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No more unlimited data plan from AT&T?!?!?

post #1 of 28
6/2/10 at 11:04pm
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The rumor is that with the release of the new iPhone, AT&T will no longer offer the $30 unlimited data plan and will instead offer a $25 2GB data plan (who the fuck knows how much the overage charges will be)!!!!
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post #2 of 28
6/2/10 at 11:06pm
Thank god for company phones.
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post #3 of 28
6/2/10 at 11:25pm
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Thank god for VERIZON.

Fixed that for you.
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post #4 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:04am
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Thank god for company phones.

+1, about to switch to the iphone for mine.
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post #5 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:21am
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Thank god for company phones.

+1
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post #6 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:25am
a) If you have unlimited data, you can keep it.
b) This is a dick move probably aimed at preventing people from illegal tethering.
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post #7 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:26am
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Originally Posted by imageWIS View Post
The rumor is that with the release of the new iPhone, AT&T will no longer offer the $30 unlimited data plan and will instead offer a $25 2GB data plan (who the fuck knows how much the overage charges will be)!!!!

Can't really blame them. If subscribers don't move to other carriers in droves, others will follow suit with ATT.
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post #8 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:32am
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The rumor is that with the release of the new iPhone, AT&T will no longer offer the $30 unlimited data plan and will instead offer a $25 2GB data plan (who the fuck knows how much the overage charges will be)!!!!

RTFA. New prices go into effect June 7.
For the 2GB plan, it's $10 for another GB.
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post #9 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:43am
oh my god a company took a service it was offering for relatively cheap and raised the price once it found out people had begun to rely upon said service. i'm shocked.
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post #10 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:49am
I think its a smart move for them. I'll be paying a lot less while the bandwidth hogs pay more.
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post #11 of 28
6/3/10 at 12:53am
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oh my god a company took a service it was offering for relatively cheap and raised the price once it found out people had begun to rely upon said service. i'm shocked.

And people bad-mouth crack dealers...
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post #12 of 28
6/3/10 at 1:22am
Verizon just sent me a letter informing me that I can use my Palm as a mobile hotspot for free, and do not have to pay $40/month to do that. Since I'll be traveling for the rest of the week, that's nice. And good timing. ~ H
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post #13 of 28
6/3/10 at 1:23am
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a) If you have unlimited data, you can keep it.
b) This is a dick move probably aimed at preventing people from illegal tethering.

This. I'm not a hardcore user, so I'd actually be fine with 2GB per month anyway but I'm glad I'm grandfathered in to unlimited.
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post #14 of 28
6/3/10 at 2:42am
There's an article today from Wired magazine arguing that unlimited phone plans (everything!) will probably max out at $60/mo in the near future. At the end of the day, it'll all be data -- voice, text, web, etc. AT&T is just milking the public sympathy for all it's worth. If enough people tell them to fuck off, then move to Verizon or Sprint, they'll go back to their original pricing quickly enough. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
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post #15 of 28
6/3/10 at 9:19am
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a) If you have unlimited data, you can keep it.

I currently don't have a smartphone (just a regular touchscreen), if i sign up today for the unlimited data plan, will I be able to keep it after I get the new iPhone?
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