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Just saw a commercial for 10 dollar 4g plan. Anyone know what that plan is? Is it a lower data cap or is it just a "free" sample kind of deal?
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Its going to replace the current 15 dollar plan its 200 mb if you go over it .10 per mb with a 30 dollar overage cap. So if you used a ton you would end up paying 40 in total. So I would start with the unlimated for one month see how much you use. If under 200 mb just do the 10 I don't think its out yet though.
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its out but with 3000 min plan
On t-mobile, new customers receive the 10 dollar 200mb option. Existing customers must switch to the promo version if the even more plans (even if they are on an even more plan currently). This promo plan is the only version available to new customers.
For existing customers I call the 200mb feature the 15 dollar web because that is how much it costs if you don't change to the newer plans.
Switching to the 10 dollar web plans does extend the contract on ALL lines on your account but doesn't affect your upgrade dates.
The best plan in my opinion is the 4g do more 3000 min promo plan for 149.99. 3k minutes, unlimited text for the family, and unlimited 4g web for 2 phones. Additional lines are only 5 bucks to share minutes. I've been off since sunday but I'm pretty sure this 3k plan is still available. On this 3k promo plan unlimited 4g web is only 20 dollars per line including additional lines.
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Also.. This 3k plan does require at least 2 phones to have unlimited data.
Also keep on mind.. This isn't very obvious to even sales reps.. But smartphones like the g2 and the mytouch 4g are considered premium smartphones so they do require the unlimited web in order to receive their rebates. The tag says data plan required but t-mobile's internal says that the unlimited feature is required for rebates. This can be very confusing because you are given the option of the 200mb feature on all phones.
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I called today and switched two of our five lines to the $10/mo 200mb data plan- my G2 and my boyfriend's Vibrant. We don't live in or near a 4G area (or 3G or Edge for that matter) and since we're mostly on wifi, and don't use much cell data, it made sense and saves us $40/mo. If we do go over, its capped $-wise at what we were paying, so no big deal.
Our contract was not extended, and the rep was very helpful.
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You must have already been on the promo version of the even more plan.. How long ago did you start the current plan that you are on? The 10 dollar feature is not offered I the system to previous plans.
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Additional lines are only 5 bucks to share minutes. I've been off since sunday but I'm pretty sure this 3k plan is still available.
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The $5 add a line ended on Tuesday....its back to $10 add a line now. The 4G 3k plan is still up and running though.
Feel free to do whatever you want. My advice is stick with the unlimited data plan. The first time you go over your gonna be really really sorry.
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You must have already been on the promo version of the even more plan.. How long ago did you start the current plan that you are on? The 10 dollar feature is not offered I the system to previous plans.
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we have 5 lines, 750 min even more plan, $15 unlim family texting, unlim data on one line, 200mb on three lines (now) and no data on the last line, family allowances and insurance on three lines.
I plead the case that we don't get 4G or even 3G where we live and use wifi most of the time, which the rep could see from past billing cycles, and it was rather unfair for us to have to pay for something that TMo cannot provide, and that we do not/can not use.
she made the change retro to the beginning of this current billing cycle and was very nice about it.
like I explained before, we have been paying for unlim data on the two lines that were changed, so saving money is a bonus. if we go over, it won't be by much, so no matter what, the bill will always be less than it used to be.
These new plans are to get you off the unl everything and will end up costing you more in the end. Keep up with the two giants and you will see what tmo is doing. Its all compitition. Plans like these are the reason why at&t sit where they are. Number 1 wireless carrier. Vzw has been on at&t's ass for awhile now and with the iphone coming in? Customer base may increase significantly. Give tmo some cool phone and better data and they too can have a good customer base.
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mdayjr said:
These new plans are to get you off the unl everything and will end up costing you more in the end. Keep up with the two giants and you will see what tmo is doing. Its all compitition. Plans like these are the reason why at&t sit where they are. Number 1 wireless carrier. Vzw has been on at&t's ass for awhile now and with the iphone coming in? Customer base may increase significantly. Give tmo some cool phone and better data and they too can have a good customer base.
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How do you figure att is #1? cuz of the iphone? Big red has more users.
jamstar35 said:
The $5 add a line ended on Tuesday....its back to $10 add a line now. The 4G 3k plan is still up and running though.
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Add a line is still 5 on the 3k plan. I have a feeling many of you work for magenta, and if this is true you should know your price plans better.
