Verizon increases UDP to $50 and MR posts it under the iOS blog. ATT increases UDP to $35 and MR posts it on the front page. This place is so transparent.
But still evil enough.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.
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.
I wonder how much abuse people are willing to take to keep that unlimited. 80 bucks increase?
I don't understand where you're going with your comment.Verizon increases UDP to $50 and MR posts it under the iOS blog. ATT increases UDP to $35 and MR posts it on the front page. This place is so transparent.
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
But if you keep AT&T they will gladly switch you over to a tiered data plan.Yeah if you're switching carriers. The person said they were gonna use it to get out of their contract BUT keep ATT. I was just making sure he/she knew that wasn't the case.
well...ATT have power to do anything. For example...maybe next iPhone 7 will be exclusive to limited data users. Who knows.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
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.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.
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.But still evil enough.
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.Data should be getting cheaper as technology evolves.
My home internet connection speed has increased by 10X while the price has dropped by 40%.
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.
You need to actually read the contract that you or anyone has signed before you go off saying they are not honoring the conracts..
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.
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
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.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.
Abused? You can't abuse UNLIMITED DATA. It's UNLIMITED DATA.GREEDY are the people who abused this in the first place and caused all this.
I don't understand where you're going with your comment.![]()
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.
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.
lame. still keeping my unlimited data though.
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."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.
MR reports on an extreme bias. Pay attention, it's not the first time.I don't understand where you're going with your comment.![]()