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Discounted Limited Data Plan for iPhone Coming From AT&T?
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Still not cheap enough even if it was still at 5GB
No, No, No..... See what they've done to us. We're starting to accept these RIDICULOUS PRICES. Maybe if ATT spent money on infrastructure and R&D instead of giving it to their executives they would have a network worthy of $30.00 per month with a 5 GB cap. PLEASE get rid of caps. It should be illegal to imply something is unlimited and then say..... OOOPS... just kidding. NOT COOL. I suppose someone out there must be paying the exorbitant prices or else they would lower them. Oh well, maybe I'm just jealous that I don't have that extra disposable income to throw at a ****** data plan from a crap carrier. I'm slowly plodding along with my 16GB 3G iPhone on T-Mobile USA with EDGE. What do I pay for unlimited data?
$5.99
No, No, No..... See what they've done to us. We're starting to accept these RIDICULOUS PRICES. Maybe if ATT spent money on infrastructure and R&D instead of giving it to their executives they would have a network worthy of $30.00 per month with a 5 GB cap. PLEASE get rid of caps. It should be illegal to imply something is unlimited and then say..... OOOPS... just kidding. NOT COOL. I suppose someone out there must be paying the exorbitant prices or else they would lower them. Oh well, maybe I'm just jealous that I don't have that extra disposable income to throw at a ****** data plan from a crap carrier. I'm slowly plodding along with my 16GB 3G iPhone on T-Mobile USA with EDGE. What do I pay for unlimited data?
$5.99
Upon further thought, you guys voicing that even $20 is too much for data might be onto something. I pay between $40 and $50 monthly for cable internet. We are talking always on full internet with significant speeds. When you put it in perspective, we are getting ripped off paying $30 unlimited data on the iPhone. When you have multiple iPhones on your account, you are REALLY getting ripped off.
Therein lies the evil genius of it all... Text messages are sent via the control band of the phone - the one that polls the tower to gauge signal strength and to tell the tower of its existence for call routing purposes. It literally costs them NOTHING to send (on top of what the sunk cost in supporting your phone in the first place). Ever wonder why the character limit on phones is 160 characters? Because that is the maximum number that will fit in a frame sent via the control channel of the phone.
i don't know if i would want a limited plan. i like having an unlimited plan, but considering the price, i might consider it
Here is an idea for increasing sales: RELEASE A CDMA IPHONE FOR VERIZON AND SPRINT!
For god sakes, It's been TWO YEARS and the iPhone is still tied to one carrier, and a crappy one at that. I can't switch from Verizon and even If I could, I wouldn't anyways considering AT&T doesn't even have GSM coverage along many parts of the primary north-south highway in my state! I'm supposed to risk being unable to call 911 or a tow-truck on a major ***** highway I travel regularly just to get an iPhone? I mean come on!
I'm so frustrated with Apple. I understand that they needws AT&T to get into the market, but now they are just a ball and chain. At this point, there is NO logical business case for maintaining this exclusivity when you have millions of Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile customers chomping at the bit for an iPhone!
For god sakes, It's been TWO YEARS and the iPhone is still tied to one carrier, and a crappy one at that. I can't switch from Verizon and even If I could, I wouldn't anyways considering AT&T doesn't even have GSM coverage along many parts of the primary north-south highway in my state! I'm supposed to risk being unable to call 911 or a tow-truck on a major ***** highway I travel regularly just to get an iPhone? I mean come on!
I'm so frustrated with Apple. I understand that they needws AT&T to get into the market, but now they are just a ball and chain. At this point, there is NO logical business case for maintaining this exclusivity when you have millions of Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile customers chomping at the bit for an iPhone!
I wish we could get the iPhone 3G here in the states with the same unlimited data for $30 but drop the voice plans by $10 (include less voice minutes) I think I used like 20 or 30 minutes last month on my voice only (non iPhone plan). I also see no reason why we should have to pay an extra $5 for text messages (100 I think) when iChat for the iPhone uses that technology for communication. I wish AT&T would give us text messaging included.
No longer on the table?
Throw my voice in with his. Unlimited texts with unlimited data makes sense and would make me less hesitant to give up my $30 unlimited data/text/navigation/(some free)SprintTV...
I'm probably going to give in anyway.
But, I wanted to revive this long-dead thread to ask, "This pretty much is not happening now, eh?"
M@
Throw in the text messaging as part of my supposed unlimited data plan now, and they're closer to a compromise in my view.
Throw my voice in with his. Unlimited texts with unlimited data makes sense and would make me less hesitant to give up my $30 unlimited data/text/navigation/(some free)SprintTV...
I'm probably going to give in anyway.
But, I wanted to revive this long-dead thread to ask, "This pretty much is not happening now, eh?"
M@