So I just purchased and am awaiting a DVP BNIB for $200 which I think is a decent deal. The more I read, the more worried I become. I am familar with WP7 I have owned an HD7 and currently have an Arrive, but my concern is that I read in a few places that the DVP doesn't support T-Mo prepaid. Can anyone please confirm or deny this??? Thank you so much.
Denied...
I'm using mine on Simple Mobile which uses t-mo's network and it runs fine. The only unsupported items are call forwarding and visual voicemail which wouldn't be supported on t-mo prepaid anyway.
Just assume from now on that all phones that support the network you are trying to use the prepaid service on, support the said prepaid service. so any TMO phone that is certified as one, will support TMO's prepaid service.
Thank you both.
Yes! Using DVP on T-mobile's $30 walmart plan, 100 minutes, unlimited text and unlimited web (5GB at 4G speed).
Just activated my DVP on Simple Mobile today. Everything looks fine so far. One nice little bonus I didn't expect is that there are no taxes or fees on the $40 Unlimited plan.
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Just activated my DVP on Simple Mobile today. Everything looks fine so far. One nice little bonus I didn't expect is that there are no taxes or fees on the $40 Unlimited plan.
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Can you run a speed test? I was contemplating switching to that plan but it is a well known fact that Simple Mobile throttles the speed on that plan to 119 kbps. You can force the phone to edge to get a little faster speed. I stuck with the $60 plan because of that. My wife has the AT&T HTC Fuze. Since it can only use edge on T-mo's network, I got her the $40 plan.
Also, you can go to online stores like callingmart that have discount promos every month and reduce it even further. I have 2 lines ($60 plan and $40 plan) and with 5% off, I pay only $95 every month!
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Yes! Using DVP on T-mobile's $30 walmart plan, 100 minutes, unlimited text and unlimited web (5GB at 4G speed).
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This was my plan.
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Can you run a speed test? I was contemplating switching to that plan but it is a well known fact that Simple Mobile throttles the speed on that plan to 119 kbps. You can force the phone to edge to get a little faster speed. I stuck with the $60 plan because of that. My wife has the AT&T HTC Fuze. Since it can only use edge on T-mo's network, I got her the $40 plan.
Also, you can go to online stores like callingmart that have discount promos every month and reduce it even further. I have 2 lines ($60 plan and $40 plan) and with 5% off, I pay only $95 every month!
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Is that really a good deal? T-Mo is offering $49.99 for unlimited talk+text+data (2GB). Or you can go even lower with monthly plans depending on your needs for texting etc.
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Is that really a good deal? T-Mo is offering $49.99 for unlimited talk+text+data (2GB). Or you can go even lower with monthly plans depending on your needs for texting etc.
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That is an excellent deal considering I live in New York City. NYC has the the third highest cell phone taxes in the country at almost 25%. If you were to get any postpaid plans, I would have to add 25% on top of it. So, 2 lines at $49.99 would cost me approximately $125 a month. At $30/month, I'm saving $720 just in taxes over a two year contract period!!
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This was my plan.
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I switched from the $40 Simple Mobile plan since the 3G is quite slow for streaming music escpecially now that Mango offers streaming in the background. Viewing pictures on facebook also takes a while. They also don't support subscription to machine-generated text messages. With the $30 T-Mo plan, you get 4G speeds for up to 5GB. Sweet!
After a week on the Simple Mobile $40 3G plan, I have to say it's not such a great deal. The Voice and texting are fine but the data is pretty bad. It is capped at Edge speeds and I have problems connecting even when I show 5 full bars and the 3G icon. Fortunately, I average less than 100 minutes of calls per month, so the $30 "Walmart" plan on T-Mo pre-paid should be perfect for me. I will be signing up for that after my 30 days with Simple expire in December.
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After a week on the Simple Mobile $40 3G plan, I have to say it's not such a great deal. The Voice and texting are fine but the data is pretty bad. It is capped at Edge speeds and I have problems connecting even when I show 5 full bars and the 3G icon. Fortunately, I average less than 100 minutes of calls per month, so the $30 "Walmart" plan on T-Mo pre-paid should be perfect for me. I will be signing up for that after my 30 days with Simple expire in December.
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Mike I'm using the TMo plan. It works like a charm and data is very acceptable.
