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Checking AT&T iPhone Data Usage History
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He said it'll be crippled AND cost more. (More than what? Yes, I'm assuming he meant the vaporware tething plan you refer to.)
It'll be crippled, but it doesn't cost more.
He said 2 things, I'm just saying that only one of those things was correct. You just explained that one correct thing. I agree with you, but that wasn't the issue.
They will be unable to switch back to the 5GB plan at any point in the future. It has NEVER been unlimited. I still don't see how they get away with claiming unlimited when it most definitely IS limited. That goes for all carriers as well as cable co.'s.
Could be, but if my iPhone was doing some mysterious "updating" in the middle of the night to the tune of 3GB/month I'd be pretty ticked if all I had was a 2GB plan!
D'Oh! I'll probably still try anyway. In my experience Att reps are pretty inconsistent with their info each time I call them
These unlimited "limits" are rarely (if ever) enforced. For all intents and purposes, the unlimited plan is unlimited.
I have exceeded (by far) the 250GB cap on my cable internet from Comcast and they have never said anything to me about it.
And many are exceeding the 5GB on the AT&T unlimited with no repercussions.
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Okay I use quite a bit of data on my iphone. I am on a family plan with a friend now. It ends july 12 I am planning on getting my own account what ever day the iphone comes out? should i go ahead and get another 3GS under my name and return it when the new iphone comes out so I can stay with unlimited?
Okay I use quite a bit of data on my iphone. I am on a family plan with a friend now. It ends july 12 I am planning on getting my own account what ever day the iphone comes out? should i go ahead and get another 3GS under my name and return it when the new iphone comes out so I can stay with unlimited?
I've been reading these boards since well before the iPhone came out and I've yet to see anyone claim to that they hit the limit and had something happen to them.
If a limit isn't enforced, is it really a limit?
I do agree that AT&T should have given something for the $15.00. I can understand on an unlimited plan to charge an additional fee, since you would/could certantly use more data with other devices. This would cover the cost of the higher data usage. But. When I am paying for 2GB of data. I should not have to pay more to use it tethered or not. I can see charging a fee of $15 only if that buys me more data. The tethering should have been a part of the 2GB plan for $25.00. Or maybe make it the $35.00 for the 3GB & tethering.
In my case I would only use the tethering sporaticaly. Maybe if I needed to get online on my laptop, or wifi ipad if allowed, in a pinch. Sort of like buying the 3G ipad for the functionality if ever needed. Thus paying $15 a month for the one off chance makes no sense and limits my options.
This is another feature for AT&T just to make extra $$$. It costs them nothing additional on a capped plan.
Good point. If AT&T doesn't get any competition with the iPhone soon, though, I suspect that they will lure people in with these lower rates and then jack the rates up.
How much does tethering currently cost for non-iPhone smartphones on AT&T? If it didn't cost anything additional, then AT&T can add an additional $20 per month to its profits for all those non-iPhone smartphone users who depend on tethering. Also, confining tethering to only a 2 GB data plan for new customers seems like nothing more than a complete money grab.
There's little doubt that iPhone OS 4 will be jailbroken yet again once the final version is released, thus allowing people on the current "unlimited" plan to keep their current plan and continue to tether with PDAnet or other solutions for the current rate of $30/month -- which is a much better deal than AT&T's alternative. However, I think it's only a matter of time before current "unlimited" customers are forced into one of the new plans.
Cost isn't gonna matter. There may be a front facing camera, and there may be an iChat client for the next iPhone, but do you really think you are going to video chat with someone on AT&T's network? Two way video and two way audio streamed live to each other? Along with how many other millions of people trying to do the same thing?? The network can't even handle VOICE to each other!!!
I'll guarantee a big fat FAIL on AT&T when this new iPhone and "video chat" is launched. It ain't gonna work. No way, No how. Maybe with next gen bandwidth, but not on 3G. Not now. Not on AT&T.
Switching to ATT before June 7
what if I want to switch to ATT before June 7 (i'm currently on VZW)? presumably, I should be able to sign up for unlimited data for $30/month right?
what if I want to switch to ATT before June 7 (i'm currently on VZW)? presumably, I should be able to sign up for unlimited data for $30/month right?
