Personal Apology to all you UNLIMITED and bashing NEXT!

I was same way, I was clutching on to my unlimited plan just pissing money away. I switched last week and now saving $50 per month on my bill. Sold my 5s and 5 for total of $700, picked up two new 6's, roughy netted out.

 

What happens when you start using more data? Especially with these bigger iPhones I expect people to have a huge uptick in data usage. When I went from iPhone 5, to note 2 I jumped from 3gb per month, to 8gb per month. Basing usage on historical habits before you have a phablet may lead to a rude surprise when you open that AT&T bill.

I will hang onto my unlimited plan.

 

Do you mean because a bigger screen equals higher resolution videos? Point is kinda moot because you are throttled after 5GB anyways which makes it impossible to stream HQ videos.

I am still on my grandfathered plan with my wife. But only because for two phones there is not much benefit to NEXT. If we add a third, then I am jumping too.

 

I think its $10 per Gig over. Personally I don't go a lot of places that don't have wifi. NFL games can chew up data. But, in the past year I haven't had one month over 4Gig.

 

Going with NEXT and keeping Unlimited

I am currently a single line Grandfathered AT&T User. Purchased first iPhone 3GS via AT&T Unlimited. I have always upgrade on the S cycle.

My bill is $101.00 Unlimited Data including taxes and fees

I contemplated the NEXT program in the spring time. Thought i could change plans and get the new iPhone when it came out this year. Doing the math it didn't seem feasible.my bill would've gone up to $170 including 10GB rate and new phone installment.

HOWEVER, once the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus was launched I learned that I am able to switch to a NEXT upgrade program without changing my Unlimited Plan to a Mobile Share Plan.

So My bill remains at $101 and only additional price is for the phone each month.

So I have been trying to purchase a iPhone 6 Plus Space Gray 64GB w/ NEXT and my Unlimited.

Only problem the whole transaction has to take place in the store in order to get NEXT. Therefore I cannot purchase online and pick up at store.

It's either purchase and wait 3-4 weeks online or keep going to the Apple Store for inventory. Haven't had much luck.

 

I dropped my unlimited plan as well. Locked into a high rate compared to what the competition was forcing on tiered plans. Unable to hot spot my unlimited. Throttled when over 5GB which I was never above 1GB....it's a phone and I have an unlimited iPad data plan for $29 anyway.

Now I'm on the 2GB plan and if I go over then $10/GB. It will save me money even in the months I go over.

The limits put on "unlimited" made it very limited from my point of view. I finally woke up and said "what's the point"

 

Howd you save so much? I have unlimited and its telling me that if I switch to 6gb Ill only save ~$10/m.


I use about 4gb-6gb per month, one time I went 7gb last year. Am I missing something and its worth it to switch? Or should I stick to unlimited?

 

I just ditched my unlimited plan too because they had been throttling me monthly for the last four months. Ended up moving the 4 lines to a 20GB mobile value plan and our bill is looking much cheaper and should more than cover our data needs. I was essentially paying for an expensive 5GB limited plan.

 

i'd rather pay $10 a month for spotify or google music premium or go to t-mobile for streaming than pay more $$$ for unlimited. if you stream porn you can download it and then put it on your phone for offline playback

 

2 second guide right here to see if AT&T Next is worth it vs keeping your unlimited plan.

1 or 2 line account = stay on unlimited
3+ lines = AT&T Next will save you monthly

 

Well I average 10+GBs per month so yeah no.

 

I have 8 iPhones on a family share 10GB plan. AT&T automatically switched us over to the NEXT plan in February, saving us $120 per month ($360 down to $240 per month). Most of the people on our plans aren't upgrading phones (they are in their 60s and quite content with their iPhone 4S / 5), so it makes a world of sense for us to be on the lower priced plan. The only time we have come near the data cap is when my YouTube & Netflix loving nephew ends up off wifi for a few weeks at college, and he knows he has to pay the $15/GB overage charge. That makes him more careful. Otherwise, it acts effectively as an unlimited plan for us. I gave up two unlimited data lines a couple years ago to turn on tethering on our iPhones and I haven't regretted it (other than perhaps I should have sold the unlimited data lines). Obviously this is specific to each person, but when I really sat down and crunched the numbers, it just made a lot more sense to be on the NEXT plan for us.

 

I mean, this is cool and all for you, but a lot of us still need unlimited. Throttling isn't nearly as bad as some have said, but I wouldn't know exactly because I'm on Verizon. I use about 10GB+ a month.

I will definitely be holding onto my Unlimited from Verizon, and once they get me off, I'll be on T-Mobile where at least they offer better plans and pricing.

 

Nope, Verizon. Throttling supposedly starts in October so we'll see how that goes.

 

Clearly it's true a lot of people still need unlimited because a lot of people have the plans and post about them (especially here). I'm not saying 90 percent of the world does, but a lot of us are away from wifi a lot and have strenuous data use and habits, especially when one HD movie can take up nearly a whole month's worth of bandwidth within two hours.

 

I just want to add, even when you buy a phone at a discount (subsidized) locking you in on a 2 year contract, you are STILL paying full price for the phone. You pay the subsidized price up front and the rest is factored into your 2 year plan. That's why you have to pay a fee to cancel early.

That is why next and these other plans save you money on the per line price. I know Att goes from $40 per line on 2 year contract to $15 a line when off contract. MAJOR difference.

 

Or you could pay T mobile $70. and get unlimited LTE. I use about 30 to 40 gigs a month every month, never been throttled.

And Tmobile has the fstest LTE service in So Cal where I am. Thats why I left Verizon for them twice as fast.

 

I have 3 devices, the 2 iPads alone dropped from $25 per month to $10. That right there was $30. The savings on dropping the unlimited to share plan was $20, maybe $30, can't recalled now. My other phone is paid for by my conpany. Plus I get 23% discount on my plan.

 

I'm so glad I switched to T-Mobile on a family plan. 2 unlimited lte lines and one 3gb line for $160 a month. I can used data as I wish, about a gig a day when I'm not at home. I can launch all my streaming apps without even thinking about it. I can't do without unlimited anymore.