Carrier ATT Unlimited - Price increase starting Feb '16.

[PhillyGuy72]

I still run on an Unlimited, grandfathered plan on my 6 Plus.
Yeah, I guess I should have seen this coming. This email just came in.

 

[rgarjr]

Mine came in as well today.

 

[McGiord]

I got it too today. I will call and ask them to enable thetering to the unlimited plan. Not planning to change to any of their tiers. Please do the same, just ask them to see how it goes.

 

[Rayfire]

I wonder if they would let me do month to month when the increase happens, their email only stated switching carriers.

 

[eagleglen]

I got it too today. I will call and ask them to enable thetering to the unlimited plan. Not planning to change to any of their tiers. Please do the same, just ask them to see how it goes.

Has anyone gotten tethering added to their unlimited data plan? I just spoke to an AT&T rep via chat and was told this is still not an option, even after the price increase. I'm very disappointed.

 

[baypharm]

I find it fascinating how they will go out of their way to get you OFF the unlimited data plan. And how they present their other plans as having unlimited talk/text - thats very massaginistic of them. AT&T is looking out for themselves- not their customers. For what its worth, Verizon increased my unlimited data plan by $20 but at least they let me tether unlimited data with no slow downs.

 

[CNeufeld]

I find it fascinating how they will go out of their way to get you OFF the unlimited data plan. And how they present their other plans as having unlimited talk/text - thats very massaginistic of them. AT&T is looking out for themselves- not their customers. I recall very vividly in the early 90's when AT&T charged me $450/month for 60 minutes of talk time. My average bill was over $700 a month because I would go over my allotment. Thanks guys but I will gladly pay to stay on the all I can eat data buffet.

What exactly is "massaginistic"?

C

 

[C DM]

A good amount of dicussion about al of this is at https://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/30/att-unlimited-plan-price-increase/

 

[knownikko]

I find it fascinating how they will go out of their way to get you OFF the unlimited data plan.

If they wanted you off, they'd just discontinue it. Done and done.

 

[McGiord]

Any known hashtag to request AT&T the hotspot with the price increase?

 

[knownikko]

Any known hashtag to request AT&T the hotspot with the price increase?

#FirstWorldWhining

 

[appygirl82]

Anyone have good luck with any of the other carriers? I've been a long time att customer but.....I pay $170/mo for my 2 lines (unlimited). Changing to the mobile share won't save me more but $5-10, not worth it!

Trying to decide what to do! $10 more for the price increase isn't end of the world. But some of the other carriers can save me a bit of money! I do live in a somewhat rural town so not sure about coverage with the others?!

 

[Older bird]

Anyone have good luck with any of the other carriers? I've been a long time att customer but.....I pay $170/mo for my 2 lines (unlimited). Changing to the mobile share won't save me more but $5-10, not worth it!

Trying to decide what to do! $10 more for the price increase isn't end of the world. But some of the other carriers can save me a bit of money! I do live in a somewhat rural town so not sure about coverage with the others?!

How or why is your plan so expensive? I pay 174.00 for 3 iPhones, 1 iPad, a next payment, and 20 gb of data with rollover. I also get unlimited text and talk. Is unlimited data really THAT necessary? I had it and don't miss it at all. Just wondering

 

[aneftp]

People with att unlimited data on att most likely won't leave over a $5/line increase. Especially now that they have relaxed the throttling process 22-23gb limit and only if in congested towers.

We still get subsidized phones (unlike Verizon unlimited data users .......yeah yeah I know and have done the various verizon unlimited data upgrade loopholes since I also have Verizon). But we don't have to resort to using loopholes.

Sprint and T-Mobile slow data down around the 23gb mark as well in congested towers.

 

[ray737]

I just got the email about the increase. I hope we will still get subsidized phones in the future. I was a bit tempted to try t mobile but from what I have read their network is still lacking.

 

[Mad4clay]

Just got this too! I will not be giving up my unlimited. They always try to say they can get us a better deal on a different plan, I always say no thank you as I no that involves removing the unlimited plans we have.

 

[whodatrr]

Hot spot was a big problem for me, as well as being treated like a pariah, because I still had a grandfathered unlimited plan. Seriously, every call I made into them would result in them trying to do a hard sell on me ditching my unlimited plan. 20+ years with them, and they treated me like garbage.

SO, I went T-Mobile. I now have my hotspot, as well as a bunch of other features. And I'm saving $40-50 a month.

Turns out some providers still like unlimited customers, just not AT&T.

Has anyone gotten tethering added to their unlimited data plan? I just spoke to an AT&T rep via chat and was told this is still not an option, even after the price increase. I'm very disappointed.

 

[McGiord]

Wasted half hour of my life on the phone with AT&T customer disservice, they just want me to switch to a tiered data plan or leave them. I wanted to make a formal request to have the tethering mobile hotspot enabled, they were baffled with my request and just repeated like a voice recorder that it 'was impossible' and that there 'is nothing else they can do'. Not even a single case number assigned to my request nor wanted to have any type of negotiation with the customer, just repeat their script. I am seriously thinking on moving to T-Mobile. I guess that if enough customers make the request, they may include something on top of this 17% price increase, like having the mobile hotspot enabled with some data cap like T-Mobile does is reasonable. I will write them an email. Have you used their Twitter account @Attcares ?

 

[HEK]

I find it fascinating how they will go out of their way to get you OFF the unlimited data plan. And how they present their other plans as having unlimited talk/text - thats very massaginistic of them. AT&T is looking out for themselves- not their customers. For what its worth, Verizon increased my unlimited data plan by $20 but at least they let me tether unlimited data with no slow downs.

Maybe AT&T would let you tether if you paid $20'extra per month, ask who knows.

 

[bpeeps]

This is a non-issue for most UDP customers. $60 a year is still better than the $240 a year Verizon charges. My bill is $63 a month, paying $68 a month is still cheaper than their 5GB mobile share plan.

 

[geoff5093]

Way better than T-Mobile, who raised it from $60 > $70 > $80 > $95 in 3 years.

 

[erayser]

$35 for unlimited data is still cheaper than my 5gb data plan with Verizon. I average 40+gigs of data every cycle... so $35 for unlimited is still a deal.

Not tethering is not a deal breaker for me. I've carried a Verizon mifi for my hotspot since 3G, and still own a Verizon 4G/LTE mifi that I can activate for short periods. Used it a lot when I carried a laptop. When I started using my iPad, I don't use laptops anymore, but the mifi was still useful. Since the 6+ came out, I don't carry my iPad anymore... and since AT&T changed their throttling policy... I rarely use my mifi device. If I really need tethering... I would just add it to my Jailbroken iPhone. I'm rarely on stock iOS. However... I prefer the mifi over tethering my iPhone. I would rather drain my mifi battery for data than my iPhone.

 

[geoff5093]

This is a non-issue for most UDP customers. $60 a year is still better than the $240 a year Verizon charges. My bill is $63 a month, paying $68 a month is still cheaper than their 5GB mobile share plan.

Where does your $240 for a Verizon unlimited data plan come from? I pay $64/mo before tax for my Verizon unlimited plan.

 

[C DM]

Where does your $240 for a Verizon unlimited data plan come from? I pay $64/mo before tax for my Verizon unlimited plan.

Verizon's increase of $20/month vs. AT&T's $5/month for unlimited: https://www.macrumors.com/2015/10/08/verizon-grandfathered-unlimited-data-price-hike/

 

[rosemary1]

I just resigned my two-year contract with the unlimited data plan. Are they allowed to change the price I pay when I'm under contract, or will this change happen for me at the end of the contract?