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Carrier AT&T Grandfather Unlimited vs New Unlimited Plan

Testing out t mo gets better signal and faster data than att in my apt which is a crappy dead ish zone.

Woo I might have to switch for that alone. Got a 7+ att and SE t mo gonna compare both
Around town a little (did prepaid 5gb for 50 to test)

Nerding out ! Haha
 
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Brandonjr36 said:
You've lost your marbles. T-Mobile doesn't even compare when you get away from the cities. They have nothing can't even make a phone call with there service. I had them for a week. They wanted to charge me $400 to leave them I told them I didn't care if it cost me $1000 I was going to Verizon someone with actual service. T-Mobile could be half price of my Verizon bill and I still wouldn't have them. I've seen sprint phones with better service them T-Mobile.
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I haven't lost my marbles, I have them all sitting here in a baggie:D
Tmobile is awesome where Im at and works great and fast. Every place is not the same and service will vary just like with any carrier in various locations throughout the US.
You really think the 72 million subscribers cannot even make a phone call with their service like you're overgeneralizing?
Yes, we're all paying them for nothing according to you :D
Keep sipping that verizon koolaid :D
Its the network, can you hear me now?
 
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I've had unlimited data since 08 for the iPhone. I FINALLY transffered to another plan. I was on a group plan me and my fiancé had the original grand fathered unlimited data her dad had the 3gb data total each month cause he would go over by 1-2 gb would be 270-300 a month now my bill should be in the low 200's. I'm happy only thing is stream saver is turned on by default so make sure u go online and turn it off or all video will be 480p
 
Applejuiced said:
I haven't lost my marbles, I have them all sitting here in a baggie:D
Tmobile is awesome where Im at and works great and fast. Every place is not the same and service will vary just like with any carrier in various locations throughout the US.
You really think the 72 million subscribers cannot even make a phone call with their service like you're overgeneralizing?
Yes, we're all paying them for nothing according to you :D
Keep sipping that verizon koolaid :D
Its the network, can you hear me now?
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I never drop calls lol. I'm sure some do have good service with them. There ok in the cities, like I said in my last post. But once you get out into the country you don't get **** with them. I rather have reliable and pay a few more bucks then to have T-Mobile and have to worry about coverage and that is exactly what I would be doing where I'm located if I had them.
 
Brandonjr36 said:
I never drop calls lol. I'm sure some do have good service with them. There ok in the cities, like I said in my last post. But once you get out into the country you don't get **** with them. I rather have reliable and pay a few more bucks then to have T-Mobile and have to worry about coverage and that is exactly what I would be doing where I'm located if I had them.
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I never drop calls either:D
I live in the New England area and everywhere I been so far in the tri state area and all places I frequent have been great.
Not sure what part of the US you mean "out into the country" but there's good and bad locations for all carriers. Verizon is not good at every location.
What works for you in the US Mid-West and Missouri doesn't mean its the same for everyone throughout the whole US.
Overgeneralizing what your little town near the Kansas and Oklahoma state border cellular service is with a broad "T-Mobile sucks" comment is pretty ignorant.
 
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I drop calls in my house all the time with ATT and even reported it to them on multiple occasions with no resolution. Also multiple dead zones that drop me in the city of Dallas. Home of ATT
 
mhdena said:
AT&T sent out a letter a few weeks ago announcing the $5 data increase and offering to waive any early termination fee if you canceled/switched within 60 days.

I had my fee waived.
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So you cancelled your contract and is still with AT&T but on a different plan? I tried to do that and they said I can't do that, but they will let me cancel and go to another carrier and waive the termination fee.
 
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ansabakhan said:
any disadvantage in switching to the new unlimited ?
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I have grandfathered Unlimited from the first generation iPhone in 07. My wife was a customer back in the "cellular one" days before Cingular. She didn't get a smart phone until the 5S was out so she couldn't get the unlimited plan. If we switch, it will save us about $30 a month. Even if I had a single unlimited plan myself I priced it out and I would still save about $30 going with the new unlimited (I had a high minute plan, I needed it). I don't tether a device so for me the "no tethering" rule is pointless anyway. Ask yourself if you really need the unlimited, it could be cheaper to go with like a 16 GB plan and still be ok. I spoke to a couple of guys in the AT&T store and said "I don't want to give up what I held on to this long only to get screwed when they cancel the new plan" and I was told AT&T will always grandfather you with your plan, long after they stop offering it so I don't have to worry about ever being told like I can't keep Unlimited Data. For us, totally worthwhile, and I don't see any downside. Less money and my wife never has to worry about going over her data again. Around here (NJ), I get better service that some of my friends with Verizon. The only time I ever had an issue with AT&T is when they lost 25% of their towers in NJ after Sandy hit. I left Verizon for them long ago and left Sprint for Verizon so I have made the rounds to everyone but T-Mobile and I have had T-Mobile subscribers tell me not to switch to them for anything other than price. I can't speak personally as to any experience on their network. I say go for it, I am about to make the switch, I don't see any downside.
 
