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

[imageWIS]

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 **** knows how much the overage charges will be)!!!!

 

[Piobaire]

Thank god for company phones.

 

[dmash]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Thank god for VERIZON.

Fixed that for you.

 

[nicad2000]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Thank god for company phones.

+1, about to switch to the iphone for mine.

 

[deveandepot1]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

Thank god for company phones.

+1

 

[MetroStyles]

a) If you have unlimited data, you can keep it.
b) This is a dick move probably aimed at preventing people from illegal tethering.

 

[Joffrey]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

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 **** 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.

 

[zippyh]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

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 **** 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.

 

[kwilkinson]

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.

 

[cchen]

I think its a smart move for them. I'll be paying a lot less while the bandwidth hogs pay more.

 

[Dakota rube]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

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...

 

[Huntsman]

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

 

[suiturself]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

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.

 

[DNW]

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 **** 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.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by MetroStyles

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?