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Apple extends AT&T's iPhone contract until 2011 due to cheap iPad data plan

14 points by anderzole 16y ago

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allesnik 16y ago
Dammit. The iPhone is great, AT&T isn't. I was really hoping to pick up the new iPhone and switch to Verizon this summer
protomyth 16y ago
I am really curious who has problems with AT&T coverage and who doesn't. In MN it is fine, ND is iffy but actually getting better (they don't offer the iPhone in ND), and SD seems to be good.
- BigZaphod 16y ago
  Do you get much 3G in Minnesota? I'm in Iowa and there's only 3 cities (I think) in the whole state with any 3G coverage. Naturally, of course, I do not live in one of those cities... :)
  - protomyth 16y ago
    Around the Twin Cities and down the highways. Can't really speak for other parts.
- kgermino 16y ago
  Everything I've seen says that most of the problems come in larger cities, particularly on the coasts (San Francisco, New York, etc.) Anecdotally I'm from Chicago and while I don't have an iPhone I know a few people who regularly have minor problems.
- joubert 16y ago
  Bad quality a while back in NYC (i live downtown), but tho problems are gone for me
BigZaphod 16y ago
Apple is strong-arming AT&T, IMO. They've basically backed AT&T into a corner by being responsible for pretty much all of AT&Ts growth over the last few years and AT&T must be all too painfully aware of that. The iPhone continues to dominate in spite of AT&T and that has the other carriers' attention and they're trying hard to step up their game with non-iPhone options. That much is good for everyone else, at least.
lutorm 16y ago
To put those data plans in perspective, I was just looking to see if my prepaid account with Telia in Sweden still was active, and I learned: Data on prepaid accounts: 100MB/week at up to 6Mbit/s for ~$4. Data on subscription account: 500MB/month at same speed, $10. (if you go over, you're throttled, but no extra charge) 5GB/month at same speed including WiFi hotspot access, $30. So it looks like for heavy data use, it's about the same as the ipad plan. Prepaid, though, you can only get on AT&T in the US and then it's $20/100MB.
sr3d 16y ago
$30 for 3G access and that's cheap? It's out right ridiculously expensive! It should be half of that, $15 or so and we're talking about a massive game changing for both the demand for iPhone and iPad running on AT&T network. Seriously, I don't want to pay another $30 to get my iPad on 3G, on top of the $30 for the data access plan for my iPhone.

14 points by anderzole 16y ago

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Dammit. The iPhone is great, AT&T isn't. I was really hoping to pick up the new iPhone and switch to Verizon this summer

protomyth 16y ago

I am really curious who has problems with AT&T coverage and who doesn't. In MN it is fine, ND is iffy but actually getting better (they don't offer the iPhone in ND), and SD seems to be good.

BigZaphod 16y ago
Do you get much 3G in Minnesota? I'm in Iowa and there's only 3 cities (I think) in the whole state with any 3G coverage. Naturally, of course, I do not live in one of those cities... :)
- protomyth 16y ago
  Around the Twin Cities and down the highways. Can't really speak for other parts.
kgermino 16y ago
Everything I've seen says that most of the problems come in larger cities, particularly on the coasts (San Francisco, New York, etc.) Anecdotally I'm from Chicago and while I don't have an iPhone I know a few people who regularly have minor problems.
joubert 16y ago
Bad quality a while back in NYC (i live downtown), but tho problems are gone for me

BigZaphod 16y ago

Apple is strong-arming AT&T, IMO. They've basically backed AT&T into a corner by being responsible for pretty much all of AT&Ts growth over the last few years and AT&T must be all too painfully aware of that. The iPhone continues to dominate in spite of AT&T and that has the other carriers' attention and they're trying hard to step up their game with non-iPhone options. That much is good for everyone else, at least.

lutorm 16y ago

To put those data plans in perspective, I was just looking to see if my prepaid account with Telia in Sweden still was active, and I learned: Data on prepaid accounts: 100MB/week at up to 6Mbit/s for ~$4. Data on subscription account: 500MB/month at same speed, $10. (if you go over, you're throttled, but no extra charge) 5GB/month at same speed including WiFi hotspot access, $30. So it looks like for heavy data use, it's about the same as the ipad plan. Prepaid, though, you can only get on AT&T in the US and then it's $20/100MB.

sr3d 16y ago

$30 for 3G access and that's cheap? It's out right ridiculously expensive! It should be half of that, $15 or so and we're talking about a massive game changing for both the demand for iPhone and iPad running on AT&T network. Seriously, I don't want to pay another $30 to get my iPad on 3G, on top of the $30 for the data access plan for my iPhone.