AT&T's added another tier to their Mobile Share Value data plans: 7GB for $75. Of course, that's just for the data, but if you're thinking about grabbing a new smartphone at the same time and go with AT&T's Next payment plan option for a new smartphone, they'll cut the $40 smartphone access charge down to just $15/month.
That equals out to $90/month in service charges for 7GB of data plus unlimited talk and text, plus whatever the payment rate is for the smartphone and Next payment plan you select might be (AT&T offers Next plans that spread the cost of the phone out over 18, 24, or 30 months). AT&T will even let you add up to three new smartphones at the cut-down $15 access fee, so that's all-in for $120/month.
For comparison's sake, the $70 6GB plan jumps up to $110 with just one smartphone added at the standard $40 line access rate.
AT&T's new 7GB plan comes the week after Verizon cut most of their data plans by $10 and added tiers between 10GB and 20GB. Sure, you have to buy a new smartphone (or three) to get the real savings associated with AT&T's new plans, but it just so happens that we're likely to see some fancy new flagship smartphones very soon.
Source: AT&T
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AT&T's newest data plan offers 7GB for $75
1GB = 1€ in Lithuania lol
Oh shit so expensive dawg..
When does this start? We are on the 10GB free upgrade to 15GB plan but it is way more than we need and the 6GB plan charges more per phone so it costs more than the 10GB plan. If the 7GB is like you say it will save us $25 a month and we just bought a iPhone 6, iPad Air 2, and a Moto G on Next so our bill is nearing $250 which is too expensive.
Well I just found it on another site, February 15th is when they launch this new plan.
Seems like a rip off, after all 2-3 years ago they were giving Unlmited data for $30 a month.
You can thank the iPhone users for fucking that up, even AT&T said that...
Wow if i were burnin thru 7gigs in 2days i think I'd get a job. Maybe go to the park or watch a movie (on tv). Or hey go to walmart and check out the cuties in shorts and flipflops. I like rhe hairy legged variety but to each his own.
I'm getting 8GB on Verizon for the same price
Do Verizon customers pay for Roaming? I was looking at Page Plus, a Verizon MVNO, but it seemed too complicated. It appeared to me at least that those 30 or 40 dollars could turn into a lot more at the end of the month due to Roaming or the 45 I'd pay at Verizon prepaid. I was looking at them cause I wanted the Ativ SE and to full use of the phone and I figure they were the way to go.
LOL @ People comparing AT&T to T-Mobile. C'mon man, a more fair comparison would be Verizon. T-Mobile is more comparable to Cricket, which by the way has more coverage than T-Mobile and costs less as well. That includes better LTE Coverage as well. When you compare, there's no comparison. You get what you pay for.
hmmmm ... $110 or $30 t-mobile plan w/100 mins and 5gb of data ... no thanks ATT
It takes me at most two days to fly through 7gbs. No thank you, I'll stick with T-Mobile
I'll keep my grandfathered unlimited data plan. Besides my daughter is on cricket so I have no need for a family plan.
tmobiles unlimited for 45.
Do they throttle after a certain limit? How long ago did you get that plan? I stopped by a few weeks ago and it was closer to $80.
I just left AT&T two days ago for Cricket. Granted, Cricket is owned by AT&T so I didn't jump very far. However, with Next and 3GB of shared data I was paying $118 for two phones. Even before joining Next I was still paying $94. That's insane, IMO. My new Cricket bill is a flat $70 with 2.5GB between each phone. IMO, $35 a piece is far more reasonable than what I was paying. So even this new 7GB plan for $75 seems far too expensive to me.
I understand, everyone uses their phones different. I have WiFi at home, work and most of the places I shop so I'm not totally dependant on celluar data, but I could see why a vlogger would need more data, or people that live in rural areas. But man, we gotta stop giving into these high prices. Get your phone unlocked and do some value shopping. You can get 20GB on Cricket for $55 a month (limited time offer though). You can even take your AT&T phone straight to Cricket, no unlocking needed (worked on my 1520 and 925). Moving to another carrier is the only way to get bigger companies to lower their prices. No one should be paying $75 for a measly 7GBs.
I agree. I have 3 lines (2 @ 2.5GB; 1 @ 10 GB) for $110 a month. Thats about $100 less than when I was with Sprint. Sure they cap high speed data and don't have the roaming agreements and you have to buy the phone outright but for a good majority of users, it's a heck of a deal. I've been pleasantly satisfied with the 5-6 months I have been with them.
Where's my denim...
