Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

New Verizon vs AT&T Data Plan Comparison Tool

Tablet prices seem way off. I have a 3gb Verizon plan (promotion from 2gb) and its 35 dollars a month. 2gb on your thing shows me 70 dollars, doubled what I'm paying.

Maybe prices have changed.
 
Well despite the fact that I think you get unlimited calling, I'll just stick with sprint. I get 1400 shared minutes between myself and my family members, unlimited texting unlimited data and unlimited mobile to mobile with any carrier. I pay 100 a month when all is said and done, I split the plan with my family members, so they pay the other hundred.
 
Because AT&T is bumping up the cost of the baseline service plan, my bill should actually be cheaper after my discount.

I currently get a $16.20 discount.

I am figuring a $24.30 discount after changing over to the new plan, with far more data for me to use because my wife only uses about 1GB a month on her current 3GB plan.
 
cynics said:
Tablet prices seem way off. I have a 3gb Verizon plan (promotion from 2gb) and its 35 dollars a month. 2gb on your thing shows me 70 dollars, doubled what I'm paying.

Maybe prices have changed.
Click to expand...

Hey Cynics, the data plans featured on the site are regarding the new "share data" plans from both Verizon and AT&T. They're different from the tablet plan you have right now.

The new plans provide unlimited voice minutes and unlimited texts. You just choose how much data you will use and the devices to share it with.

So for example:
+ 2 x iPhones (for you and your spouse)
+ 1 x iPad
+ 4GB Data
= $160 for both Verizon & AT&T

And you get to share that 4GB with all 3 devices in the plan.
 
jeffmetanna said:
Hey Cynics, the data plans featured on the site are regarding the new "share data" plans from both Verizon and AT&T. They're different from the tablet plan you have right now.

The new plans provide unlimited voice minutes and unlimited texts. You just choose how much data you will use and the devices to share it with.

So for example:
+ 2 x iPhones (for you and your spouse)
+ 1 x iPad
+ 4GB Data
= $160 for both Verizon & AT&T

And you get to share that 4GB with all 3 devices in the plan.
Click to expand...

I see. Sorry about the confusion then.

Good site btw works well on my iPhone.
 
Nice little website utility!

What's really obvious when looking at data plans is that with AT&T you have a risk of buying too little data or paying more for a higher plan that you really don't need. I like how Verizon gives you more choices for data.
 
I am crossing my fingers (although I don't know why since I am dropping AT&T for a corporate plan with VZW) that AT&T offers rollover data at some point. That would truly be valuable. There are some months I use 1GB and some months where I an teetering at 3GB. Why should I pay more for the ONE time I go over a year when every other time I am using much less than what I paid for?

On a slightly unrelated note, charging for Facetime over 3G? What kind of nonsense is that?
 
Last edited:
Really cool website. Thanks for putting that together; it really helped me visualize my plan. I wonder how much I will get discounted if I choose that plan with my education discount.

Does anyone know the % that the education discount gets?
 
Great tool... Thanks for sharing it. I am still undecided on which route to take. I currently have 4 iPhone's (4 & 4s) with grandfather unlimited plan, family share plan 1400mins with rollover plus unlimited txt, free mobile to mobile calling to any mobile phone /carrier. With my FAN discount and taxes & fees my monthly bill is $257.00
Main line $142.40
2nd - 4th line - $38.32 ea

Currently we also have 3 iPads (1-2nd Gen & 2-new iPads). iPad 2 is 3G ver but my daughter uses mostly wifi. New iPads are both wifi ver; however my last ipad3 purchase is less than 14 days and now with this new plan offer I'm debating whether to return n purchase the LTE ver. Based on this great tool you created it list my monthly cost at $260 (4 smart phone & 2 iPads) at 10gb. I wonder if AT&T will allow FAN discount to be applied to this new tier structure, if they do I think I maybe able to save funds but then again who knows what other fees they decided to add.

Thanks
 
All I would add in here is the ability to add in any corporate discounts, that's a big differentiator here.
 
You should make the bottom table dynamically populate the prices (based on the chosen devices above).

Thanks for sharing, it's very easy to use.
 
I currently get 20% off the primary line through my employer. If I get a 4GB plan on the primary line, it will cost $110/mo. Which makes it $88/mo. Then I add two other family iPhones adding $80 to the bill. So I'll be paying $168/mo as supposed to my current $198/mo...? If that's true, I'm all in!
 
Never mind. **** this ****. :mad:

Note there's $20 worth of taxes on top of the quoted price.
 

Attachments

  • Screen Shot 2012-07-20 at 12.23.45 AM.png
    Screen Shot 2012-07-20 at 12.23.45 AM.png
    215.2 KB · Views: 158
OP, Your site is giving incorrect quotes. I put in two smartphones with 6gb of data, and your site quoted me $160. That is not the correct pricing, it should be $125/mo.
 
The iGentleman said:
OP, Your site is giving incorrect quotes. I put in two smartphones with 6gb of data, and your site quoted me $160. That is not the correct pricing, it should be $125/mo.
Click to expand...

Buddy, $160 is the correct price:

AT&T
6GB ($90) + Smartphone (2 x $35) = $160

Verizon
6GB ($80) + Smartphone (2 x $40) = $160
 
orangebluedevil said:
You should make the bottom table dynamically populate the prices (based on the chosen devices above).

Thanks for sharing, it's very easy to use.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the suggestion! Currently, the bottom table only contains the data prices. Since the base data prices don't change, I would have to add more columns to house the device prices. Then, the table would become too complicated which is not my intention for this tool.

----------
WesCole said:
Really cool website. Thanks for putting that together; it really helped me visualize my plan. I wonder how much I will get discounted if I choose that plan with my education discount.

Does anyone know the % that the education discount gets?
Click to expand...

Prof. said:
I currently get 20% off the primary line through my employer. If I get a 4GB plan on the primary line, it will cost $110/mo. Which makes it $88/mo. Then I add two other family iPhones adding $80 to the bill. So I'll be paying $168/mo as supposed to my current $198/mo...? If that's true, I'm all in!
Click to expand...

So is employee/student discount applied to the primary line only? So that is base plan + 1 device only?
 
Great site OP, i'm curious as to how the FAN discount will be applied to these new share plans. That's my deal breaker.
 
BlueGummiBear said:
Thanks for creating that site! It helped me see visually just how sh*tastic AT&T's plans are.
Click to expand...

Compared to Verizon, AT&T is actually cheaper a lot of the time. At most of the lower levels the prices come out to the same or with Verizon being slightly cheaper. If you add more devices and data, AT&T usually comes out cheaper because the per device cost goes down as your data plan goes up.

Overall I think a more fair comment is that both company's plans are overpriced, and whether or not you should switch to them depends on your needs. One isn't really much worse than the other by the looks of it. But this at least lets you pick which is better for your specific situation.
 
jeffmetanna said:
Hey Cynics, the data plans featured on the site are regarding the new "share data" plans from both Verizon and AT&T. They're different from the tablet plan you have right now.

The new plans provide unlimited voice minutes and unlimited texts. You just choose how much data you will use and the devices to share it with.

So for example:
+ 2 x iPhones (for you and your spouse)
+ 1 x iPad
+ 4GB Data
= $160 for both Verizon & AT&T

And you get to share that 4GB with all 3 devices in the plan.
Click to expand...

i pay for 4GB data right now for a 2 iphone family plan and only use half the data. why should i pay $100 a year extra to AT&T to add an ipad to the plan to use the data i'm not using that i'm paying for

no LTE ipad for me and no more AT&T for me very soon
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back