Where is the monopoly?
Don't like ATT's prices? Don't pay for it. I don't. My iPhone service bill is $35 a month.
Monopolies? There are about 10 different wireless providers I can switch to in my area. Where is the monopoly?If this was the only thing they did your post would have some merit. AT&T has raised rates on every plan, trying to get people to join family plans that are more expensive, charging more for data, not honoring their contracts etc. But yeah, go head and complain about Murica because you think telecom monopolies are awesome. Meanwhile cool aid drinkers like yourself who bend over and take whatever they give you are the real problem.
GREEDY are the people who abused this in the first place and caused all this.Only one comment :
Greedy bastards !!!
Let this $5 stuck in their throats !
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Though you can bet that I'm going to complain about having my data usage characterized as being "excessive" and having it throttled to next to nothing.Price goes up $5 for the first time since iPhone 3G... And people are gonna complain. America is great.
This is nowhere near the levels of evil that is Verizon.
I bet they won't after they drive down the road to Verizon and realize they don't offer unlimited data to new customers!I bet they will!
Technically speaking, with this $5 price hike, AT&T's grandfathered unlimited data plan cost the same as new T-Mobile's plan.Thus is why I have T-Mobile.
Bull Honkey.Capped data plans started because of people who abused the unlimited service in the past.
Hike it up more so they suffer like the rest of us.
I think they're trying to get people to leave unlimited data plans, not have them stay and use 20x the data.If AT&T enabled tethering on these grandfathered plans with this update, I bet the reception to the price hike would be much better...
What do you think, AT&T?
If AT&T wanted to get rid of it faster, they could have raised the rate by $20/month, like Verizon just did and prevent folks from getting subsidized phones as long as they keep the plan (like Verizon has done for many years).Bull Honkey.
Capped Data Started when the Greedy cell industry got wise to the rapid growth in smart phone technology, and the increased demand for high bandwidth to supplement the increasing application data capacity. Unlimited data is the ugly mole on AT&T's legacy. They can't rid of it fast enough to fully capitalize on the value of data.
This deal is getting worse all the time!
I figured they would have at least gone up $10! I love how they will let people that don't want to pay the extra $5 out of their contract with no ETF. You'll have some idiots though that will complain over the $5.
¯\(°_O) Why does AT&T even exist? T-Mobile is way better.
Imagine believing this.Capped data plans started because of people who abused the unlimited service in the past.
Hike it up more so they suffer like the rest of us.
Does anyone still use ATT? I a a physician, need to be connected everywhere. I switched to T-mobile and have not looked back. I had ATT form 1999 - 2014. Particularly happy to no longer getting a big surprise roaming crap form overseas travel Never could get ATT to give me an honest answer about coverage, and bogus plans.
There are two other tier 1 carriers you can choose from.2 telecoms that are the same price is not much of a choice.
Of course, Europeans gloat that they get unlimited everything for $35 or less. When you read the fine print it isn't quite that good (pre-paid MVNO plans with throttled data, etc) but it is still cheaper than North America.Oh no, $35 for unlimited data! What will people do?!?!?
Meanwhile in Canada I pay that much for 500mb