Would it be stupid to lower my data plan with ATT?

[ManBearPig]

We have two grandfathered $30 data plans for our iphones, but i found that weve never even used more than about 900mb in a months. Should i bump them down to the 2gb plans? Im just worried that in the future we'll totally get screwed cuz something really data intensive will come out that im not really envisioning lol. I think we do most of our usage over wifi which is why our 3g data usage rates are lowish.

 

[Oil]

Depends on if you think it is worth saving $120/yr. My opinion is no

 

[SunnyD]

You'd probably make a mint selling your account to someone who wants unlimited data, then opening a new account on the lower tiers.

 

[ManBearPig]

Wow, no kidding its really not worth it. I thought it was $10 PER LINE, which still isnt great, but holy shit $5? nm lol

Cell phone plans are so expensive, damn. Anyone have any opinions as to the cheapest/most decent company?

thanks a lot!

 

[ImDonly1]

You'd probably make a mint selling your account to someone who wants unlimited data, then opening a new account on the lower tiers.

There are loopholes on ATT to get unlimited data, even if you just signed up yesterday.
The loophole is to swap your SIM to an iphone 2g. This will give you the option to pick unlimited data for the iphone. Then put the SIM back in your regular iphone and you keep the unlimited data.

The problem is getting an iphone 2g for a few minutes.

 

[Oyeve]

Wow, no kidding its really not worth it. I thought it was $10 PER LINE, which still isnt great, but holy shit $5? nm lol

Cell phone plans are so expensive, damn. Anyone have any opinions as to the cheapest/most decent company?

thanks a lot!

Yes, but they are all in Europe. Seriously, US has the most ridiculously expensive plans.

 

[ImDonly1]

Wow, no kidding its really not worth it. I thought it was $10 PER LINE, which still isnt great, but holy shit $5? nm lol

Cell phone plans are so expensive, damn. Anyone have any opinions as to the cheapest/most decent company?

thanks a lot!

Cheap
Virgin mobile $45 for 1200 minutes, unlimited text, data or $35 for 300 minutes and same everything else. Data can be slow though. Cricket, MetroPCS, etc.
If you don't use data then PagePlus (VZW network).

Since you have an iPhone I would do this... $45/month with no taxes. Unlimited talk, text, and 2GB data. Prepaid from straight talk. Requires you to do a loophole. Notice their website says unlimited data, but if you use too much they will cut you off and discontinue your service. That's about the only risk. They also don't really state their data use policy, but it is believed to be 2gb. Their customer service is also awful and barely speaks english.
Read here
http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...!-Everything-you-need-to-know-to-make-it-work!

Also Sprint, but they have gotten pricey lately. T-mobile if you go prepaid or the Even More+ plans. They are revising them again at the end of this month. Simple Mobile (prepaid using T-mobile's network).

 

[ManBearPig]

Jesus, so pretty much soon all cell phone companies are going to be (even more) retardedly expensive? We have a family plan so im trying to see where that would be the cheapest. seems like sprint or t mobile. in the end its such a pita to switch that well end up staying with att (especially since we wont even be saving that much).

 

[pm]

If you think you can use less than 200MB per month, it's worth it. If you are going from unlimited to 2GB/month, it's worth it but only if you never use more than 2GB per month.

If you are never going to use >2GB, then I don't think it's worth paying $5/month to keep the option of havingit. Particularly not since, in the unlikely event that you go over, it's only $5 more per GB that you go over. So if you save the $5 per month every month and if you do somehow manage to use 4GB, it's only $35 that month...

I looked at my mother's iPhone and she never used more than 65MB in one month going back for years and her average was like 30MB. So I switched her to the 200MB plan and she's never received an SMS warning her that she is close to her limit. This saved her $180 per year... and cost her nothing because she's never been remotely close to the 200MB limit.

For myself, I tend to use about 250MB... which made it more questionable because the savings from unlimited to 2GB were not much. Still, I switched down from the unlimited to the 200MB plan and I track it more closely and I occassionally go over on trips. In which case I bump it up to 2GB for that month and then drop it back the month after. I saved closer to $100/year.

Still, I know the feeling... it's a one way trip and you think "what if I need this data some day"... only you can answer this question... To me, I never regretted changing plans... but I still remember that feeling when the AT&T rep said "ok, when I make this change, you can not go back, are you sure?" and I paused a bit before I said "yes".

There are a lot of people on here who stream music and videos and stuff and for them, I would never recommend changing. Stay with unlimited until they pry you off the plan kicking and screaming... it was like the Sprint SERO people... it's a good deal and stick with it if you can. But if you are only using like 500MB per month, what's the point of paying $5 more in the unlikely case tha you will quadruple your usage one month... particularly since it's still only $5/GB after that.

It might just be $5, but $5 here and $5 there and soon enough you are adding up to real money.

 

[Ns1]

i wouldn't

i expect to be consuming more and more data as phones get better/data rates increase.