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I am definitely planning on trying that T-Mo plan as soon as my 30 days are up with Simple. Fortunately, I never come close to using 100 talk minutes a month, so it really sounds like the perfect plan for me. The only thing that has me a bit confused are the billing/payment options. I would prefer to keep a credit card on file with them and have them take the $30 out automatically every month. From what I read about the plan on the howard forums, most people seem to use those pre-paid cards to re-up every month. That sounds like it would be a bit of a hassle to do it that way.
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I am definitely planning on trying that T-Mo plan as soon as my 30 days are up with Simple. Fortunately, I never come close to using 100 talk minutes a month, so it really sounds like the perfect plan for me. The only thing that has me a bit confused are the billing/payment options. I would prefer to keep a credit card on file with them and have them take the $30 out automatically every month. From what I read about the plan on the howard forums, most people seem to use those pre-paid cards to re-up every month. That sounds like it would be a bit of a hassle to do it that way.
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Actually, per my mileage, the prepaid card didn't work for me. So, I had to use a debit card. It works. Set up is easy.
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http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/18/att-shared-data-plans-pricing-launch-date/
AT&T on Wednesday announced the upcoming availability of new shared data plans. Following Verizon’s lead, AT&T’s new plans will allow subscribers to share data between family members and also between devices. Dubbed “AT&T Mobile Share” plans, the new offerings start at $40 per month plus $45 per smartphone for unlimited voice minutes and messaging and 1GB of data, and top out at $200 plus $30 per smartphone for unlimited voice and texts plus 20GB of data. Additional data costs $15 per gigabyte. Feature phones can be added to the new plans for $30 per device, connected laptops cost $20 each, and tablets can be added for $10 per device. The new plans do not replace AT&T’s existing data plans, which will remain available following the launch of the new AT&T Mobile Share plans. AT&T’s press release follows below.
AT&T GIVES CUSTOMERS MORE CHOICE WITH NEW
SHARED WIRELESS DATA PLANS
New Mobile Share Plans Allow Customers to Easily Share Data Across
Smartphones, Tablets and Other Devices
New and Current Customers Not Required To Choose or Switch to Shared Plans
DALLAS, JULY 18, 2012 — AT&T* customers will soon have more options in choosing the plan that’s right for them and their mobile devices. With new AT&T Mobile Share plans, available in late August, new and existing customers can share a single bucket of data across smartphones, tablets, and other compatible devices, plus get unlimited talk and text. AT&T Mobile Share plans make it easy for customers to manage their data, voice minutes and texting, without needing to keep track of multiple plans.
Customers can select one of the new shared data plans or choose one of AT&T’s existing individual or family plans. Current customers are not required to switch to the new plans, but can choose to do so without a contract extension. There are no changes to AT&T’s device upgrade policy, which means customers eligible to upgrade to AT&T’s best device price are not required to switch plans. The new plans will also be available for business customers.
With AT&T Mobile Share plans, customers start by choosing how much data they want each month, then choose up to 10 devices to attach to their shared plan, one of which must be a smartphone. Each plan includes tethering and unlimited domestic calls and texts for smartphones and basic or quick messaging phones. The larger the data bucket you choose, the less you pay per gigabyte and the less you pay for each smartphone added to the shared plan.
AT&T Mobile Share allows customers to essentially build a plan to fit their devices and usage. Customers who are more data-centric can choose a larger data bucket. Customers who typically use more voice than data can add multiple smartphones and basic phones and opt for a smaller data bucket.
“We offer customers a broad choice and the best lineup of plans, now enhanced by Mobile Share,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility. “With these new plans, the more you share, the more you save. They’ll be a good fit for a variety of new and existing customers. But if customers want to stay on their current plan or choose from our existing plans, they can do that, too. It’s their choice.
“Today we think of people’s smartphones and tablets sharing a bucket of data. But in the future we’ll see health care monitors, connected cars, security systems and other devices in the home all connected to the mobile Internet,” said Christopher. “Our Mobile Share plans are simple, easy and a great value for individuals or families with multiple mobile Internet devices.”
Mobile Share plans give customers more control over how, where and on what device they use data — which has become more important as people use more data devices. You can choose to use more of your data bucket on your tablet, for example, or tap into your data bucket only when needed for devices you use occassionally. And by consolidating data plans, you can take advantage of any data you currently have unused each month by efficiently sharing it across devices.
