I was considering finally giving up my grandfathered unlimited plan and switching to the newer AT&T Unlimited Plus. But the comparison feature on my account shows I'd pay MORE.
Is that what I should expect?
Is that what I should expect?
Be very wary of taxes, fees and other carrier imposed fees. No one at AT&T (or any other carrier) will tell you ahead of time what these will be. They claim that you will only know once you get your first bill and by then, it may be too late to switch back to your old plan as its no longer offered.
Why are you wanting to switch?
I believe it's $25 off DirecTV, correct? And free HBO. So you may still save money, you'll just have to break out the calculator. I'm sure you have taxes and fees already on your current plan so that shouldn't change much. For the record, I'm on the Unlimited Plus plan and my taxes and fees add up to $6.80 per line, but that will vary based on your location.Ha, so it's even worse than it looks? Because it already looks terrible.
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I expected to save money on the new plan. Guess I was crazy. I also wanted to take advantage of discounts on DTV Now and HBO. But it's not much of a deal if my phone plan increases $15-20 for the same service.
T-mobile includes the fees in their pricing so if the plan costs $60 it will be $60Be very wary of taxes, fees and other carrier imposed fees. No one at AT&T (or any other carrier) will tell you ahead of time what these will be. They claim that you will only know once you get your first bill and by then, it may be too late to switch back to your old plan as its no longer offered.
I believe it's $25 off DirecTV, correct? And free HBO. So you may still save money, you'll just have to break out the calculator. I'm sure you have taxes and fees already on your current plan so that shouldn't change much. For the record, I'm on the Unlimited Plus plan and my taxes and fees add up to $6.80 per line, but that will vary based on your location.
I was considering finally giving up my grandfathered unlimited plan and switching to the newer AT&T Unlimited Plus. But the comparison feature on my account shows I'd pay MORE.
Is that what I should expect?
Ok but he’s not asking about T-Mobile. He said at&tT-mobile includes the fees in their pricing so if the plan costs $60 it will be $60
I think he was correcting the part of post #2 that says "No one at AT&T (or any other carrier) will tell you ahead of time what these will be".Ok but he’s not asking about T-Mobile. He said at&t
Your phone bill would go up $5/month (if you setup AutoPay to a debit card or with a check, which gives you a $10 discount on the new plan). So you're talking $145/month (new plan) vs $140/month (old plan).I expected to save money on the new plan. Guess I was crazy. I also wanted to take advantage of discounts on DTV Now and HBO. But it's not much of a deal if my phone plan increases $15-20 for the same service.
I think he was correcting the part of post #2 that says "No one at AT&T (or any other carrier) will tell you ahead of time what these will be".
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Your phone bill would go up $5/month (if you setup AutoPay to a debit card or with a check, which gives you a $10 discount on the new plan). So you're talking $145/month (new plan) vs $140/month (old plan).
The new plan would lower your DTV bill by $15/month, and the free HBO should be worth at least $10/month.
So your phone bill goes up $5/month but you get $25/month in TV discounts...
That sounds like a $20 net savings for you. Plus you get tethering and the other features @boltjames mentioned above.
Ok but he’s not asking about T-Mobile. He said at&t
Person I quoted said AT&T and other carriers. Maybe you should read the post before you respondOk but he’s not asking about T-Mobile. He said at&t
How about you read the post I was quoting. I obviously wasn't quoting the OP geniusHe was comparing the old plan to the new plan. Both AT&T so how about you fu** off!!
I just switched. We had two lines with grandfathered unlimited data that we'd kept through numerous upgrades and one line with a no-data feature phone my mom uses. Switching will save us only about $10 over what we're paying now, but we did it for the following reasons:
1. Personal Hotspot/Tethering
2. Unlimited Texting (we were still on pay-per-message, and occasionally getting burned).
3. Unlimited texting and data for my mom.
4. $15 credit on DirectTV Now.
5. The ability to add our kids for $20/ea. when they're older.
6. Not having to worry about the plan disappearing at any moment.
Free HBO for life was an added bonus.
Carefully read the fine print. If it's the same plan I considered, there is a serious throttling of data once you reach a fairly low threshold. I can see that it would be useful for a large family, with some of the incentives offered, but just be aware..........
So I signed up for AT&T Unlimited Plus last week and it says my plan price is $155. I was already on autopay on my previous plan so I assume that will go down to $145.
The site showed me a MySummary page that said my upcoming bill is $179.80 with a -0.37 proration and the ongoing monthly bill is $180.17. It didn't itemize so I'm not sure what to make of that. I hope those aren't the actual prices going forward because my previous grandfathered plan was a total of $160.60 from a plan price of $139.99. So I was expecting a new total bill of $5 more.