ATT iPhone users - Important Info Inside

[Dallas]

If you are currently using an iPhone w/ ATT and plan to upgrade to the iPhone 4, please read below.



ATT will not allow folks upgrading to the iPhone 4 to keep his/her unlimited data plans. You read that right. The iPhone 4's will not have an unlimited data plan available for customers to purchase.


I just got off the phone w/ ATT and gave them an EAR FULL. This will probably push me over to Verizon now. What a crock of @#!$#.

just checked the data plans

25.00 / 2GB
15.00 / 200MB


I guess that isn't so bad. I still use a lot of data when im traveling.

 

[kmp77]

What?? There's no unlimited data plan for iphone 4G?!?!?! LOL LOL

I'll stick with my 3G for now...what utter crud.

 

[Khartun]

This is definitely a crock. But, I believe this applies to all of their smartphone data plans. When your current contract runs out you will have to go to this option.

Of course, WiFi is still unlimited.

 

[WoodysGirl]

This is definitely a crock. But, I believe this applies to all of their smartphone data plans. When your current contract runs out you will have to go to this option.

Of course, WiFi is still unlimited.

Not true, existing customers get to keep their plan. But new customers will have go to the modified data plans.

NEW YORK — Just in time for the release of a new iPhone, AT&T will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads and charge more for users who hog the most bandwidth.

AT&T hopes to ease congestion on its network, which has drawn complaints, particularly in big cities. But the approach could confuse customers unfamiliar with how much data it takes to watch a YouTube video or fire up a favorite app.

Current subscribers will be able to keep their $30-per-month unlimited plans, even if they renew their contracts. But starting Monday, new customers will have to choose one of two new data plans for all smart phones, including iPhones and BlackBerrys.

Subscribers who use little data – like those who may get dozens of e-mails a day but don't watch much video – will pay slightly less every month than they do now, while heavy users will be dinged with higher bills.

The move takes effect in time for the expected unveiling of Apple's new iPhone next week. Analysts said they expect other phone companies to follow. With no caps on consumption, data use could swamp wireless networks while revenue for the operators remains flat.

Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier and AT&T's chief rival, had no immediate comment on AT&T's move. There has been much speculation about Verizon getting to sell its own version of the iPhone, but that prospect still appears distant.

One of the new AT&T plans will cost $25 per month and offer two gigabytes of data per month, which AT&T says will be enough for 98 percent of its smart phone customers. Additional gigabytes will cost $10 each.

A second plan will cost $15 per month for 200 megabytes of data, which AT&T says is enough for 65 percent of its smart phone customers. If they go over, they'll pay another $15 for 200 more megabytes.

A gigabyte is enough for hundreds of e-mails and Web pages, but it's quickly eaten up by Internet video and videoconferencing. The 200 megabytes offered under the $15 plan is enough for more than 1,000 e-mails, hundreds of Web pages and about 20 minutes of streaming video, AT&T says.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/02/att-data-plan-caps-phone-_n_597285.html

 

[Khartun]

Not true, existing customers get to keep their plan. But new customers will have go to the modified data plans.



Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/02/att-data-plan-caps-phone-_n_597285.html

Ah, ok. I was given misinformation.

Still a crock.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I have a blackberry, not an iPhone. I just looked at my data usage for the past six months, I don't use anywhere near a GB of data.

The most I've used has been this month and it's only been 114 MB.

I don't necessarily want to give up my unlimited plan, but seeing as I don't use as much, I might consider changing it up.

 

[Dallas]

That is not what came from the ATT service rep I talked to this morning. He said that if I upgraded from my current 3GS phone to the new iPhone 4, that I would not be able to keep my unlimited data plan.

Some misinformation going on?

Hmmm

 

[YosemiteSam]

What I heard was that if you "upgrade" to the new phone, you lose it. If your contract completes, you can still keep it. (Grandfathered in) Just don't make any changes to your contract or you get a new one!

If you sign/agree to a NEW contract, then you get the new limited plan. Obviously, you need to physically call AT&T to verify.

