AT&T raising grandfathered unlimited data price

[kate]

Starting in February 2016 the grandfathered unlimited data price at AT&T will increase from $30 to $35 per month.

http://bgr.com/2015/11/30/att-unlimited-data-plan-price-increase/

 

[Bearsyzf]

I read that yesterday, I'm just thinking it could be worse.

 

[lunatic59]

I gave up my unlimited plan years ago for a cheaper shared data plan. I almost always rollover data so it din't make sense for me to keep it.

 

[Bearsyzf]

I gave up my unlimited plan years ago for a cheaper shared data plan. I almost always rollover data so it din't make sense for me to keep it.

I'll never give up my grandfathered plan, even though I have 10,488 roll over minutes....... and that's with a 600min plan.

 

[dan330]

when do ATT throttle the unlimited plan? I heard it was at 5GB

 

[kate]

when do ATT throttle the unlimited plan? I heard it was at 5GB

"As a result of this evolution, we recently revised our practices such that Unlimited Data Plan smartphone customers can now use 22GB of high-speed data during a billing period before becoming subject to network management practices that might result in reduced data speeds and increased latency."

http://www.att.com/esupport/datausage.jsp

 

[dan330]

22GB.. that is a lot!
I normally stay below 4GB a month

 

[artbytes]

When they no longer included the price of the new phone on my old contract, I finally gave up my unlimited data plan. I really was needing more minutes and texts - and I needed to use tethering for my computer on occasion when out of town. It will save me a little money now. However, I think it would have saved me more had I made the switch a year ago. I seem to remember better deals then for the shared data plans - if I'm remembering correctly. (I sure hate to have to pay full price for the new phones. I'm having sticker shock over that one. Guess I won't be getting many new phones now.)

 

[dan330]

I think ...

Samsung and Apple have started selling devices directly to users.. with payment plans.