AT&T dumps iPhone unlimited data plan, adds tethering

Release Date 2 Jun, 2010 in Computerworld

 
   

AT&T dumps iPhone unlimited data plan, adds tethering

Computerworld - Gregg Keizer - 2 Jun, 2010
Computerworld - AT&T today announced that it is dropping its unlimited data plan for new iPhones as of June 7, and said would also offer tethering to iPhone customers for an extra $20 per month. Rather than offer new iPhone customers ...

New AT&T data plans milk data gluttons, lower costs for most

Ars Technica - Chris Foresman - 2 Jun, 2010
As AT&T Wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega has hinted at for months, AT&T announced this morning a major overhaul to its smartphone data plans. AT&T will now offer two-tiered data plan pricing, ...

AT&T to end unlimited use mobile data plan

Reuters - Sinead Carew, Ritsuko Ando - 2 Jun, 2010
A woman takes a picture with her iPhone during the Dennis Basso Fall 2010 fashion show during New York Fashion Week, February 16, 2010. Picture taken February 16, 2010. NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc will stop offering an unlimited pricing plan for new ...

AT&T's Metered Data Plans Kill iPad's Unlimited Plans

PC Magazine - Jamie Lendino - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T said Wednesday that it is moving to a metered pricing plan for its smartphones, phasing out unlimited data usage for new customers. But AT&T also added that new iPad customers would be affected as well. It turns out that AT&T has also yanked the ...

Which New AT&T Data Plan is Right for You?

PC World - Tony Bradley - 2 Jun, 2010
Oh, the humanity. AT&T has taken the initiative to pull the plug on unlimited data plans--a move that Verizon and other wireless carriers will likely follow once the dust settles from the initial backlash at AT&T. ...

AT&T's new smart phone data plans

The Associated Press - 2 Jun, 2010
Starting Monday, AT&T Inc. is replacing its current data plan with two new ones: _ The current plan provides unlimited data for $30 per month. If you're a current customer, you can keep it. _ A new plan called DataPlus will provide 200 megabytes of ...

AT&T Cuts Some Data Plan Prices, Ends Unlimited Offer

BusinessWeek - Hugo Miller, Greg Bensinger - 2 Jun, 2010
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc., the largest US phone company, will cut wireless data-plan prices for most users next week and stop offering unlimited data plans to manage soaring demand for data-hungry devices like ...

HEARD ON THE STREET: AT&T Weighs the Price on Data

Wall Street Journal - Martin Peers - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T brings some much-needed common sense to the wireless industry with the introduction of usage-based pricing for its data plans. And by cutting the price of data for most people, it could prompt more to sign up for smartphones, ...

No more unlimited data for AT&T customers

Palestine Herald Press - 2 Jun, 2010
AP BETHEL â€" NEW YORK (AP) â€" Just in time for the release of a new iPhone, AT&T will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads and charge more for users who hog the most bandwidth. ...

AT&T offers new data plans for iPhone, iPad, smartphones

Afterdawn.com - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T has announced new data plans for their smartphone line, including the iPhone and iPad tablet, which will be less expensive for customers, but will also limit data use. The cheapest new plan is $15 per month, but will only include 200MB of data. ...

AT&T to Enable iPhone Tethering; Reworks Data Plans

Digital Media Wire - Mark Hefflinger - 2 Jun, 2010
Dallas - AT&T (NYSE: T) on Wednesday announced plans to finally enable tethering to Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone, along with new data plans for its new smartphone and iPad-owning customers. The new DataPlus entry-level data package offers 200MB of data ...

AT&T Offers 'More Affordable' Wireless Data Plans

CIO Today - Jennifer LeClaire - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T is offering two new wireless data plans at lower prices ahead of the expected launch of Apple's iPhone 4G. AT&T's DataPlus plan is $15 a month and is DataPro plan is $25 a month. Both AT&T's DataPlus and DataPro plans offer ...

AT&T lowers wireless data plan prices

Bizjournals.com - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T has overhauled its wireless pricing for plans unveiled Wednesday that eliminate unlimited data usage. The company now has a $15 a month entry plan or a $25 a month plan with 10 times more data. Current smartphone customers are not required to ...

Biz Break: Apple's iPhone: tethering, but no more all-you-can-eat data

San Jose Mercury News - Frank Michael Russell - 2 Jun, 2010
FILE - In this April 7, 2010 file photo, an Apple customer displays the new iPad, left, next to his iPhone in Palo Alto, Calif. In time for the widely expected launch of a new iPhone model, carrier AT&T Inc. is pulling in the ...

AT&T goes to two-tier smartphone options

UPI.com - 2 Jun, 2010
DALLAS, June 2 (UPI) -- US communications giant AT&T said Wednesday it would break from tradition with a two-tiered pricing system for smartphone data use. Rather than charge a single fee for unlimited Internet access with mobile devices, ...