“The ‘more you share, the more you save’ concept is one that will resonate well with customers because of the value provided through the Mobile Share data plans themselves and in smartphone connection fees,” said Roger Entner, Founder and Lead Analyst of Recon Analytics. “AT&T also is providing its customers with flexibility and choice by keeping its existing data plans and not requiring customers to move to Mobile Share unless they want to. It’s a win-win for both AT&T and its customers.”
To help customers track their data usage, AT&T keeps users informed with courtesy alerts as they near their data allowance for the month. Also, customers can check their usage at anytime online, through the myAT&T mobile app, or by calling *DATA# from their mobile phone.
Each data plan also includes access to more than 30,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots — the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network** among wireless carriers — at no additional charge. Wi-Fi usage at public hotspots, home or office does not count toward the monthly wireless data plan usage.
Customers can learn more about the new plans and determine which plan is best for them at www.att.com/mobileshare.
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Hold on, let me put on some lipstick. I don't wanna look bad before AT&T ****s me in the ass.
Really? REALLY? For two smartphones with 4GB between the both of them, that would be $150/mo + tax. That's ****ing crazy.
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Hold on, let me put on some lipstick. I don't wanna look bad before AT&T ****s me in the ass.
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This couldn't be any more perfect.
Bottom line, the carriers aren't gonna do anything that doesn't make them money.
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Really? REALLY? For two smartphones with 4GB between the both of them, that would be $150/mo + tax. That's ****ing crazy.
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But what are you comparing this to? I currently have two smartphones with 700 shared minutes and unlimited texting, one phone has 2gb of data and the other has 200mb. I pay $140+tax. With unlimited calling/texting and a much larger slice of data that what I currently have it would seem to me that the new plan is a better deal.
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But what are you comparing this to? I currently have two smartphones with 700 shared minutes and unlimited texting, one phone has 2gb of data and the other has 200mb. I pay $140+tax. With unlimited calling/texting and a much larger slice of data that what I currently have it would seem to me that the new plan is a better deal.
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Right now my family has Unlimited Messaging and Unlimited Messaging with me having 2GB of Data. We pay around $130+Tax for that. If my aging father wanted a smart-phone, he'd want around 2GB or so of data as well. With this plan it's:
4GB of Shared Data : $70
Smartphone: $40
Smartphone: $40
That's $150+Tax. But then each additional smartphone we add will be $40 and take up our shared data. After two smartphones, it's useless since we're just wasting $10 extra.
Unless you have a bunch of tablets that you only use occasionally, a shared plan seems like a more expensive way to have data.
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ROFLOL! Thanks for the info... But I'll stick to my current plan... $25 for 2GB... X2 (if I want to) is $50. Why do I want to pay $40+$45 to share on 1GB? That's just like AT&T to force us into a lower plan for more $$$... If you remembered the Unlimited plan for $30, and they forced us to go with $25 for 2GB..
I will have to add ot up for my instance but this NEW plan seems higher for me. I have 4 phones on my plan, mine with the GRANDFATHERED UNLIMITED DATA for $30 or $25 (I cannot remember right now) on my SGS2, TWO phones with 2Gbs of data each for the $25, and one dumb phone with no data plan, and ALL share the unlimited mms/sms with 1400 minutes of talk. My bill comes out to about $220 a month after all the taxes and all. I use my UNLIMITED DATA plan to at least the 3Gbs a month before being throttled each month and have kept from being throttled in the last few months as I try to use wifi when downloading anything 100Mbs or more at a time unless I am in teal need of getting something downloaded right now.
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RockRatt said:
I will have to add ot up for my instance but this NEW plan seems higher for me. I have 4 phones on my plan, mine with the GRANDFATHERED UNLIMITED DATA for $30 or $25 (I cannot remember right now) on my SGS2, TWO phones with 2Gbs of data each for the $25, and one dumb phone with no data plan, and ALL share the unlimited mms/sms with 1400 minutes of talk. My bill comes out to about $220 a month after all the taxes and all. I use my UNLIMITED DATA plan to at least the 3Gbs a month before being throttled each month and have kept from being throttled in the last few months as I try to use wifi when downloading anything 100Mbs or more at a time unless I am in teal need of getting something downloaded right now.
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If I remembered it right, it's $30 for GRANDFATHERED UNLIMITED DATA.
And I am pretty sure they probably will throttle you for the 20GB plan too. Once you get to a certain GB in the shared plan.
