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

supercoolmanchu said:
Reasonable would be raising yours and everyone else's rates too, because ya know increased costs, inflation, etc.

Considering that the unlimited subscribers are longer term, more loyal customers, the increase should be a magnitude or two greater for everyone not on unlimited plans. You've made due with less for more, so what's the harm in a little more for less? AT&T needs to make a profit, and the unlimited subscribers are such a tiny number of long standing customers (who are incidentally paying much more for the voice part, other services and overages on their grandfathered plans). There's way more cash to still be squeezed from the overwhelming majority of non grandfathered subscribers.

According to your own logic, you should consider a $20-30/month increase totally reasonable for your plan and contract service length. You're getting such 'amazing' service and so privileged to pay a government protected (guaranteed profit) private industry, that you should get down on your knees and worship your corporate overlords in gratitude.

For more than a few people $60/year is a big increase, for some it's not. AT&T chose their timing right after the two most popular periods (new iPhones in September and Xmas shopping season) for people renewing their 2 year contracts, it's a total dick move.
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You assume I'm not a "long term loyal customer" and you assume I'm on contract?

Your assumptions aside your argument is invalid. Big differences between users namely the amount of data they use ( or can use )
And fewer plan restrictions

Why should people on plans with limitations pay more if they aren't using more?

And no $20 to $30 increase for anything in 1 go would be unreasonable.
$5/ or $60 a year may be meaningful to some but it's STILL NOT Much

As others have countered in here you'd by your logic ( not dissimilar to some here ) would expect no prices on anything ever to raise?

Would I accept an increase? If it were a reason single digit or less $ amount it would depend upon the reasons for doing so but most likely yes provided at the very least I maintain the same level of service and plan alotments

Now if it were say cable where rates go up and they take away channels ( or some services ) heck yea I'm going to have issues with it.

Funny how you talk about my judgements when you seem to make your own. Hypocritical much?

And yea the timing may be "a dick move" as you so eloquently put it but bound to happen eventually. Did you bemoan other carriers when they did this?

I'll put it in simpler terms price increases happen with ALL Things goods, services etc eventually. The greater issue is what is or isn't manageable! This $5 ( or less possibly for those discount eligible ) isn't earth endingly bad as you make it out to be by your reaction!

For the record I'm also quite capable of being reasonable.

pat500000 said:
I wonder how much abuse people are willing to take to keep that unlimited. 80 bucks increase?
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I hope you're joking. I wouldn't say that far unless other carriers increase by that much or data charges on limited plans continue to soar @ some carriers while giving lower allotments
 
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iOSFangirl6001 said:
Some nutters actually believe this just because of gimmicks or the few places the signal is better provided you don't travel much lol


I'm totally Team ATT btw
And a mostly satisfied customer

Oh and to the ATT haters
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OK, so how'd you get 2x data for free? I tried the link in the sheet and it goes nowhere. What's the deal? Fess up! :)

Scratch that. I see it was an old 2014 promotion. Nevermind.
 
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iOSFangirl6001 said:
You assume I'm not a "long term loyal customer" and you assume I'm on contract?

Your assumptions aside your argument is invalid. Big differences between users namely the amount of data they use ( or can use )
And fewer plan restrictions

Why should people on plans with limitations pay more if they aren't using more?

And no $20 to $30 increase for anything in 1 go would be unreasonable.
$5/ or $60 a year may be meaningful to some but it's STILL NOT Much

As others have countered in here you'd by your logic ( not dissimilar to some here ) would expect no prices on anything ever to raise?

Would I accept an increase? If it were a reason single digit or less $ amount it would depend upon the reasons for doing so but most likely yes provided at the very least I maintain the same level of service and plan alotments

Now if it were say cable where rates go up and they take away channels ( or some services ) heck yea I'm going to have issues with it.

Funny how you talk about my judgements when you seem to make your own. Hypocritical much?

And yea the timing may be "a dick move" as you so eloquently put it but bound to happen eventually. Did you bemoan other carriers when they did this?

