Hello All,
I just spoke to a trusted AT&T Wireless contact of mine who requested to remain anonymous.
According to my source:
1.
Any current iPhone customer with the $30 per month unlimited data plan may continue to use the unlimited plan (at $30 per month) even if they choose to purchase a new iPhone be it subsidized (an upgrade in contract) or unsubsidized (customer pays full market value).
2.
Current iPhone customers who wish to downgrade their actual handset will lose the $30 per month unlimited plan.
3.
According to my source (however this one is not set in stone) any current iPhone customer with the $30 per month unlimited data plan who wishes to add the $20 per month tethering option loses the $30 per month unlimited data plan. My source confirmed that AT&T Wireless has the ability to distinguish data traveling over the network that is used on the phone from that which is used as a result of tethering; thus, AT&T Wireless may resend this particular policy.
PERSONAL NOTE:
I consider myself to be an above average iPhone 3GS data user. In the past 12 months, I was forced to use my iPhone 3GS as my one and only means to connect to the world. During this time, I surfed the web daily. During that particular month, I used only 140MB of data. My average data use is about 25MB.
AS for tethering, I use a Verizon Wireless Air Card at $60 per month. As a longtime customer of Verizon Wireless, I am grandfathered in on a completely unlimited data plan.
Below you will find a link to an article that pretty much nails my general opinion on AT&T Wireless’ new data plan announcement.
Unlike the author of the article, however, my Verizon Wireless Air Card is a USB device. As such, I can connect any of my computers, albeit one at a time, to the net in less than 60 seconds.
I am not a fan of the MyFi card for a host of reasons not the least of which is that the MyFi requires a separate power source or is limited by the device’s battery. My old-style USB Air Card gets its power from the device to which it is attached. Besides, I can only use one computer at a time, right?
Click Here for the article mentioned above (note that the article contains some profanity).
Good Luck and Happy AT&T Wireless Browsing.
Mark
