This is the second time AT&T has increased the price of
its grandfathered unlimited data plans.
AT&T has revealed that starting in March 2017, it will begin charging $ 5 more per month for
its grandfathered unlimited data plans.
No matter what plan you're on — whether it's the old,
grandfathered unlimited data plan or a tiered plan or the new unlimited plan — Verizon is taking a tighter grip over video streaming.
No word if those subscribed to Verizon's
grandfathered unlimited data plan will be offered an olive branch over to this plan.
Not exact matches
According to the T - Mobile rep, those who have the $ 30
plan today are now «
grandfathered» in, but for new customers the $ 45 a month offering — which gives
unlimited talk, but 1 GB less of 4G
data — is now the cheapest option.
Those with
grandfathered unlimited plans just recently won an FCC case barring them from being throttled, so I'm in the best possible position right now — truly
unlimited data, on a fast network, with no throttling, and because I'm willing to sign a contract and don't have a need to be able to break my contract at a moment's notice like a plebian, I also get phones cheaper than said plebians.
Verizon and AT&T haven't offered
unlimited plans to new customers for years, but existing subscribers are seeing the cost of their
grandfathered unlimited plans rising: Verizon hiked the price for its
unlimited data pack by $ 20 to $ 50 a month, while AT&T announced
plans to bump the monthly fee for
unlimited data from $ 30 to $ 35 in early 2016.
If you are one of the few who are still on Verizon's $ 30 monthly
unlimited plans, and you have a massive appetite for
data, staying on the
grandfathered plan may make sense.
If you consistently use more than 10 GB of
data, and are
grandfathered into Verizon's
unlimited plans, you should stay.
Grandfathered users who still have AT&T
unlimited data plans will see their rates go up starting in February.