I was paying $30 for my iPhone, $30 for my daughters and $15 for my iPad... A total of $75 per month.
Now, since I've used less than a gig of data in 6 months of iPhone usage, I'm going to downgrade to the lower $15 per month plan. I'll keep my iPad at $15. Not sure what I'll do for my daughter, but let's say she will go to the $25 plan.
Total will be $55. That's already now saved me $20.
AND if i need more on my iPad, it's a true "upgrade" where I can just pay $10 more and get up to 2 gigs for the rest of the month.
Where I think AT&T made their mistake was not offering a true unlimited plan anymore. They should. Leave the grandfathered people alone for now and offer unlimited plans eventually for $50 a month or something.
I also still think they should offer contracts to people who want them. Prorate a discount for people like me with family plans and multiple devices. I'd gladly pay $50 per month for 3 devices with a data cap of 3-5 gigs combined.
I'm not a heavy business user or someone who travels a lot. I live in an area with good wifi hotspot saturation. I've had the 3G since launch day and haven't even come close to 100 megabytes of usage yet. For SOME of us, these plans will be just fine, and, even cheaper on a monthly basis.
Of course it was lame for AT&T to switch up the plans so soon after iPad launch, but I actually don't think it's inaccurate for them to think that most of the people who will end up "screwed" are in the minority and are not at all the norm with their heavy-duty usage.
Now, since I've used less than a gig of data in 6 months of iPhone usage, I'm going to downgrade to the lower $15 per month plan. I'll keep my iPad at $15. Not sure what I'll do for my daughter, but let's say she will go to the $25 plan.
Total will be $55. That's already now saved me $20.
AND if i need more on my iPad, it's a true "upgrade" where I can just pay $10 more and get up to 2 gigs for the rest of the month.
Where I think AT&T made their mistake was not offering a true unlimited plan anymore. They should. Leave the grandfathered people alone for now and offer unlimited plans eventually for $50 a month or something.
I also still think they should offer contracts to people who want them. Prorate a discount for people like me with family plans and multiple devices. I'd gladly pay $50 per month for 3 devices with a data cap of 3-5 gigs combined.
I'm not a heavy business user or someone who travels a lot. I live in an area with good wifi hotspot saturation. I've had the 3G since launch day and haven't even come close to 100 megabytes of usage yet. For SOME of us, these plans will be just fine, and, even cheaper on a monthly basis.
Of course it was lame for AT&T to switch up the plans so soon after iPad launch, but I actually don't think it's inaccurate for them to think that most of the people who will end up "screwed" are in the minority and are not at all the norm with their heavy-duty usage.