Entner: The three pillars of AT&T's new data pricing plans

FierceWireless - Roger Entner - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T announced an overhaul of its data pricing approach. Effective June 7, 2010, the day of Steve Job's opening remarks at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, all AT&T smartphone customers have the choice between a new 200 MB per month plan called ...

AT&T Scraps Unlimited Data Plans

Black Web 2.0 - Sherri L. Smith - 2 Jun, 2010
Remember when AT&T got put on blast for their less-than-stellar performance in big cities like New York and San Francisco? And remember their response was to insinuate that the problem wasn't the severe lack of towers in those areas, ...

AT&T Rocks Smartphone Industry by Dropping Unlimited Data Plans

Money Morning - Don Miller - 2 Jun, 2010
In a pioneering move likely to shake up the mobile telecom industry, AT&T (NYSE: T) today (Wednesday) abandoned unlimited-pricing plans for new wireless subscribers accessing data on smartphones. ...

AT&T caps data use with new plans

CED Magazine - Maisie Ramsay - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T is capping the amount of data its subscribers can use in two new data plans that go into effect June 7 and will no longer be offering unlimited data plans to its subscribers. The first plan, called Data Plus, ...

There's something sleazy about AT&T capping data plans right after raising ...

BetaNews - Joe Wilcox - 2 Jun, 2010
For iPhone users already loathing AT&T, the carrier has given them a new reason: New data-capped plans introduced in somewhat sneaky fashion. Starting June 7th, AT&T will do away with unlimited smartphone ...

Analysts note that BlackBerry generates less traffic than iPhone for data

MarketWatch - Dan Gallagher - 2 Jun, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A new plan by AT&T to sell tiered wireless data plans -- and do away with unlimited plans -- is expected to help makers of smartphone devices such as Research In Motion and Motorola, ...

AT&T revamps data plans for iPhone. So what's changed?

Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - 2 Jun, 2010
On Wednesday, AT&T announced it would roll out a variety of new data plans for the Apple iPhone. Here's how the update affects you. The carrier has rolled out a new data plan for the iPhone. Is it right for you? Depends on how you feel about tethering. ...

Bandwidth Hogs Will Not Like the New iPhone

NBC Bay Area - Sajid Farooq - 2 Jun, 2010
The only network carrier for Apple's smartphone announced it will stop letting new customers sign up for its unlimited Internet data plan for smart phones and iPads. Users who hog the network's precious bandwidth will be charged more. ...

AT&T Allowing Grandfathered DataConnect Plans to Carry Over on Upgrades

PhoneNews.com - Humberto Saabedra - 2 Jun, 2010
Following up on this morning's forthcoming data plan changes, AT&T has confirmed on its Facebook page that it would allow customers that have the current DataConnect unlimited data plan after June 7th to keep the plan when upgrading. ...

iPhone users finally get tethering â€" for a price

msnbc.com - Suzanne Choney - 2 Jun, 2010
Nearly a year after it was promised to iPhone users by Steve Jobs, "tethering" â€" using the phone as a laptop connection to the Internet â€" will be offered by AT&T this summer. But it will cost you an extra $20 a month. ...

AT&T's iPhone Tethering Plan Is Lame, but at Least It's Here

NBC Bay Area - 2 Jun, 2010
So you want to use your iPhone's data connection to surf the web on your laptop? Starting next week, at long last, you'll be able to! Here are the details: the ability to tether will set you back an extra $20 a month. For your Jackson, you'll get 2GB ...

AT&T moves to limit smartphone data usage with new pay plans

Los Angeles Times (blog) - 2 Jun, 2010
AT&T announced a new set of wireless data plans that would require users to pay extra money if they exceeded monthly limits set on the amount of data they sent and received through their phones. On its line of smartphones -- including Apple Inc.'s ...

AT&T's Data Limits Reign In Cloud-Based Media Services

Wired News - Eliot Van Buskirk - 2 Jun, 2010
Wireless networks and music services were thought to be converging to create music services based in the cloud, allowing us to access whatever media we want within seconds. That day is farther off, now that AT&T has ceased selling ...

AT&T adopts tiered pricing for smartphone data access

EETimes.com - 2 Jun, 2010
SAN FRANCISCOâ€"AT&T Inc. Tuesday (June 2) announced a new pricing model for smarthphone wireless data plans that moves away from the current standard "all you can eat" data access plans to a tiered pricing structure offering fixed amounts of data usage. ...

AT&T to Close the Data Buffet

TheStreet.com - Scott Moritz - 2 Jun, 2010
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- AT&T(T) is ushering out unlimited plans and bringing back the meter for tiered wireless data pricing. Just ahead of the new Apple iPhone introduction next week, AT&T has unveiled two data ...

 

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