AT&T Increases Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans By $5

AT&T would charge $5 more for offering its grandfathered unlimited data plans.

AT&T has taken an initiative to improve its financial situation. The telecommunications service provider disappointed a large number of long time users of iPhones on Monday as it proclaimed a $5 per month increase in rate on grandfathered unlimited data offers.

AT&T news said that the Texas-based organization has not provided unlimited data to new clients since the year 2012, but subscribers who availed them through their iPhone 3G era and continued this practice up till now would witness the first place increment in seven years, from $30 per month to $35 per month. The organization would first inform affected clients, and then begin charging them additional $5 in February 2016.

Whereas the company earlier was criticized for cutting down the speeds of these so-call unlimited offers after the clients hit 5 gigabytes, AT&T lately made an amendment to its program. Now it is only lowering down the speed offered to users “if you exceed 22GB of data in a billing cycle and are in a congested area.”

AT&T news today affirmed that this is quite worrying for users as if they have unlimited offers with the organization and they are still under agreement, they still are required to make the increased payments. If they are not interested in paying, then the only option they have is to abandon their agreement within two months of receiving the higher bill, and the enterprise would waive off the early termination charge “for the lines impacted by the price increase.” 

If a user is on the only unlimited-data line on three-line family plan and wants to move the entire family, he or she would yet be on the hook for ETFs for the rest of the two lines. The company is hoping that clients would switch over to its Mobile share value offers instead, which could save their money versus making payments for exclusive data buckets for every subscriber, although then a user also has to know and disseminate the information.

AT&T Breaking news reported that Verizon Communications, Sprint, and T-Mobile would cover the expenses of shifting from another telecom until a user turns in his or her existing smartphone and purchases a newer one. Therefore, the organization’s unlimited customers may consider shifting.

At Sprint, a new 64 gigabytes iPhone 6S costs $100 but has been cut down to $15 a month if a user trades in a different smartphone – it is a 22-month lease – but a user is permitted to upgrade to a newer iPhone anytime.