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AT&T: An End to Unlimited Data

“New iPhone on the Horizon, AT&T Acts Fast”

Mark your calendars, June 7, 2010 marks the end of an era for an overworked AT&T data network.

New data plans include:
200mb for $15
2GB for $25

Current subscribers are grandfathered in with their unlimited data plan. If any changes are made to their plan after said date, they will be bumped into one of the new data plans, according to an AT&T rep.

The network is barely able to sustain it’s current iPhone users at this rate and with the month or so old iPad 3G eating up chunks of data, you don’t need to imagine a better reason.

AT&T states that it is attempting to make the iPhone more affordable with cheaper data plans for the casual user. If that was the case, why wouldn’t they keep an unlimited plan option open for data heavy users. You pay a hefty luxury tax to use an iPhone, you shouldn’t have to deal with restrictions.

For those on the fence about whether or not to purchase an iPhone 3GS with unlimited data to get grandfathered in or wait for the new iPhone and get a restrictive data plan, the answer is easy. Get the 3GS, then pay the 10% restocking fee to upgrade to the new iPhone within 30 days.

With news of unlimited data ending and Apple’s WWDC coming up on June 7, you can only imagine that the latest iPhone will be unveiled and that it would be data hungry.

 
 
 
 
 
*Picture Credit of Data goes to Sean Clauretie | www.fnaok.com