JDPrusik said:
I have grandfathered Unlimited from the first generation iPhone in 07. My wife was a customer back in the "cellular one" days before Cingular. She didn't get a smart phone until the 5S was out so she couldn't get the unlimited plan. If we switch, it will save us about $30 a month. Even if I had a single unlimited plan myself I priced it out and I would still save about $30 going with the new unlimited (I had a high minute plan, I needed it). I don't tether a device so for me the "no tethering" rule is pointless anyway. Ask yourself if you really need the unlimited, it could be cheaper to go with like a 16 GB plan and still be ok. I spoke to a couple of guys in the AT&T store and said "I don't want to give up what I held on to this long only to get screwed when they cancel the new plan" and I was told AT&T will always grandfather you with your plan, long after they stop offering it so I don't have to worry about ever being told like I can't keep Unlimited Data. For us, totally worthwhile, and I don't see any downside. Less money and my wife never has to worry about going over her data again. Around here (NJ), I get better service that some of my friends with Verizon. The only time I ever had an issue with AT&T is when they lost 25% of their towers in NJ after Sandy hit. I left Verizon for them long ago and left Sprint for Verizon so I have made the rounds to everyone but T-Mobile and I have had T-Mobile subscribers tell me not to switch to them for anything other than price. I can't speak personally as to any experience on their network. I say go for it, I am about to make the switch, I don't see any downside.
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ugh...my friend who works for ATT escalated me to the office of the President and the best they could do was to apologize and help me move to another carrier. They did offer a free microcell as I NEVER been able to hold a conversation without it dropping in my house.

When speaking to the rep, I was never given an opportunity to change plans or a better plan despite being in your same position as a loyal customer since before 2007!

I am thinking about switching to t-mobile, while its true I might not get as good call reception...I already have that problem now...in ATT's home turf of Dallas Texas!

But I gain tethering, free Gogo internet and free international when I go overseas.

all for a price cheaper than ATT's plan.
 
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7racer said:
ugh...my friend who works for ATT escalated me to the office of the President and the best they could do was to apologize and help me move to another carrier. They did offer a free microcell as I NEVER been able to hold a conversation without it dropping in my house.

When speaking to the rep, I was never given an opportunity to change plans or a better plan despite being in your same position as a loyal customer since before 2007!

I am thinking about switching to t-mobile, while its true I might not get as good call reception...I already have that problem now...in ATT's home turf of Dallas Texas!

But I gain tethering, free Gogo internet and free international when I go overseas.

all for a price cheaper than ATT's plan.
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Sad to say, they have nothing to offer. I'd say go switch.
 
davidemm said:
Supposedly you can turn off Stream Saver, though it is enabled by default. Can anyone confirm this for the new unlimited plan? http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/975839

If so, I see no downside moving from grandfathered unlimited to the new unlimited plan. Planning to do it for my 4 lines.
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I moved from the grandfathered UDP to the new unlimited plan and see no difference in speed and/or quality. I did turn off stream saver.
 
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thadoggfather said:
How do U do that?
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Go to your AT&T account and immediately after you log in you should be in the overview page. On the overview page under the section "AT&T Unlimited plan" there should be a button that says "View All Usage". Underneath that button there is a link that says "Manage Stream Saver". In there you can turn off Stream Saver for each phone. It may take a few hours after you change your plan for this link to work correctly.
 
Knight^mare said:
Go to your AT&T account and immediately after you log in you should be in the overview page. On the overview page under the section "AT&T Unlimited plan" there should be a button that says "View All Usage". Underneath that button there is a link that says "Manage Stream Saver". In there you can turn off Stream Saver for each phone. It may take a few hours after you change your plan for this link to work correctly.
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Thanks. I think while evaluating t mobile or not I'm gonna call customer care and switch us. We should be saving at least 100 dollars alone to move off three unlimited grandfathered, unlimited text, per line cost, and a bucket of minutes.
 
Cost me $7 less per month to get family unlimited for 5 lines compared to my old family talk 700 minute plan. 4 smartphones 1 flip phone.
 
mazdamiata210 said:
Cost me $7 less per month to get family unlimited for 5 lines compared to my old family talk 700 minute plan. 4 smartphones 1 flip phone.
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180 vs 255 before taxes and all. In my case. Moving off 2100 minutes/unlimited text/3 unlimited grandfathered plans. It was a serious rip.

