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AT&T's new Unlimited Prepaid plan (iPhone compatible?)

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California King

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So AT&T has this new plan for prepaid users. It's unlimited voice, text, and DATA?! Under the plan, it says unlimited data is just for eligible phones. I looked around on the page and there's no list of eligible phones for the unlimited data.

Anyone know if it works with iPhone 4? For $50/month, I think it's one hell of a deal....even better than any of the postpaid plans on AT&T for smartphones.

Link:
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...jsp?wtSlotClick=1-005ZH4-0-2&_requestid=72919

EDIT: Asked AT&T about the plan and unlimited data is just for non-smartphones :(
 
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At the iPhone hacks section.
My guess would be like the rest of the prepaid data resold by other smaller US companies that use AT&T's GSM network.
Really slow throttled data but for the price might be worth it to some.
 
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awadeee said:
Buy a prepaid SIM and try it. ;)

Worst case scenario it's edge data.
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I'm tempted to try to switch over this plan, as I am already a prepaid user, but I'm thinking it's too good to be true. AT&T doesn't even offer a unlimited data plan on postpaid...


Applejuiced said:
My guess would be like the rest of the prepaid data resold by other smaller US companies that use AT&T's GSM network.
Really slow throttled data but for the price might be worth it to some.
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Actually I am getting 3G on my prepaid plan, so I don't think they would downgrade it to EDGE if I switch to that plan....I think I'll give AT&T a call and ask them what phones are eligible and if it's 3G or EDGE.
 
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mw12a

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The way I understand this to work is that smartphones need to buy a separate Data Feature Package. So just buying that $50 plan is not enough.

On a somewhat related issue, I scanned through the Terms & Conditions for the GoPhone plans again, and I can no longer find the language that said iPhones were not eligible to use this service. I could have sworn it was in there when I checked a few weeks ago. I wonder if that was silently dropped as well, and that iPhones are now officially OK to use on GoPhone plans?
 
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California King said:
I'm tempted to try to switch over this plan, as I am already a prepaid user, but I'm thinking it's too good to be true. AT&T doesn't even offer a unlimited data plan on postpaid...




Actually I am getting 3G on my prepaid plan, so I don't think they would downgrade it to EDGE if I switch to that plan....I think I'll give AT&T a call and ask them what phones are eligible and if it's 3G or EDGE.
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Yes it will still be 3G access but slower than the speeds post paid AT&T accounts would get.
Let us know how it went.
 
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engelke2010

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I had prepaid for 18 months until I upgraded to contract. The speed difference is incredible. I would never go back to prepaid.
 
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Prepaid data on AT&T is super slow. I use my iPhone 4 on gophone but rarely use the data. You need to add a data package on top of the $50 plan....unlimited data is for "featured" phones and not smart phones.

The speed to download an app will frustrate u and force u to cancel it lol.

It's misleading bc it's only for a couple phones.

Also, I tried changing apn but would tell me I'm not subscribed to a data plan. I'm assuming the system picks up that I'm using a smartphone and blocks all data.
 
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hexonxonx

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When I tried this on my 3GS, I got speeds that were slower than edge speeds. We're talking speeds of about 20Kbps.

I didn't need an APN changer because the 3GS would work with any AT&T sim. Only the original iPhone would need an APN changer. The original iPhone is approved for use on the prepaid unlimited plan.
 
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Applejuiced said:
Yes it will still be 3G access but slower than the speeds post paid AT&T accounts would get.
Let us know how it went.
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Yes, it's unlimited data for non-smartphones. What speeds do postpaid iPhone users typically get? I would have sworn I saw a thread where everyone was posting their speeds and it was comparable with mine.
 
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California King said:
What speeds do postpaid iPhone users typically get? I would have sworn I saw a thread where everyone was posting their speeds and it was comparable with mine.
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Varies by area and network usage at the time, but I typically see between 4 and 6Mbps down and 1 to 2Mbps up on 3G.
 
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