Lol
I'm on ATT and I'm fine with my current family share plan, but I have two things:
1. Push updates out to windows phones immediately.
2. Send me my money for the over charges faster than did months from now!
Right I want that too
Don't they still offer the 12 month next plan? That's what my phone is on. I did that because it was only $4 difference between 12 and 18 month for my m8 for windows. Figured by the 12 month mark the new flagships will be out. Was my thoughts anyways.
Your 12 months is called Next 12, but its over 20 months. You get to upgrade in 12 with a trade-in. Just wanted to clarify. :)
Oh yea I know that. Depending on how this phone ends up after 12 months I may trade it in or buy it out to get me my next upgrade sooner.
Lel i get 4gb a month for ₺40 ($20)
And 10 gb is like $40
Upgrade your plan from myatt app. :)
Livin in turkey ..
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
So many price changes since t-mobile became the uncarrier. Love the competition.
Yeah, it's been good for everyone.
Where's Denim?
Lol I feel you though
Still highway robbery.
what $70? mobile data in the US is just way too expensive. Unlimited data costs me £13 in the UK (plus unlimited texts and 200 talk mins).
Very soon or soon? Very soon = 6 months and soon = 12 months in the MS WP carrier release world!
Still too expensive, its really $115+ tax even with your own device. Need to do more to match Tmo.
They use the Cricket brand to compete with T-Mobile.
"fancy new flagship smartphones very soon." Android smartphones? Everything I've heard has implied that there won't be any Windows flagships until W10 launches, which is late summer at the earliest. Hope I'm wrong...
If you had been paying attention, Microsoft already stated that flagships won't come till mid\end of summer in line with W10 release.
Why would they introduce a new flagship now with W10 on is way? They already fought that monster when they did that before with 7.5 to 8.0 and aggravated alot of people.
Did you read my post?
I get a nice company discount. Currently pay $110/month for 15 GB for 2 smartphones.
$5 for unlimited access a month
To think I paid £12.90 a month for unlimited data (might as well be literally unlimited, capped at 30 thousand GB, no joke) with 3 before I got my 920 on contract. US prices for mobile data are mad.
I wish they would get closer to their Cricket subsidiary's $60 for 20GB price.
parent carriers will never price match their subsidiaries when it comes to plans.
"Get Closer To" != "Match"
This is so expensive for internet I have less rate in Qatar $27 for 6GB
Even as an American, this seems expensive.
Last time I checked with AT&T, the monthly access fee for a new phone (with AT&T NEXT) or no contract (BYO) is $25, not $40, on the 3gb and 6gb plans. It's only $40 if you do a 2 yr contract.
You all are a bunch of price whiners. It's still cheaper than it used to be and with a lot more value.
$25 is after the discount. It's $15 for larger data plans. $40 if you don't do one of their deals.
A polished Turd is Still a Turd
But polished
Oooh, SHINY!
Bruh. Beautiful.
Still not good enough. If their plans were equal to Tmo I'd def switch.
Switch to Cricket
I'm seriously thinking of switching to Cricket's 20Gb plan. Any downsides of I'm bringing my ATT Lumia 1520?
Swtiched to their 20Gb plan on my 920; didnt't notice a diffrence between cricket and att. Do it!
There are no downsides. I've been using cricket on my att 1520 for months and its pretty much the same, well it is the same as att
Yes, there are downsides. There's no mobile hotspot on Cricket, and they throttle your LTE data speed. It's still around 4-7 Mbps, but nowhere near full ATT bandwidth. I speak from personal experience.
Would you happen to know how that compares to T-Mobile's LTE data speeds? Also thanks for the hotspot heads up. That woulda been a huge let down if I didn't know before hand.
If tmobles coverage was as good as AT&T, I would switch to them
AT&T...
Too much... 7GB only ..at $75(₹4650 approx)... Are they making people fool?? Here in India internet pack is not that pricy at all.
United States - 3,000,000 square miles (not counting Alaska) - 300,000,00 people. Average of 100 people per square mile.
India - 1,270,000 square miles - 970,000,000 people. Average of 750+ people per square mile.
Point is US networks have way more towers per person than India and also way more transmission costs for cables between towers ECT. It's very expensive to build a nationwide network in the US.
Excellent point❗
But wired broadband internet rate is way cheaper in USA i suppose, don't you think it should be taken into consideration? So mobile operators also pay less the gov for the license than in India. No?
Broadband wired internet is a totally different story. Most internet is cable or DSL which means the lines are shared with other services and in many cases have been in existence for a long time. Also there are way more ISPs than Cell carriers. You don't have to build a nationwide network to be an ISP.
I'm sure there are over a billion people in India... Just saying
You're right. 970 million is the number of active phones in India.
I get 8GB data with uncapped 3G speed (average 500KB/s) in Bangladesh with Robi operator @ only 865 BDT i.e roughly 11 bucks!
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