Reason for it? Got to make room on the network for all those new iPads sucking down video content. :laugh2:

 

[Dallas]

UPDATED:

I just got off the phone w/ another ATT rep and they again told me the same news. I asked them to please go verify w/ a supervisor. They did and came back and appologized. They were giving out the WRONG information.

Current subscribers regardless if you have to sign a new contract will be grandfathered in and be allowed to keep the unlimited data plan.

I asked the girl to make sure the rest of her team knows this because she was the 3rd person I spoke w/ who gave me the WRONG information.

:laugh2:

 

[Maikeru-sama]

I also heard that existing customers would be able to keep their unlimited plan.

But it is clear that as some point, they are going to eliminate unlimited plans.

 

[vta]

They're going to squeeze as much as they can in this last year and half of their exclusive contract, because I'm sure as soon as Verizon is available, there will be a mass exodus.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

On the iPhone, under General->Usage->Cellular Network Data, for the Sent/Receive stats, are those numbers for the entire time I have had the phone or is it for a week/month etc etc?

My Sent is 192 MB and my Received is 1.3 GB and I have never reset the stats, so I guess that is since I had the phone?

 

[Dallas]

On the iPhone, under General->Usage->Cellular Network Data, for the Sent/Receive stats, are those numbers for the entire time I have had the phone or is it for a week/month etc etc?

My Sent is 192 MB and my Received is 1.3 GB and I have never reset the stats, so I guess that is since I had the phone?

You can login to your account on ATT and see your monthly data usage for that month.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

They're going to squeeze as much as they can in this last year and half of their exclusive contract, because I'm sure as soon as Verizon is available, there will be a mass exodus.

I thought ATT just recently signed an new deal to have exclusive rights to the iPhone?

If the iPhone is made available at Verizon, I may go back because the only reason I left was because of the iPhone.

 

[WoodysGirl]

You can login to your account on ATT and see your monthly data usage for that month.

Yeah, that's what I did to check. Saved a ton of time.

 

[Dallas]

I thought ATT just recently signed an new deal to have exclusive rights to the iPhone?

If the iPhone is made available at Verizon, I may go back because the only reason I left was because of the iPhone.

The iPhones are still exclusive to AT&T. There is a rumor going around that Apple will be availble on the Verizon platform but I haven't seen anything that says if that is a fact or when it would happen.

 

[vta]

I thought ATT just recently signed an new deal to have exclusive rights to the iPhone?

If the iPhone is made available at Verizon, I may go back because the only reason I left was because of the iPhone.

I'm pretty sure they had only confirmed it recently it was a 5 year deal from 2007 - 2012.

I'll have to try and find the article, it was from Gizmodo or Engadget.

 

[Dallas]

Yeah, that's what I did to check. Saved a ton of time.

The reason they went to this new 2gb data plan thing is because they opened up tethering on the network and now you basically can't do crap in any big city on the 3g network.

I was in Santa Ana last week and I couldn't do CRAP. I finally gave up and went back to the pool to watch the bikinis.

Dallas 1 AT&T 0

 

[vta]

AT&T Deal Confirmed

There are carrier exclusivity agreements, and there are carrier exclusivity agreements -- and Apple's iPhone deal must have been pretty sweet for Cupertino to guarantee their new hotness to AT&T and AT&T alone for five friggin years. USA Today reports the supposed half-decade deal precludes Apple from developing a CDMA handset in that time (duh), meaning that if you live in the US and don't want to move to AT&T, it's going to be 2012 before you even have a chance at an iPhone. Better still, Today reports that Cingular's arch-nemesis Verizon is claiming to have an iPhone-killer in the wings. According to Denny Strigl, Verizon CEO, "We do have a very good response in the mill. You'll see that from us in the late summer." It's war, people, make no mistake about it.

 

[Maikeru-sama]

The reason they went to this new 2gb data plan thing is because they opened up tethering on the network and now you basically can't do crap in any big city on the 3g network.

I was in Santa Ana last week and I couldn't do CRAP. I finally gave up and went back to the pool to watch the bikinis.

Dallas 1 AT&T 0

Yeah, I think everyone would benefit if the iPhone was available through multiple carriers.