I'll put it in simpler terms price increases happen with ALL Things goods, services etc eventually. The greater issue is what is or isn't manageable! This $5 ( or less possibly for those discount eligible ) isn't earth endingly bad as you make it out to be by your reaction!

For the record I'm also quite capable of being reasonable.

I hope you're joking. I wouldn't say that far unless other carriers increase by that much or data charges on limited plans continue to soar @ some carriers while giving lower allotments
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well...ATT have power to do anything. For example...maybe next iPhone 7 will be exclusive to limited data users. Who knows.
 
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fieldsphotos said:
Over on the Verizon thread when they raised the unlimited data rate by $20/month, many people decided it was still worth it to them to keep their unlimited. So AT&T still has some headroom for more increases.

Although us Verizon customers might just be more used to getting screwed when they took away our ability to use subsidies on the unlimited lines several years ago.

I am guessing that AT&T still has a TON of unlimited subscribers. They have made it very easy to stay grandfathered on your plan. Most AT&T folks I know still have their unlimited lines. On the other hand, I was the only Verizon customer I knew who was still holding onto my unlimited plan several years after the elimination of the subsidy. Most people switched off those plans when they hit that wall. No one wants to pay $700 for an iPhone. I had many coworkers express shock and disbelief that iPhones cost that much $$. So they gave up their data plans.
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If I was ATT...I would sell the next iPhone and forward to limited data users...and will charge 60 bucks for unlimited per months.
 
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elthesensai said:
But still evil enough.
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I don't begrudge a company for trying to make some money. Granted, if we had better competition It would be better but the FCC seems pretty strong on maintaining at least 4 carriers. $35 plus $40 for voice and $10 for SMS for me before my corporate discount is still better than what I can do by switching so I'll probably stay put.
 
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techwhiz said:
Data should be getting cheaper as technology evolves.
My home internet connection speed has increased by 10X while the price has dropped by 40%.
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Compared to the cost that the wireless companies had to incur to bring LTE to the US (think "billions in FCC fees for additional wireless spectrum" and "installing new panels on literally every cell phone tower that was upgraded to LTE"), the company that provides your home Internet spent nothing on improving their network to increase your speeds by 10x.

I mean, obviously they spent something, but in comparison to the $15-20 billion dollars the big carriers have each spent yearly for the last decade bringing faster data speeds, it was nothing.
 
imlynxy said:
I like the way people say 5 is better than 2


Att calls it bill dispute:

"CHARGES AND DISPUTES
You are responsible for paying all charges for or resulting from services provided under this Agreement. You will receive monthly bills that are due in full as shown thereon.
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Who said 5 is better than 2? o_O:confused:

Anyway I admit I stand corrected on how they classify it although it seems slightly silly that contracts, contract length and terms would fall under "billing disputes" :rolleyes:
 
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wow, AT&T is smart. they play carrot and stick game with us. First they gave us 22GB/month a few months ago. We were all happy and glad that AT&T is not as evil as Verizon. Now comes the stick, $5/month.

hope no more sticks coming in the future.
 
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aristobrat said:
Monopolies? There are about 10 different wireless providers I can switch to in my area. Where is the monopoly?

This unlimited data plan price hasn't increased in price since 2007, has it?

I'm trying to think of my other utility rates that haven't increased in the last 9 years. Cable? Nope, that's increased. Electricity? Nope, that's gone up to. City water.. Increased. Natural gas. Also more expensive now than 9 years ago.

And honestly, of the utilities above, the ONLY one that I can look at say "wow, it's a crap-ton better now than it was 9 years ago" is my AT&T service. Having gone from EDGE speeds to 80mbps LTE in my market wouldn't make me pissed off to pay an extra $5/month for, with it being the first increase in that plan in 9 years. But to each their own.
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It sounds like you're mad you didn't get in on the unlimited in the first place. Also you should have great service, you probably pay a lot of money for that service.
 
iOSFangirl6001 said:
You assume I'm not a "long term loyal customer" and you assume I'm on contract?

