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Say bye bye to AT&T unlimited data if you get the iPhone 5
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I'll be a Verizon customer for sure then. Unlim data is the only thing holding me back. Vrz owns AT&T in my area.
AT&T is doing away with the unlimited data plan on any change to an account whatsoever....... A sales rep told me via phone that when it comes time to sign the new 2 year contract for the iPhone 5 there will be no unlimited data option for anyone that signs/renews a contract
A news from a newbie? Also, A rep told me?
1. Many reps are always full of it. More than 90% of the info is rumors
2. Read: Grandfathered and Verizon
3. I talk to aliens, they told me Elvis lives and is well in [censored] enjoying life. Oh, they also tell me you are just trying to be sensationalist...
I talk to aliens, they told me Elvis lives and is well in [censored] enjoying life. Oh, they also tell me you are just trying to be sensationalist...
Gotta agree with you jav. Newbie just wants some attention...
I agree. I believe without a shadow of a doubt that at some point in the next few years all carriers will find a way to stop unlimited data. Verizon is already going to tiered plans.
It might not happen with the iPhone 5 on AT&T but it definitely will happen. I'd suspect at the very least we'll all be cut-off from unlimited data with the advent of a 4G iPhone (which may or may not be the iPhone 5).
I know some are using it as their only Internet. But even having put my sim from my pad into my ip4, using it all the time, and occasionally even tethering, I have yet to go over 1gb. And usually, it isn't even over 500mb. But since it is always over 200mb, I justify the extra $5 for assurance.
But wow! Other than streaming audio and video, which I don't do, how do you even use up that much data?
If you actually read the fine print on your contract AT&T cannot force you out of the grandfathered unlimited plan. The only way would be if you opted out yourself. I really don't care what a sales or CS rep says, 9/10 they are misinformed or under trained and are giving you their best guess at answering the question.
Take the time to read the fine print in your contract, it specifically says you, the customer has to opt out of a grandfathered plan, AT&T cannot move you out of it without your consent.
I switched from a ip4 to a HTC Inspire 4G and my unlimited iPhone data plan turned in to "smartphone personal HSPA+ & 4G unlimited", so you can still move around.
Now, maybe they will release new features that will compel you to switch, but they can't take away the grandfathered plan without breaching the customer contract.
Take the time to read the fine print in your contract, it specifically says you, the customer has to opt out of a grandfathered plan, AT&T cannot move you out of it without your consent.
I switched from a ip4 to a HTC Inspire 4G and my unlimited iPhone data plan turned in to "smartphone personal HSPA+ & 4G unlimited", so you can still move around.
Now, maybe they will release new features that will compel you to switch, but they can't take away the grandfathered plan without breaching the customer contract.
You don't understand. Regardless of whether you buy the device retail or through a carrier, when that contract with you expires the carrier can do whatever they want.
True. They'll just wait until it expires.
The problem with this logic is that most people upgrade their phones or their plan features which extends the contract. Furthermore most companies want you to be contracted, its much more lucrative for you to have unlimited data and be in a contract than not in one.
One thing to keep in mind with "unlimited" from AT&T, it really has a soft cap at 5GB, while I have yet to hear from someone about overage charges or being warned it is clearly stated in the contract that they have the right to discontinue the feature if you abuse their network or excessively over utilize it. They are using this clause to get at the people who tether without a tether plan, therefore not abiding by the terms of their contract, as well as people that in general abuse their privileges.
Then why doesn't AT&T offer unlimited data anymore?
LOL!
Answer: Because it's much more lucrative to appease the masses than the few bandwidth-sucking leaches that feel the need to stream porn 24/7.
Please use some common senses. People who are blaming AT&T for not having unlimited data is one thing, but this can't be a news. Verizon has already expressed how they feel about following AT&T's tiered data pricing and they will be doing that this summer, very likely.
This has been posted before and then NUMEROUS people including myself laugh a bit as I go above 5gb often with zero issues
As do many, many posters here.
I'm sorry, but you got it very wrong. What you are thinking off are the DataConnect plans for Laptops... smart phones plans that are advertised unlimited are unlimited. Go BS some other place.
Sooo false. No idea how this rumor started and 50% of iPhone users think its true.
One of those "I've worked for this company for this long but I'm really full of crap because I need to feel important on the internet."
To start with, everytime this gets brought up, NUMEROUS people state how they have never dealt with any slow down after 5gb. Hell, those stating the soft cap don't even really say themselves that their speeds slow down.
Also, 50%? Judging by the fact that so few ever talk about it here, I would say the number of people is closer to 5%
Then again, the % of people claiming that they experienced slow downs after 5gb here is probably...well, I have yet to see anyone
I have Verizon and my rep told me that our unlimited family data plan will be active forever, until we change it. No phone restrictions either.
However, I believe this is only for 3G though... So I'm sure if I want to get in on their 4G LTE, that will be something completely separate. And more expensive. Lame.
However, I believe this is only for 3G though... So I'm sure if I want to get in on their 4G LTE, that will be something completely separate. And more expensive. Lame.
No.
You get unlimited data if you already had unlimited data from an existing contract, and then you make a point to never make any changes to your account. If you buy a new phone at full retail, you can insert your existing SIM in that new phone yourself, and start using it, without actually making any modifications to the underlying account.
Even after that original contract expires, it has always been AT&T's policy to allow existing customers to keep on using their existing plan terms on a month-to-month basis, for as long as they want, provided they do not make any further changes such as adding or removing features. If a customer does request such a change, then they will typically be told to switch over to a current price plan at the same time.
Of course, AT&T's terms of service do allow AT&T to make unilateral amendments to the terms of service at any time, and whether you're under a fixed term contract or a month-to-month contract, the remedy is always the same:
If the customer doesn't like it, their option is to close the account and just walk away. In that case, any early termination fees would be waived. In the case of customers who are already out of their fixed term, it would be less damaging for AT&T to make such unilateral changes, because there wouldn't have been any early termination fees to collect in the first place.