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Me and my GF fall under the "2%" according to AT&T...

Vandam500

Vandam500

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Well I was thinking about saving $10 bucks a month by getting the 2GB plan on each of our phones (I'm running Nexus One and she is on a iPhone 3G) but I better hold back on that:

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She is the bottom one BTW:p. I guess tethering to your computer everytime you use it along with Netflix+YouTube uses lots of data. She hasn't put internet through a provider for her home because I enabled the tethering for her.

Oh and we still have 6 days left until our next billing cycle begins.

So in summary, no thank you AT&T. We will stick with our current "unlimitted" plans that we have.
 
damn... I consider myself a netflix whore and I don't have those kind of downloads on my 4G account. Although the first few months when I got my account I reached over 100gb, but since then I have toned down significantly.
 
Speedracer04 said:
Hope they dont make you switch to the new data plan when if/when you renew your contract or get a new iPhone! :eek:
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I thought they said that people on contracts are able to transfer our current data plans to the new iPhone? If not this would be a HUGE deal breaker since she is planning on upgrading to it on Day 1.

hippo206 said:
damn... I consider myself a netflix whore and I don't have those kind of downloads on my 4G account. Although the first few months when I got my account I reached over 100gb, but since then I have toned down significantly.
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100GB? That is crazy!
 
Vandam500 said:
I thought they said that people on contracts are able to transfer our current data plans to the new iPhone? If not this would be a HUGE deal breaker since she is planning on upgrading to it on Day 1.
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I've been told you can carry it over if you'd like; I'm assuming this is true. 'Twould be quite the deal breaker for me, too.
 
Vandam500 said:
I thought they said that people on contracts are able to transfer our current data plans to the new iPhone? If not this would be a HUGE deal breaker since she is planning on upgrading to it on Day 1.
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The latest is that you will not be able to. Who knows though until they actually start selling the new iPhone.

Vandam500 said:
Well I was thinking about saving $10 bucks a month by getting the 2GB plan on each of our phones (I'm running Nexus One and she is on a iPhone 3G) but I better hold back on that:

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She is the bottom one BTW:p. I guess tethering to your computer everytime you use it along with Netflix+YouTube uses lots of data. She hasn't put internet through a provider for her home because I enabled the tethering for her.

Oh and we still have 6 days left until our next billing cycle begins.

So in summary, no thank you AT&T. We will stick with our current "unlimitted" plans that we have.
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I can see why AT+T is putting caps on the data :).
 
Plutonius said:
I can see why AT+T is putting caps on the data :).
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But they aren't ... the OP is not required to take the 2Gb cap plan, and many people have been tethering above the "unlimited" cap of 5Gb for years now.

AT&T's plan really won't cap anything ... people will find a way if they need more than 2Gb. I'm pretty sure it might end up as an FCC or FTC investigation if enough people raise a stink about it, given that a large majority is allowed to keep their unlimited plan while newer members are not being offered it.
 
Dwalls90 said:
But they aren't ... the OP is not required to take the 2Gb cap plan, and many people have been tethering above the "unlimited" cap of 5Gb for years now.

AT&T's plan really won't cap anything ... people will find a way if they need more than 2Gb. I'm pretty sure it might end up as an FCC or FTC investigation if enough people raise a stink about it, given that a large majority is allowed to keep their unlimited plan while newer members are not being offered it.
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Great...so they'd be forced to drop the grandfathering and put EVERYONE on the new plan? Why would people 'raise a stink' to make that happen?
 
ngenerator said:
Dude, wow. Your GF officially wins the internet. Tell her well done from me! :D
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Hahaha will do :cool:

Dwalls90 said:
But they aren't ... the OP is not required to take the 2Gb cap plan, and many people have been tethering above the "unlimited" cap of 5Gb for years now.

AT&T's plan really won't cap anything ... people will find a way if they need more than 2Gb. I'm pretty sure it might end up as an FCC or FTC investigation if enough people raise a stink about it, given that a large majority is allowed to keep their unlimited plan while newer members are not being offered it.
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They would lose so many customers if they forced us to downgrade from a unlimited plan to a 2GB one. I personally would cancel my contract and switch to Verizon or Sprint.
 
Dwalls90 said:
But they aren't ... the OP is not required to take the 2Gb cap plan, and many people have been tethering above the "unlimited" cap of 5Gb for years now.

AT&T's plan really won't cap anything ... people will find a way if they need more than 2Gb. I'm pretty sure it might end up as an FCC or FTC investigation if enough people raise a stink about it, given that a large majority is allowed to keep their unlimited plan while newer members are not being offered it.
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They might offer a unlimited plan, but judging by current pricing scheme it is going to cost ya some $$$.
 
Based on the article from TUAW, it reads like "if you keep your current phone and plan you will not be forced to downgrade to the $25 plan"...however if you renew your contract..aka get the new iPhone you will be forced to switch to the new data plans.
 
Vandam500 said:
They would lose so many customers if they forced us to downgrade from a unlimited plan to a 2GB one. I personally would cancel my contract and switch to Verizon or Sprint.
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Verizon and most likely the rest will have similar pricing / caps within 1-2 months (No comment from Verizon but they are said to be currently looking at the changes that AT+T made).
 
Vandam500 said:
Are you also tethering? And how come if they are going to charge for tethering is it not unlimited...
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Yep, I use tethering exclusively for my home internet. And I agree about the unlimited- good for them for adding the tethering option, that was a good move. BUT to cap it at 2gb is kind of silly.
 
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