The reality for myself is that I hardly make any calls and basically use this as a portable computer with phone attached if I need it. I use Wifi mostly and as such have used at most 500 megs a month. Usually more like 50. The shared plan would definitely not be helping my wife and I who got 2 gigs for 25$ and the cheapest bucket of family minutes available with no texting. I'd go for a data only plan and pay per minute on calls if I could.
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This is the biggest pile of horse manure from AT&T yet. My wife and I are on a family plan with 550 mins and 2 GB says plan each. I ported both our previous numbers to Google voice, so we basically have unlimited messaging. Unlimited calling since we never go over and have a ton of rollover. So basically for the same 4 GB of combined data and essentially unlimited everything else, we pay 95 after taxes and FAM discount. I really think once our contracts are up, I am going to get the latest gnex and bolt to straight talk or something else.
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karth500 said:
. . . I really think once our contracts are up, I am going to get the latest gnex and bolt to straight talk or something else.
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Hmm. That sounds like a good idea.
I can vouch for Straight Talk. I'd much rather pay $500-$650 up front for the phone and pay $45 per month than pay $200 up front for the phone and $100 per month for the next 2 years. Also, you can't get slammed with overages because it's prepaid. If you use around 2GB per month, Straight Talk is a no brainer.
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Just did some quick math...
Straight Talk
$45 per month x 24 months + $650 for phone = $1730 over 2 years
Postpaid AT&T
$100 per month x 24 months + $200 for phone = $2600 over 2 years
Speeds on Straight Talk aren't throttled either, same HSPA+ you get on postpaid. Of course Straight Talk also gives you unlimited voice minutes and texting.
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Hasn't it been proven that Straight Talk will close your account for using too much data?
raduque said:
Hasn't it been proven that Straight Talk will close your account for using too much data?
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Yep.
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Hasn't it been proven that Straight Talk will close your account for using too much data?
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How much is too much? If it's 2 gb that's terrible, if it's 10 gb, then that's reasonable. Also how do they stop you from just going in and buying another SIM?
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How much is too much? If it's 2 gb that's terrible, if it's 10 gb, then that's reasonable. Also how do they stop you from just going in and buying another SIM?
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2 GB for $45 a month isn't terrible. If you can keep your usage to <2GB per month and <100MB per day, then it's a no brainer. I've had 200MB days and not gotten flagged or throttled at all. If you're really worried about them closing your account, port your number to google voice first so you don't lose it and activate some random number on your straight talk account.
They block credit card billing info from ordering twice I believe.
nice plan
sweet new plans if you have a large family account and lots of devices!
Currently pay $272 for 4 phones + mifi (add on more for all our ipad's monthly charges here and there) for total of 17gigs worth of data.
Avg usage over last 6months in data is 6.7gigs only too lol
New plan will cost only $237 for 15gigs +unlimited talk and tethering.
seems horrific if you don't have a large family plan. at least you aren't forced onto new plan like Verizon
My apologies as this isnt really device specific although I do use a Note 3 with ATT. I have had a family plan for at least 8 years now, and have always been on unlimited plan for my line (Im the acct holder). Yesterday I logged into my account to see that it was now a '10gb Family Shared Plan'. I call them up and they can't tell me why or how this changed but will be looking into it.
Ironically last month was the first time I surpassed the 5gb throttle limit. Its almost as though they are purposely downgrading my plan.
Anyways not too happy about this and hopefully its a relatively smooth transition back. Just annoyed this 'randomly' happened. Has anyone else experienced something like this lately?
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My apologies as this isnt really device specific although I do use a Note 3 with ATT. I have had a family plan for at least 8 years now, and have always been on unlimited plan for my line (Im the acct holder). Yesterday I logged into my account to see that it was now a '10gb Family Shared Plan'. I call them up and they can't tell me why or how this changed but will be looking into it.
Ironically last month was the first time I surpassed the 5gb throttle limit. Its almost as though they are purposely downgrading my plan.
Anyways not too happy about this and hopefully its a relatively smooth transition back. Just annoyed this 'randomly' happened. Has anyone else experienced something like this lately?
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Have you been tethering? I've heard of it happening when excessive tethering was used without a tethering plan. I was warned once. I dont risk it anymore. I love my family unlimited too much.
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Have you been tethering? I've heard of it happening when excessive tethering was used without a tethering plan. I was warned once. I dont risk it anymore. I love my family unlimited too much.
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No, never tether. I only used 5 gigs last month because I got a new car with bluetooth (yeh, welcome to the 21st century right! lol) and stream for 2 hours a day since i commute a lot. I probably used just over 5gigs though as I got the text notifying me of my usage just days before the end of the billing cycle.