Your assumptions aside your argument is invalid. Big differences between users namely the amount of data they use ( or can use )
And fewer plan restrictions

Why should people on plans with limitations pay more if they aren't using more?

And no $20 to $30 increase for anything in 1 go would be unreasonable.
$5/ or $60 a year may be meaningful to some but it's STILL NOT Much

As others have countered in here you'd by your logic ( not dissimilar to some here ) would expect no prices on anything ever to raise?

Would I accept an increase? If it were a reason single digit or less $ amount it would depend upon the reasons for doing so but most likely yes provided at the very least I maintain the same level of service and plan alotments

Now if it were say cable where rates go up and they take away channels ( or some services ) heck yea I'm going to have issues with it.

Funny how you talk about my judgements when you seem to make your own. Hypocritical much?

And yea the timing may be "a dick move" as you so eloquently put it but bound to happen eventually. Did you bemoan other carriers when they did this?

I'll put it in simpler terms price increases happen with ALL Things goods, services etc eventually. The greater issue is what is or isn't manageable! This $5 ( or less possibly for those discount eligible ) isn't earth endingly bad as you make it out to be by your reaction!

For the record I'm also quite capable of being reasonable.


I hope you're joking. I wouldn't say that far unless other carriers increase by that much or data charges on limited plans continue to soar @ some carriers while giving lower allotments
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You don't get to use the words melodramatic or hypocrisy after you've posted what 10-15 rants on this same subject. Holding your tongue would be a great idea, when can we expect you to start?

Nobody cares what you are paying or subscribing to.

You've spent a lot of time on your repeated screeds that $5 increase isn't much. Maybe to you, but you are total unreasonable to apply that to all.
 
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normanfox said:
wow, AT&T is smart. they play carrot and stick game with us. First they gave us 22GB/month a few months ago. We were all happy and glad that AT&T is not as evil as Verizon. Now comes the stick, $5/month.

hope no more sticks coming in the future.
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You should be thankful for ATT that they wouldn't RESTRICT all the unlimited data users for future iPhones...or whatever phones. They could easy make it so that if you want new iPhone or if you're planning to use unlock iPhone and use it with their service...they could easily restrict that by making you lose that unlimited to purchase new models.. They would probably send you to other carrier with poor coverage.
 
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dmylrea said:
OK, so how'd you get 2x data for free? I tried the link in the sheet and it goes nowhere. What's the deal? Fess up! :)

Scratch that. I see it was an old 2014 promotion. Nevermind.
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Actually although the 2014 promo was awesome and I took advantage of it the attached pic was enclosed with my last bill so my data has been doubled twice
60GB for the old 15GB Price FTW :D

I assumed as the page suggested it was random for being a loyal long time customer who always pays on time:rolleyes:
Though alas as it says the 60GB Will only be Thru December 2017 bill cycle then I guess I drop back to 30GB still not bad with Rollover:cool:


I've changed work phones an such dozens of times but my personal phone has been ATT dating back to before the Cingular/ATT Merger days;):cool::p



normanfox said:
wow, AT&T is smart. they play carrot and stick game with us. First they gave us 22GB/month a few months ago. We were all happy and glad that AT&T is not as evil as Verizon. Now comes the stick, $5/month.

hope no more sticks coming in the future.
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Spoiler: next more carrot say 45GB? :rolleyes::D;)

Seriously though agree hope no more stick for y'all
 
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Took unlimited on both iPhone & iPad when they first came out. $5 after 7 years is nothing. I really don't come close many months to using it, but nice to know it's there. ATT has been very good for me and really don't have any complaints. $60 a years is really going to cut into my Starbucks budget..On wait...I don't drink that swill....
 
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What AT&T should do is start allowing tethering on the unlimited plans in exchange for the extra $5. Then people would get something of value for the extra money at least.
 
cmwade77 said:
What AT&T should do is start allowing tethering on the unlimited plans in exchange for the extra $5. Then people would get something of value for the extra money at least.
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Or...they could say..."Hey, you know what? If the unlimited users want to purchase new models..they will REQUIRE to give up the unlimited data. We'll make it exclusive to limited data users."
 
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