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Concerning unlimited data, grandfathered?

AT&T can't. We already have 4G according to their advertisements. And I have a 4G data symbol on my iPhone 4S. :rolleyes: So why would they change there policy now
 
palmerc2 said:
Okay my question could've been misread. To confirm 100%: will the unlimited LTE data cost more than what 3G is right now?
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If you pay full retail for your phone, and currently have an unlimited data package... your phone bill and plan will stay the same. [with Verizon at least].

and YES.. it will be the same price. If you update your phone early, or if your contract is up and you opt to get it for the new two year agreement, they will force you into the shared everything plan.

Verizon works like so if you dont keep unlimited data & pay in cash full retail.

$40 starting for each phone on shared everything plan.
$10 for every gigabyte you use after the traditional 2gb over your shared data.

Monthly Account Access (including unlimited shared minutes & messaging)
1gb shared- $50
2 gb shared-$60
4 gb- 70
6gb- $80
8gb- 90
10gb- 100

and $10 for any extra after 10gb.

say you use 4gbs... that's $70. Add on the smartphone fee of $40... Your total bill will be $110.

If you go over your data limit.. that's $10 each gig, even if you're only 5mb over...

Versus... Verizon's old way.. 89.99 unlimited everything + $29 data package = $129.
 
HeyGreggie said:
If you pay full retail for your phone, and currently have an unlimited data package... your phone bill and plan will stay the same. [with Verizon at least].

and YES.. it will be the same price. If you update your phone early, or if your contract is up and you opt to get it for the new two year agreement, they will force you into the shared everything plan.

Verizon works like so if you dont keep unlimited data & pay in cash full retail.

$40 starting for each phone on shared everything plan.
$10 for every gigabyte you use after the traditional 2gb over your shared data.

Monthly Account Access (including unlimited shared minutes & messaging)
1gb shared- $50
2 gb shared-$60
4 gb- 70
6gb- $80
8gb- 90
10gb- 100

and $10 for any extra after 10gb.

say you use 4gbs... that's $70. Add on the smartphone fee of $40... Your total bill will be $110.

If you go over your data limit.. that's $10 each gig, even if you're only 5mb over...

Versus... Verizon's old way.. 89.99 unlimited everything + $29 data package = $129.
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I'm on AT&T...so will the LTE unlimited be more?
 
SheepNutz said:
If you have the grandfathered unlimited data from AT&T, your bill should not change one penny once you switch to the iPhone 5 and LTE. They may change that in the future, but as of now, they haven't.
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I'm sure they'll do the price increase on October 21st. One whole month of LTE with same as 3G pricing.
 
after reading that article on the AT&T press release on 9to5mac i'm quite ecstatic about the fact that AT&T will have an allowance of up to 5gb of LTE data on the unlimited plans without being throttled. Not that I'll ever hit those data usage numbers since I'm on wifi at home, but its good to know.:D
 
I checked on the plan, and I am positive now ,that they will grandfather my plan. ATT told me just call them before initializing the phone.
 
I just got my iPhone 5 and I was grandfathered in with unlimited data.
But I was told that the data plan will cost me $40.00 a month instead of $30.00.
I am going to try to find out from AT&T about this because I was under the impression it would be the same price as before.
Plus, we don't even have LTE in my area yet!
 
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