&T no longer offers unlimited data plans to customers, a small number of customers continue to hold unlimited data plans that were purchased before AT&T discontinued them in 2010. AT&T's current $30 unlimited data plan allows customers to use an unlimited amount of data, but AT&T does throttle with excessive data usage.

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As of February 16, the $30 price tag, which is in addition to voice costs, will rise to $35. The price hike comes just a couple of months after AT&T announced changes to its throttling practices. AT&T previously throttled customers on congested networks after 5GB of LTE data usage, but that cap was increased to 22GB in September, making unlimited plans more valuable.

AT&T plans to notify customers who will be impacted by the price increase. Customers who wish to cancel their wireless service because of the pricing increase will have early termination fees waived for affected lines. Price changes will take effect during each customer's February billing period.

Article Link: AT&T to Raise Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Plans From $30 to $35
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iOSFangirl6001 said:
With

YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, any number of APPs and APP Downloads/updates, streaming from AppleMusic/Pandora/Spotify, etc.?

Plus Jailbreaking or finding ways to forcibly illegally against ToS and their contract Tether multiple devices and/or hotspotting multiple devices


Most prevalent in cases where Sprint Verizon and T-Mobile have gone on public record labeling and out such "Abusers" that see Monthy usages in realms of 500GB 600GB 1TB 2TB 3TB etc. treating illegal tethering or HotSpotting practices as their own neighborhood FREE For all hotspot/cyber cafe




It's way worth it if people look at what limited uses pay/get heck I was getting 15GB ( before ANY Promo ) then 30GB now 60GB ( both after Promos ) but paying 3 to 7 times the new $35 being imposed here


Even looking at newer customers in the last 1-14 months they're getting less than great deals even with Promos and have much more to worry about usage wise


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Lol agreed with you both! Great minds think alike!

You 2 most definitely are of good mindset
Have a great day you 2 and keep being awesome

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Without a doubt these "Double your data" promos are some of the best conceived in ages and a bit more resistant to price hiking thankfully!

The no throttle ever is nice granted paying for that non throttle if exceeding your data allowance is a pain. Alas in the long run all plans and pricing have pros and cons
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When I had unlimited, I usually hovered around 10-15GB a month. Usually after 7GB I noticed my speed dropping a LOT.

Now that more and more places have free wifi, that monthly usage has dropped a bit. So I decided when they offered the double your data, to switch, I got the 15GB plan for 30GB and with roll over each month its very nice. Now when I travel some months, I can have 40-50GB easily in that period to tether my laptop for movies.

So yeah, I just got tired of being picked on using unlimited data with AT&T and now I couldn't be happier.
 
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BeSweeet said:
No, they didn't. Their unlimited unthrottled data plan is still around, including for new subs.
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I thought they throttled (if they "need" to) the data after using over 23GB. Caption under selecting the unlimited plan on the website indicates this.
 
unplugme71 said:
When I had unlimited, I usually hovered around 10-15GB a month. Usually after 7GB I noticed my speed dropping a LOT.

Now that more and more places have free wifi, that monthly usage has dropped a bit. So I decided when they offered the double your data, to switch, I got the 15GB plan for 30GB and with roll over each month its very nice. Now when I travel some months, I can have 40-50GB easily in that period to tether my laptop for movies.

So yeah, I just got tired of being picked on using unlimited data with AT&T and now I couldn't be happier.
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Sounds like you switched right before they upped the limitations on throttling.

Either way DYD and RO combined are definitely an amazingly awesome thing for those that can manage/Deal with it no doubt. I jumped on double data 1st time it debuted after letting go of ULD


More places having WiFi is nice too
( thank god WiFi continues to grow in every way all over ) Congrats on finding something that works for ya and Happy Tethering or HotSpotting ;):):cool:
 
Sketchr said:
I thought they throttled (if they "need" to) the data after using over 23GB. Caption under selecting the unlimited plan on the website indicates this.
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That's only in extremely congested areas, which are actually hard to find. I regularly exceed 50GB per month and have never seen any throttling.
 
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