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No, never tether. I only used 5 gigs last month because I got a new car with bluetooth (yeh, welcome to the 21st century right! lol) and stream for 2 hours a day since i commute a lot. I probably used just over 5gigs though as I got the text notifying me of my usage just days before the end of the billing cycle.
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That is unusual then. Hopefully it was a mistake. I've gone over 5gb a few times. My daughter did 12gb once. I mean it's unlimited. Right?
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That is unusual then. Hopefully it was a mistake. I've gone over 5gb a few times. My daughter did 12gb once. I mean it's unlimited. Right?
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Sprint was "unlimited" too though Look where that got me
Does the 10gb plan include tethering? I might switch if it does, I have unlimited but hardly ever go over 1gb...
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Does the 10gb plan include tethering? I might switch if it does, I have unlimited but hardly ever go over 1gb...
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It does and it's actually cheaper per month.
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Actually everyone on family share plan with 10 or more gig data automatically got switched over, I had mine changed to it and the lady told me everyone would be switched over automatically. I'm sure they will switch u back, but we're probably hoping people would be willing to sacrifice unlimited for cheaper overall.
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Here's a few things to note.
Unlimited is not called Unlimited anymore. It's called Unlimited access, but will be throttled at 3gb.
If you tether, you will be notified by text that you will be switched to a tethering plan the next month. (had this happen lol)
AT&T can switch you of unlimited anytime they like, read the fine print contact.
On a side note, I was on unlimted until they keep throttling me. Coming off that slow unlimited access made life better for me.
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I still don't understand why people on ATT are trying to cling on to their Unlimited data. The people on Verizon have good enough reasons to (Verizon doesn't throttle or get pissy if you consume 10s of gigs per month, for now anyway). But on ATT your Unlimited plans are basically pointless at this point. After 3-4GB, your data essentially becomes useless after the throttle. For all intents and purposes, you can't tether. And it's actually cheaper to get access to more high-speed data every month on the newer plans. They literally made switching over to limited data a much better deal (or made keeping Unlimited a worse one, depending on how you look at it).
Just switched mine, got 10gb, tethering included and actually cheaper.
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nawh..not so much
hoping my crocodile mouth don't get my humming bird @SS in trouble
Yeah I gave up my unlimited long time ago. 10GB shared data is more than enough.
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Keeping unlimited.
The catch is that if you go on the shared minutes planes, your phones are no longer subsidized... So if you upgrade your phones every two years, the cost ends up being the same, if not greater when paying monthly for the phones. This in my calculations is about a wash in terms of cost, however you do not get to keep your phones at the end. These are great plans if you byop however.
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The catch is that if you go on the shared minutes planes, your phones are no longer subsidized... So if you upgrade your phones every two years, the cost ends up being the same, if not greater when paying monthly for the phones. This in my calculations is about a wash in terms of cost, however you do not get to keep your phones at the end. These are great plans if you byop however.
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You keep your phone, just pay the remainder off. 9 out of 10 times phone has scratches, which means no giving it to therm. The thing is, you might pay the same amount in the long run (I won't because I'm saving $120 per month which equals $1440 in a year, at end of year I only owe $248 left on phone. Which leaves me with $1192 in savings.) Then I get another upgrade, which is every 12 months instead of 24. Plus no upgrade or activation fees. So tell me where this is a bad deal for me at all?
Oh and by the way its not shared minutes, in fact is unlimited talk and text.
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You keep your phone, just pay the remainder off. 9 out of 10 times phone has scratches, which means no giving it to therm. The thing is, you might pay the same amount in the long run (I won't because I'm saving $120 per month which equals $1440 in a year, at end of year I only owe $248 left on phone. Which leaves me with $1192 in savings.) Then I get another upgrade, which is every 12 months instead of 24. Plus no upgrade or activation fees. So tell me where this is a bad deal for me at all?
Oh and by the way its not shared minutes, in fact is unlimited talk and text.
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It sounds like a better deal for you for sure. The way i'm set up to switch to next save me only $20/month before taxes. I have four lines so I get 2 upgrades a year. So I pay 240 more per year plus about 200 for each phone. This equals 640 a year with two phones. If the average phone on next is 30 a month, then there is the wash. My minutes are not unlimited, but on all lines mobile to mobile is unlimited and I rarely use more than 300. Plus they roll over so I have lots banked. Texting is also unlimited. Plus I can sell the phones at the end (I never do, though, and have 8 phones to sell or get rid of of you include the 2 phones each of my two children have to play on).
