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Friday January 15, 2010
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AT&T today announced new, lower-cost unlimited plans in an attempt to match Verizon's moves to lower their monthly rates.
The cuts are dramatic, but they depend on what kind of phone you have. Feature phone customers will see unlimited talk plans dropped from $99.99 to $69.99 per month, with talk and text costing $89.99 per month. If you have a "quick messaging device" - a phone with a keyboard - you'll have to get the texting add-on.
Smartphone owners, including iPhone users, see unlimited voice and data plans drop from $129.99/month to $99.99/month - though that doesn't include texting, which can cost up to $20/month more.
This puts AT&T's plans on par with Verizon's, although both carriers are still more expensive than Sprint and T-Mobile. AT&T customers can change to any of the new plans without a penalty or contract extension starting Monday.
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January 19, 2010 7:33 AM
The phone works fine as a gophone (but you have to buy one used and jump thru a few hoops to get the sim card.) In my experience, the the AT&T salespeople do NOT want to sell you a GoPhone Sim card for you to install in the iPhone (they want you to sign up for a two-year plan regardless of whether you get the phone from them or purchase it somewhere else.) It works for me, but you MUST be diligent and be SURE to turn off the network (which to some degree takes away much of the value the iPhone brings - that is the "all-you-can-eat" data plan.) If the plan was actually $70/mo it wouldn't be too bad, but once you add SMS (not included), tax (not included) and AT&T access fees (not included and pretty much unregulated) your monthly cost rises to around $100 (at least here in NY).