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Just called AT&T... (fam plan info)

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oclor

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I was very confused because there didn't seem to be solid info about plans and what's included in them. Here's what I found out about the family plan:

SMS NOT included. $5/m for 200 (each line), $10/m for 400 (each line), $30/m unlimited (for all lines up to 5).

$30/m data plan is for one line only. So each line has to pay $30/m for the data plan if they want it.

They confirmed the following which I found on ZD net (note that ZD net says 200 SMS included, but that is NOT true):

$69.99 – 700 shared minutes
$89.99 – 1,400 shared minutes
$109.99 – 2,100 shared minutes
$149.99 – 3,000 shared minutes
$199.99 – unlimited shared minutes
 
All this info is on the AT&T website. It doesn't say iPhone, but iPhone is being treated just like any other smartphone. Family plan rates the same, data and text rates the same.
 
So that would be an extra $40 a month on the iPhone line of a family plan, with just the data and no texts?
 
does the $5 for 200 sms include unlimited mobile to mobile or is that $5 more?
 
gloss said:
Nope. $5 extra. So, $10 for 200 messages + unlimited in-messaging.
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Is unlimited in messaging just for people who have AT&T? Like it would be free to text other AT&T customers?
 
New contract?

Will the new iPhone plans need a new contract or can anyone with an existing AT&T contract just buy a data plan and use their old contract (like with the original iPhone)?
 
So for a family plan, you're looking at:

Family plan voice rates (dollar amount varies) + Data plan ($29.99) + SMS (min $5) = at least $35 added on to your family plan of choice.
 
dumbduck said:
Will the new iPhone plans need a new contract or can anyone with an existing AT&T contract just buy a data plan and use their old contract (like with the original iPhone).
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I think you are forced to buy the new $30 data plan or else you don't get the phone.
 
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I think you are forced to buy the new $30 data plan or else you don't get the phone.
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I meant can you use the same voice plan (not an iphone voice plan) and just buy the $30 data plan? Or will AT&T force 3G iPhone users to terminate their old contracts, (again, not iphone contracts) pay a bunch of fees, and then have to buy a really expensive one?
 
You have to get a voice plan. But I don't think you are required to get a data plan. That would just be stupid. Anyways, I just found out that AT&T doesn't even have 3G anywhere in Iowa, so F all this.

Seriously, people who were bitching about the iPhone not having 3G should be slapped in the face 87 times. 3G is offered in like 100 cities. That is ridiculous. I guess I won't be getting an iPhone after all. What a bummer!
 
oclor said:
You have to get a voice plan. But I don't think you are required to get a data plan. That would just be stupid. Anyways, I just found out that AT&T doesn't even have 3G anywhere in Iowa, so F all this.

Seriously, people who were bitching about the iPhone not having 3G should be slapped in the face 87 times. 3G is offered in like 100 cities. That is ridiculous. I guess I won't be getting an iPhone after all. What a bummer!
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You can always try and purchase a 2G iPhone now. Any store that has them will continue to sell them.
 
Is AT&T going to upgrade their 3G services to the entire country in the near future? (by the way oclor 3G is in 13000 cities, but you were right about it not being in iowa)
 
So for my wife and I to each have iPhones with texting, we're talking about $140 per month?

That's more than I pay for cable TV, cable internet, DVR service, and a land-line all put together. Oh, and that's ignoring the taxes, which are not insignificant.

Doesn't that comparison seem just a little bit insane?
 
dumbduck said:
I meant can you use the same voice plan (not an iphone voice plan) and just buy the $30 data plan? Or will AT&T force 3G iPhone users to terminate their old contracts, (again, not iphone contracts) pay a bunch of fees, and then have to buy a really expensive one?
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I'd like to know too! All I need is the data plan. My current voice plan and text messaging plan (Since 2004) are much better than what's out there now. I've got 1000 text messages for $10! Now it's $10 for 400 text messages? Are you kidding?!?!?! I'd like to not give that up =)
 
5 iPhone family plan

If I follow this correctly, to move from my Sprint family plan

it will cost me $995 for 5 iPhone + tax

Service (1400 shared min or almost 300 min a month each) would be $119/mo,
unlimited msg an additional $30/mo, and data service for 5 iPhones an extra $150/mo (or a dollar more that the entire plan without the data component) plus all of the additional fees, taxes, tariffs, whatevers.

Great phone, but this is a game I can't play at this time.
 
is the GPS feature part of the data plan or is it part of the voice plan?bc im thinking about just getting he voice plan alone.
 
youashwag said:
is the GPS feature part of the data plan or is it part of the voice plan?
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Neither. GPS is a free service.

What you might have to pay for is software. There's online Google maps, but if you want something more refined for direction-giving, you might have to buy a program like the one Tom Tom is talking about selling.
 
youashwag said:
is the GPS feature part of the data plan or is it part of the voice plan?bc im thinking about just getting he voice plan alone.
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In the U.S. with AT&T the data plan is required. The lowest plan (per month) is $69.99. That's 450 minutes, unlimited data and no SMS.

This is the same rate as other AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint smartphone voice/data plans. It is $10 cheaper than Verizon's voice/data plans.

The first iPhone data rates were a good deal, this is simply the standard deal.
 
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