I guess how good of a deal next is depends on how good of a deal you had before. ...
They're absolute garbage. I had a 1GB family plan (you know, wifi everywhere and I never even pass that 1GB at all), so.i called them up to see why my bill was a little high then this girl was telling me that she has a better plan for me. 2GB for $5 less. I was like "hell yeah. Switch up now". Next bill was $15 over. LOL
Called them up again and downgraded back to my ole 1GB. I don't know why the lying. Do they really think people are that stupid? If you ever call them, first thing you wanna do is ask the employee about their ID number. Just say " I'd like your ID number". They can't say no. They'll get in trouble. So when an employee screws you over you just call them and ask for a manager and tell them about the employee that did it and give them the number to identify him/her. Other than that names don't work.
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I gave up my unlimited plan for the 10gig plan a month ago, I added my dad's phone to the data and we are saving $80 a month now over the old plan and no more throttle or tethering is gtg without root. I'm actually pleased.
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Att almost had me, I was about to let go of my unlimited data, I wasn't gonna save much since I wabted the 20 gb shareplan, but then I found out about the scam, I have 5 lines, sounded good to only pay 15 for each additional but how about when my mother in law wants to update for some 50 dollar renovate contract new smartphone, she never gets the most expensive, the point is that If I later want to upgrade for the best cheap offer new phone then it rises 25 for each line so instead of 228 that I pay I will end up paying 328, or if I get the next for every account, lets see at least 27 a month for 5 lines, wow arround 360, now how in hell thats gonna save me money.
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oh and I alone use arround 12gb a month.
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Because when you threaten to leave they knock it right to the $15, seen it happen a lot already.
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As of August 31, 2016, VZW customers grandfathered into the unlimited data plan will no longer be able to go over 100 gigabytes monthly. Your line will be disconnected and VZW will give you 50 days for you to switch to a tiered plan. Hope the FCC can do something about this. What's the point of having unlimited data if we can't go over 100gb? There has to be a contractual limitation with what Verizon has planned for us unlimited users... I don't have internet service so I just use my hotspot. If this goes into effect, I'll be switching to AT&T after being loyal to Verizon for 11 years.
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As of August 31, 2016, VZW customers grandfathered into the unlimited data plan will no longer be able to go over 100 gigabytes monthly. Your line will be disconnected and VZW will give you 50 days for you to switch to a tiered plan. Hope the FCC can do something about this. What's the point of having unlimited data if we can't go over 100gb? There has to be a contractual limitation with what Verizon has planned for us unlimited users... I don't have internet service so I just use my hotspot. If this goes into effect, I'll be switching to AT&T after being loyal to Verizon for 11 years.
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So now I'm only getting 100 gigs for $49.99 a month. That's messed up
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So now I'm only getting 100 gigs for $49.99 a month. That's messed up
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Haha you make a valid point but have you never went over 100 gigs in a month?
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Haha you make a valid point but have you never went over 100 gigs in a month?
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A lot of people with a regular ISP don't even hit 100GB of usage in a month.
Using Verizon as your ISP for all of your devices at home and abroad isn't what tethering is intended for (even if it's technically allowed), but Verizon is looking the other way. However, piling on top of that the fact that you're spiking way into the top couple percent of data users on the network, and Verizon's stance seems pretty justified.
Bottom line: If you're going to use Verizon as your sole ISP, don't also compound it by being at the top end of data consumers.
whats the definition of unlimited? They should have never of offered Unlimited if they couldn't see the potential for high usage as their customers did... But nope they don't care and will continue to chip away at us loyal customers. I hate Verizon but I'm stuck with them because At&t got rid of their unlimited plans as well. I'm just waiting for them to get away with the same tiered **** at home. Comcast is piloting a program to charge by tier for your home internet congrats we let them get away with it on our mobile and now they are pushing for the home internet too.
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Also its 100GB now... but soon it will be 50GB than 25GB until they weed us all out of unlimited data because "we are congesting their network" Won't we still be congesting their network on the tiered 100GB plan? its all about money and if you don't see that you are part of the problem because you are complacent and think will I don't use 100GB so it doesn't matter to me.
