Dump unlimited for ATT shared plan?

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I currently have AT&Ts FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover using 3 smartphones and 3 separate data plans. I have the Samsung Skyrocket w/grandfathered unlimited data and always get throttled at 5gbs. My wife and daughter have the 2gb plans and they never use more then 500mbs. So I was thinking about switching to their 10gb shared plan giving me about 9gbs of data per month. Here is my current bill break down.

Main phone:
FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover $60.00
Family Messaging Unlimited w/m2m $30.00
Data Unlimited for 4G LTE $30.00

Wife phone:
FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover $9.99
DataPro 2GB for Smartphone $25.00

Daughter phone:
FamilyTalk Nation 700 with Rollover $9.99
DataPro 2GB for Smartphone $25.00

Grand total before taxes 189.98.

After taxes and my 19% discount my bill is about $185 a month. I think it's a pretty fair price but I'm getting sick and tired of being throttled month after month. So here's what the new plan would look like.

10GB Mobile Share plan $120
Shared devices $90
Total before taxes $210

So it looks like it would cost me roughly about 20 bucks extra a month after taxes and discount. Do you think it's worth it? Should I give up my unlimited data?
 
Keep your current plan. Buy a non-AT&T smartphone. Use it on their network. You get unlimited data and no throttling for $10 a month. No LTE though. So same current bill, minus $20 a month.
 
Medion said:
Keep your current plan. Buy a non-AT&T smartphone. Use it on their network. You get unlimited data and no throttling for $10 a month. No LTE though. So same current bill, minus $20 a month.
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From OP:
I have the Samsung Skyrocket w/grandfathered unlimited data and always get throttled at 5gbs.
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how badly are you throttled?
 
paperwastage said:
From OP:


how badly are you throttled?
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Probably down to the 2G network....making the phone a paperweight once throttled

OP - I went from VZW UNlimited to the new plans and ended up saving money...mainly due to an obscene amount of phones on my plan.

You have to change your habits - phones on my plan are on Wifi for a majority of the day. Only time data is used when we are actually out and about. With a 10 GB limit, I've never had the 7 phones on my plan surpass 2 gb since September.
 
I'd rather save the money and just change my usage so I used less data and/or be throttled near the end of the month.
 
Medion said:
Not relevant to my post. The Medianet plan that I mentioned is not throttled. He would save $20/mo and not be throttled. He would lose LTE and revert to HSPA+.
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you didn't explicitly mention medianet...you said "keep your plan"

and it's kinda a pain to hide on medianet right now... t-mobile phones are being detected, a lot of int'l unlocked smartphones don't work either... your smartphone choices will become limited(i.e. iPhone 5 from verizon will work on medianet right now, but it might be detected soon... no samsung smartphones....)

cat and mouse game

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446373
 
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paperwastage said:
you didn't explicitly mention medianet...you said "keep your plan"

and it's kinda a pain to hide on medianet right now... t-mobile phones are being detected, a lot of int'l unlocked smartphones don't work either... your smartphone choices will become limited(i.e. iPhone 5 from verizon will work on medianet right now, but it might be detected soon... no samsung smartphones....)

cat and mouse game

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446373
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All good info (I've linked that site as well). Many Samsung phones do work, like my current SGS2. However, their more modern flagships are flagged pretty quick.
 
How's T-mobile coverage in your area? You could put your wife and daughter on the $60 unlimited/2GB plan and yourself on the $70 unlimited everything plan. So it would come out to $190 total per month, albeit with HSPA+ only as of now (though T-mobile is getting 1700/2100MHz LTE this year, and that might work on your Skyrocket).
 
Pylon said:
How's T-mobile coverage in your area? You could put your wife and daughter on the $60 unlimited/2GB plan and yourself on the $70 unlimited everything plan. So it would come out to $190 total per month, albeit with HSPA+ only as of now (though T-mobile is getting 1700/2100MHz LTE this year, and that might work on your Skyrocket).
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T-mobile already has LTE in some cities. I have a AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 that just hauls butt on 4G with a T-mobile SIM. That model does NOT support HSDPA+
 
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