Is ATT Mobile Share Plans the only thing available for new customers?

[Tommy2000GT]

The ATT mobile share plan is expensive and has unlimited talk. That is the only thing I see on the ATT website. But I don't need unlimited talk. I could have sworn they used to have a separate 300min/month plan and you can add data separately to it.

 

[paperwastage]

unfortunately yes

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/11/...share-plans-the-only-option-for-new-customers

http://blogs.att.net/consumerblog/story/a7790956

you're about 1.5 months late

you could try prepaid at&t, but it doesn't offer the same roaming structure as postpaid

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

What the hell? This is terrible.

I'm paying $70 / month for $39.99 plan + $25 data + $10 texts (some corporate discount kicks in). So if I ever decided to switch out and switch back I'd have to pay more?

I blame phone subsidies. It's finally catching up to the phone companies that they need to somehow pay for those $600 phones.

Edit: Some slightly comforting news is the fact that if you go unsubsidized, you save $15/month. That's not nearly enough though because the prices are still pretty damn high (http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/05/att-mobile-share-changes/)

Edit 2: Doing some math right now, but if I pay $70 / month, that's $25 more than Straight Talk, and $15 more than AIO, which translates into $600 more per year or $360 if I choose AIO. Netting $400 per iPhone sale is barely enough to cover AIO and not enough to cover Straight Talk. I should definitely be switching... Unfortunately I have another 22 months left on my contract. Woohoo.

 

[bearxor]

If you don't need a lot of data, you should consider ST using an AT&T SIM. Would get you the same coverage with unlimited voice and text and 2.5GB of highspeed data for $50/mo.

 

[Tommy2000GT]

Oh crap. I just got an ATT iPhone 5s as a gift. It has delayed activation so I can pick a plan. If I don't pick a plan from ATT they will charge full price for the phone.

I need 4gb data so with the Mobile Share it is $110 :thumbsdown:

 

[cliftonite]

Wow. I am paying $70 per month for unlimited data and 450 mins ($65 after discount and taxes) with the old 200 message plan. The 4GB would cost $110 per month, holy crap @#%

 

[bearxor]

Oh crap. I just got an ATT iPhone 5s as a gift. It has delayed activation so I can pick a plan. If I don't pick a plan from ATT they will charge full price for the phone.

I need 4gb data so with the Mobile Share it is $110 :thumbsdown:

Ah, that's a bummer. But, yeah, that's what you're looking at.

Wow. I am paying $70 per month for unlimited data and 450 mins ($65 after discount and taxes) with the old 200 message plan. The 4GB would cost $110 per month, holy crap @#%

Yeah, I switched off the unlimited plan the first time I was throttled.

 

[poofyhairguy]

If you don't need a lot of data, you should consider ST using an AT&T SIM. Would get you the same coverage with unlimited voice and text and 2.5GB of highspeed data for $50/mo.

I would save so much money with ST. I haven't used more than 2.5GB of data in a year.

But I get close some months, and some days I hammer it, so I am terrified of ST booting me.

 

[bearxor]

They don't boot anymore. They clarified their "unlimited" data policy. From now on, you'll definitely only get throttled once you hit 2.5GB's. Not cancelled.

 

[lopri]

Looks like this apply to my plan and my Nexus 5. Good.

 

[Tommy2000GT]

Ah, that's a bummer. But, yeah, that's what you're looking at.


Yeah, I switched off the unlimited plan the first time I was throttled.

I was happy with my $30/month Tmobile 100min talk and 5GB@4G plan using my Galaxy Nexus.

Goddamn ATT.

 

[bearxor]

I was happy with my $30/month Tmobile 100min talk and 5GB@4G plan using my Galaxy Nexus.

Goddamn ATT.

Pay the person whom gave it to you the remainder of the phone. It would basically be the same as them giving you a gift card for some $ off.

Though you'd need to get it unlocked as well. You could always activate service, then cancel a month later and pay the etf. You'd be looking at $110 + taxes, $36 activation fee and $350 ETF. Would run you about the same but without having to involve the person whom bought it for you. You'd make that back up on your $30/mo plan in a few months.

 

[blairharrington]

So I guess the answer to how much you really are paying per month for that subsidized AT&T phone was $15 a month.

My current grandfathered AT&T plan is 450 mins/2 GB/1000 texts. My total is $75 before taxes and fees. My final bill is usually $83. I'm currently not part of a FAN discount but that might change in the near future. I stupidly gave up unlimited data years ago to save $5 a month because I wasn't clearing 1 GB a month during my 3G days.

If I was a new AT&T customer wanting similar service and signing a contract I'd be paying $95 a month before taxes and fees. If I didn't sign a contract (off-contract price of AT&T phone or bring your own phone) I'd be paying $80 a month.

Unless I have a great FAN discount next summer when my contract is up, I'm planning on switching over to GoPhone. $60 a month, before taxes and fees, for unlimited talk and text and 2 GB a month. I feel like AT&T is inadvertently making GoPhone more attractive with each passing day.