You can get mobile value plans under 10 GB but most prices of the of phones on said plan go up from $15 to $25 so there's some catch there to the cheaper base priceDidn't realize there were options for less than 10gb mobile share.
Postpaid has the advantage over gophone in pricing all around for off contract customers with 2 or more lines. About time!!
Now show some love to people with single lines.
You can get mobile value plans under 10 GB but most prices of the of phones on said plan go up from $15 to $25 so there's some catch there to the cheaper base price
Just recently switched from an OLD plan they had back in the day (cingular days) to this new Family Value Shared Plan.. So far it's pretty good.
There's 3 lines in my account and when I switched to this I only had to pay a little over $10-15 more than my old one.. But i must say. It's worth it.
Cause we had 2 lines with 200MB and 1 line with 2GB. So with that said adding $10-15 more onto my bill with Unlimited Text/Call and having 10GB total is totally worth the upgrade for me.
Only concern now is the NEXT Plan I don't know how I feel about it yet. I guess paying monthly for a phone isn't too bad, but I'd rather pay the $199 for a new smartphone just to get it over with.
ALSO: My iPhone 5s shows a "Personal Hotspot" button now after switching plans/restarting my phone.. Is that free with this plan or is that an extra? If anyone knows.
or just jailbreak and you can do it on an unlimited plan if you haven't switched over yetWelcome to the new age! The personal hotspot allows you to tether non-cellular devices (laptop, iPad, etc.) to your cell phone to get internet access. Any data they use goes against your 10GB monthly allotment. It is a free feature on the data plans.
Only concern now is the NEXT Plan I don't know how I feel about it yet. I guess paying monthly for a phone isn't too bad, but I'd rather pay the $199 for a new smartphone just to get it over with.
I guess that is true, but those lower cost plans really only make sense if you have a single phone(and even then, they're overpriced IMO). I mean, for two phones, the 4GB plan would run you $120 a month.For $10 a month more, you get 6GB more data. If you're on the 6 or 8GB plans, it makes even less sense.
I guess I just don't have a problem paying full price for my phones, so long as my monthly bill is lower. I can choose to save a lot of money by simply not upgrading.
Actually eventually you will have too. It will be pulled down the line at one point or another and you won't have control over keeping it.
Really!? As an unlimited user, this commentary repulses me!!!
I just realized I was getting 25% off my VOICE plans (but unfortunately not my data) with my FAN discount but under the new share plan I lose a lot of discount since my voice plans are now $15 each rather than $45 each. I saved a net of $10 BEFORE discount with the new plan but with the change my 2 lines will actually cost more. I did gain a lot of data (10gb vs 2gb) but I never took my FAN discount into consideration when computing the $$$ savings and the data increase really wasn't that important(but was nice to have).
So grow up. AT&T will eventually force you to dump it one way or another.
No they won't. AT&T takes care of their loyal unlimited customers as well the others. Any and every AT&T contract, no matter how old is valid until the user terminates the contact. I know, two of mine are ten year old unlimited plans that I've upgraded phones on every year. I pay on time, and AT&T is happy to have my business.
I switched from Family Talk to Mobile Share and my FAN applies to the shared data bucket. For you this would save $25 off the 10GB plan.
Except your being throttled after a certain GB.
At any time they can kill that plan. Want a new phone? Gotta select a new plan. It'll happen. No need to be naive about it.
I know that AT&T could do this, but they typically don't pull this kind of crap. You're probably thinking of Verizon.
They might not do it with a new phone, but what happens when they roll out the next generation data network? Surely something has to be in the works? LTE-advanced??? 5g???
Except your being throttled after a certain GB.
At any time they can kill that plan. Want a new phone? Gotta select a new plan. It'll happen. No need to be naive about it.
I think AT&T hasnt educated their employees and i think i just ****ed myself by switching my plan over. @ $40 per line and a $150 plan, What i might actually end up paying is $470 plus taxes...
Also, does anyone know of a place on myatt that will tell you how many months are left on contract per line?
If all of your phones were upgraded prior to 2/2, you should be fine. Although, if you want to confirm this, you'll need to call AT&T and ask them.
When I called in, they explained that my bill will show a $100 charge for 10GB of data, and 5 $40 charges for the 5 lines. Each line will also show a $25 discount, which I think is kind of goofy but whatever, the math comes out the same.
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Log into your account, click "Profile" and then "User information." From here you can select each line and see when the contract end date is.