It is not limited. If you read the agreement there was no limit. There is a 5GB capo set for the "unlimited" data plans for the 3G data servce for computers but not on the iphone terms of service.
They are in a lot of places actually. Pretty much every Starbucks uses AT&T wifi. Also some hotels use AT&T wifi. I was pleasantly surprised by that realization when staying at the Taj in Atlantic City. The iPhone also automatically connects you to any detected AT&T wifi hotspot without any need to jump through hoops, so I think it's a great service.
Theoretically,yes. But they may have discontinued the plan. So while those that have it can continue with it, no one will be able to purchase it.
Of course, I don't know, that is the alternate possibility.
Post pics! Not anecdotal "oh I've used blah blah blah." As you can see, my trend is upwards, which I would imagine is the case for most people.
LOL. Mine bounces all over the place... decisions decisions. it is worth the hassle of only saving. my wife and I are on a shared family plan (but each phone is required to have it's own data plan). the graph only allows you to go back 7 months (at least that is all I can get to display). for me, it makes sense - I tend to use 74mb to 135mb per month. But I am mostly at home. My wife on the other hand uses almost 1gb per month (would be interesting to see how much for the June billing as she is in another state visiting family).
so, do I save $10 a month and then worry if I go over with wi-fi tethering. Oh wait, I have a 3g, and not a 3GS - so I would probably have to upgrade my phone.
Looking at Verizon's mifi. $66 / month 5gb up to 5 devices. According to the map, my house is in the coverage area (I know 3 years ago is was not - a family member was traveling and her verizon phone would not work here).
Maybe something to look into in the future - Ditch my $50 / month DSL and $60 / month iphone data plans. of course, then there is the wife's phone when she is not with me...... ruff!!
Take a look at this website. Supposingly they keep it up to date. Plus, you can access any wifi that is not locked down.
http://www.wififreespot.com/
So it might take a high-tech telecommunications company up to five business days to give me an (now) inaccurate update of my data usage? Why business days if this is all being done by computers that run 24/7 ?
I'm with you.
I'm old enough to remember when AT&T has a monopoly with landlines (pre-cell days). They were greedy then, too. $1+ per minute for long distance. Gas was $0.35 per gallon. It seems that AT&T corporate philosophy is minimum customer service at maximum dollars.
I'm a big Apple fan and stockholder. I switched to AT&T (and experienced lower quality service) just to jet an iPhone. I lived with AT&T because I like the iPhone enough to put up with inferior service. Now their new pricing plans just confirm my experience. AT&T sucks.
So I'll either continue jailbreaking (just to have tethering), get a Droid and a better carrier, or hope that Apple decides to release a Verizon model.
I'm sure this rant will fall on deaf ears at AT&T. Why should they not screw their customers? They have a monopoly with Apple.
With the current iPhone it's over a cable.
It's looking like the 4th-gen will be the same, but it's impossible to say until it's officially announced.
A reasonable rate for the new plans would have been:
1. 100MB plan: $10 for the first 100MB, $5 for each additional 100MB
2. 1GB plan: $20 for the first 1GB, $5 for each additional GB
These plans would cost exactly the same as what is being offered by AT&T for 200MB and 2GB usage levels, but they would be much more practical (and attractive) for light and medium/heavy users of bandwidth. Yes, using 5GB would cost $40 instead of $30, that would only be a moderate (and arguably fair) rate increase for bandwidth hoggers who are most likely to shift to using more WiFi and less 3G as a result...
1. 100MB plan: $10 for the first 100MB, $5 for each additional 100MB
2. 1GB plan: $20 for the first 1GB, $5 for each additional GB
These plans would cost exactly the same as what is being offered by AT&T for 200MB and 2GB usage levels, but they would be much more practical (and attractive) for light and medium/heavy users of bandwidth. Yes, using 5GB would cost $40 instead of $30, that would only be a moderate (and arguably fair) rate increase for bandwidth hoggers who are most likely to shift to using more WiFi and less 3G as a result...
Which means that AT&T will have to add capacity to their network and that costs money. Why should I, who topped out at 500 MB during the busiest of the last 6 months, have to pay more so that AT&T can build a network that you can use to video sext your GF hourly?
Those who want to use more of the service should pay more. That's just fair. Until now, those who don't make such heavy use of the network have been subsidizing those who do. I say, screw that.