Comments on: AT&T gets the tail end of this mobile price change, not consumers http://www.slashgear.com/att-gets-the-tail-end-of-this-mobile-price-change-not-consumers-19210107/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 15 May 2012 01:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Fortressnearthemeadow http://www.slashgear.com/att-gets-the-tail-end-of-this-mobile-price-change-not-consumers-19210107/#comment-173336 Fortressnearthemeadow Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:21:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210107#comment-173336 ATT did say that the average user uses 2GB, but data usage, just like everything has changed. People are using more data than ever. So they are giving the option of more data with a small price increase to support increasing usage. Duh!

]]> By: Fortressnearthemeadow http://www.slashgear.com/att-gets-the-tail-end-of-this-mobile-price-change-not-consumers-19210107/#comment-173337 Fortressnearthemeadow Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:21:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210107#comment-173337 ATT did say that the average user uses 2GB, but data usage, just like everything has changed. People are using more data than ever. So they are giving the option of more data with a small price increase to support increasing usage. Duh!

]]> By: Stephen Lee http://www.slashgear.com/att-gets-the-tail-end-of-this-mobile-price-change-not-consumers-19210107/#comment-173209 Stephen Lee Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210107#comment-173209 I tried very hard for a month to use as much data as possible on my phone (without tethering) and I was not even close to the 2G limit.  I believe 99+% of AT&T customers use anywhere between 1M and 2G. Giving the 3G limit is just a way to squeeze more money out of their customers.

And remember this, when AT&T removed unlimited plan not too long ago, they CLAIM they were saving customer’s money by dropping the data price by $5 but still giving them enough data.  Now what?

]]> By: Mmlvov http://www.slashgear.com/att-gets-the-tail-end-of-this-mobile-price-change-not-consumers-19210107/#comment-173153 Mmlvov Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:32:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210107#comment-173153 Scottnj – I am totally agree with you “new customers will be paying 5 dollars a month for extra data they will never use. ” I do not need 2 gig and I HAVE to pay $20 instead off $15.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/att-gets-the-tail-end-of-this-mobile-price-change-not-consumers-19210107/#comment-173137 Anonymous Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210107#comment-173137 I think the next big change to AT&T data plans will come about with wider implementation of 4G.  Those with unlimited data plans will be able to keep them, but they’ll be renamed as unlimited 3G data plans — if you want to use 4G, you’ll need a new data plan :-(

]]> By: Scottnj http://www.slashgear.com/att-gets-the-tail-end-of-this-mobile-price-change-not-consumers-19210107/#comment-173136 Scottnj Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:44:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=210107#comment-173136 Chris you seem to forget that ATT has said many times that the average att customer uses less then 2 gigs.
That means new customers will be paying 5 dollars a month for extra data they will never use.
Its a price increase for new users no matter how you look at it, ATT wins.

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