That'll equate to probably like 90 bucks difference after taxes and fees and FAN discount still.

Maybe worth the increase to not deal with headache of coverage gap for my family

And hearing about it.

T mo seems solid in my city but
 
I have or had the AT&TGUP. In early November I got an email which is below:

Account Login: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Cellular Data Number is XXXXXXXXXXX

Your Unlimited MB for 30 days - LTE rate plan has approximately 30 minutes of the plan duration remaining. To purchase more, please go to Settings on your iPad.

Thank You,
AT&T

Stupid me, thought that unlimited meant there was no limit. But this is just the start of the AT&T ********. I called and they agreed that something was wrong. But after 8 phone calls since Nov 14, 3 of which they placed me on hold and never returned (by the way, never, never, ever ask for a supervisor. You will never get them, they will hang up or swear that the supervisor will call you right back, which never happens. or place you on permanent FU hold). Asking for names and ID numbers have only yielded "let me put you on hold for a few minutes", again FU and the pony you rode in on.

Just spent the last 62 minutes with Olivia. She could not get the AT&T computers to accept my payment so my Grandfathered plan is kaput. No reason why I am having this problem. But AT&T frequently offered to switch me to another plan, if I said no the next phrase would be "let me put you on hold for a few minutes.

I found most of the operators to be lying sacks of ****, supervisors to be nonexistent and Techincal people offering no recourse except "oh well". I did not try upper management, did not want to have Randall Stephenson threaten me with a restraining order. I made a complaint to the FCC. But, given the current leadership of the FCC, I might be seeing Black Helicopters hovering outside my window ready to take my wrinkled subversive, anti-business, anti-free market, anti-mom, home and apple pie ass into protective custody.

Throughout this Orwellian/Kafkaesque ordeal, I found myself wondering if this is the new world, where such tactics work because there is no recourse. Further, that the "BIG LIE" is the same as the truth and the main job of the consumer is to be bovine and milked for money.

Give up, NFW, not while there is snow in Alaska. Which there will always be because the President stated that global warming does not exist.
 
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ibphd said:
I have or had the AT&TGUP. In early November I got an email which is below:
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I know exactly what you're dealing with.
Having issues and dealing with AT&T reps is a nightmare.
I had to get the bbb.org after them a few times to get things done. They are completely useless unless someone higher up from corporate gets involved and they finally can get your situation resolved.
Give that a shot also and hope it works out.
 
ibphd said:
I have or had the AT&TGUP. In early November I got an email which is below:

Account Login: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Cellular Data Number is XXXXXXXXXXX

Your Unlimited MB for 30 days - LTE rate plan has approximately 30 minutes of the plan duration remaining. To purchase more, please go to Settings on your iPad.

Thank You,
AT&T

Stupid me, thought that unlimited meant there was no limit. But this is just the start of the AT&T ********. I called and they agreed that something was wrong. But after 8 phone calls since Nov 14, 3 of which they placed me on hold and never returned (by the way, never, never, ever ask for a supervisor. You will never get them, they will hang up or swear that the supervisor will call you right back, which never happens. or place you on permanent FU hold). Asking for names and ID numbers have only yielded "let me put you on hold for a few minutes", again FU and the pony you rode in on.

Just spent the last 62 minutes with Olivia. She could not get the AT&T computers to accept my payment so my Grandfathered plan is kaput. No reason why I am having this problem. But AT&T frequently offered to switch me to another plan, if I said no the next phrase would be "let me put you on hold for a few minutes.

I found most of the operators to be lying sacks of ****, supervisors to be nonexistent and Techincal people offering no recourse except "oh well". I did not try upper management, did not want to have Randall Stephenson threaten me with a restraining order. I made a complaint to the FCC. But, given the current leadership of the FCC, I might be seeing Black Helicopters hovering outside my window ready to take my wrinkled subversive, anti-business, anti-free market, anti-mom, home and apple pie ass into protective custody.

Throughout this Orwellian/Kafkaesque ordeal, I found myself wondering if this is the new world, where such tactics work because there is no recourse. Further, that the "BIG LIE" is the same as the truth and the main job of the consumer is to be bovine and milked for money.

Give up, NFW, not while there is snow in Alaska. Which there will always be because the President stated that global warming does not exist.
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I’ve always gotten excellent service from AT&T reps. But regardless, I’m confused why they are saying you have 30 MINUTES left when you seem upset about your DATA plan, and why this is in regard to your iPad when you’re posting in a thread for iPhones. Something is very inconsistent here.
 
melman101 said:
I switched to the new unlimited plan, saved $20 bucks a month, got tethering on my all my iPhones on the plan, awesome. I would never go back.
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I did the same thing about a year ago. Has AT&T discontinued tethering with the new plan now?
 
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