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whats the definition of unlimited? They should have never of offered Unlimited if they couldn't see the potential for high usage as their customers did... But nope they don't care and will continue to chip away at us loyal customers. I hate Verizon but I'm stuck with them because At&t got rid of their unlimited plans as well. I'm just waiting for them to get away with the same tiered **** at home. Comcast is piloting a program to charge by tier for your home internet congrats we let them get away with it on our mobile and now they are pushing for the home internet too.
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Also its 100GB now... but soon it will be 50GB than 25GB until they weed us all out of unlimited data because "we are congesting their network" Won't we still be congesting their network on the tiered 100GB plan? its all about money and if you don't see that you are part of the problem because you are complacent and think will I don't use 100GB so it doesn't matter to me.
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I think Verizon was generous to grandfather the unlimited plan for as long as they did... and I don't usually have anything nice to say about Verizon.
Thank you for pointing this out! This SERIOUSLY sucks! I travel a lot and REALLY depend on the tether for both business and pleasure. Its really my only option. The true unlimited was nice because I NEVER had to worry about watching what my usage was. Was just looking back to my May-16 bill and they have me at 156gb, interestingly since then its been 92-98Gb. I might be able to work with 100gb cap buy anything lass then that and Ill be gone in a heartbeat from Verizon. The GF has Straight talk and that works just as good for half the price, just pray you never have to call their customer service!
Like the song on Avenue Q goes, the internet is for porn. If your needs are 24/7 that limit to unlimited could throttle your lifestyle!
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Now i get this Ad in MyVerizon that says popdata unlimited streaming for $2 for 30 minutes or $3 for a hour.
I never had unlimited with Verizon but this sounds like instead of buying public wifi somewhere, probably cheaper
crap. I just checked and I am at 80GB with 14 days left. I better slow down
Well this is terrible news, I had no idea. We have 3 line still grandfathered. My mother is the biggest user, since she doesn't have home internet. This could end up causing us to finally change service....Nothing spectacular to switch to, I guess Sprint?
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Just get your lines under contract and you are good. Sell the phone.
I just sold a Pixel for $680 on Swappa, and locked my $29.99 UDP in for another 2 years.
@Telemachus how do you renew your contact without losing the unlimited data? I remember when I got my note 4 originally there was the best buy method, but how do you do it now?
Thanks in advance
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@Telemachus how do you renew your contact without losing the unlimited data? I remember when I got my note 4 originally there was the best buy method, but how do you do it now?
Thanks in advance
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that method no longer works, but using best buy still works. i did this for my wife's line.
I upgraded my wifes line but the phone I got never once was used on my wifes line. My dad had the same exact phone I upgraded, so they swapped phones and still have unlimited data on 2 year deal. And the phone my dad is using can NEVER be used on my wifes line or she will lose it.
Even easier... sell the phone and never worry about it.
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As of August 31, 2016, VZW customers grandfathered into the unlimited data plan will no longer be able to go over 100 gigabytes monthly. Your line will be disconnected and VZW will give you 50 days for you to switch to a tiered plan. Hope the FCC can do something about this. What's the point of having unlimited data if we can't go over 100gb? There has to be a contractual limitation with what Verizon has planned for us unlimited users... I don't have internet service so I just use my hotspot. If this goes into effect, I'll be switching to AT&T after being loyal to Verizon for 11 years.
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ewww ATT, At least go GoogleFi. Even with limited phones you will get monthly security updates.
But this is also bull ****. Some people live out in rural areas, some of my friends for instance in the middle of Kansas. Where satelite is $300+ for 1.2mbps down. They just use their 3g Hotspots.
This had to be a troll, my account has used 400-500gb and no email, phone call or warning of any kind and still unlimited.
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Thanks for the tip. I average about 90GB a month on my phone, last time I hit over 100gb was back in July. I travel a lot (I work in SAP) and hook up to VPN for work so I use 4 GB a day just transferring files back and forth. I find hotel free wifi sucks. I use Slingbox as well and that sucks up data as well.
Droid life states "a source told us that Verizon has announced internally that an unlimited data user who uses an “extraordinary” amount of data is someone who uses 200GB of data per month."
http://www.droid-life.com/2017/01/06/verizon-upgrade-fee-increase-contracts-unlimited-data/
Well according to tech and corporate if you pay for tethering and you accepted the extra charge you are OK if you don't pay for tethering, in other words if you are not paying between $70 and $80 a month, you can expect to receive contact from them. Per line every month that is.
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