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I've got news for you. You're getting ripped off by AT&T. Unless you are a heavy user $40 is more expensive than what you'd pay on a prepaid provider. There

by breser 13y ago

I've got news for you. You're getting ripped off by AT&T. Unless you are a heavy user $40 is more expensive than what you'd pay on a prepaid provider. There are a number of options such T-Mobiles $30 prepaid plan (that's somewhat hidden and includes 5GB of 4G data, unlimited texting and 100 minutes of voice), Ting (which can be very cheap if you are only a moderate user and as low as just $15 with up to 100 minutes, 100 texts, and under 100 MBs of data), and a bunch of other cheaper options. I'd encourage you to look at your actual usage and reconsider these all you can eat plans. They really are not that great of a deal unless you're a high usage user, which a lot of people are not. Another point I'll make is be careful about looking at your reported usage. I'm not sure about AT&T since I haven't had an account there in a while, but Verizon can be very missleading (often showing your usage rounded up to the next nearest whole GB e.g. 100MB shows as 1GB on the usage part of your bill). In the case of Verizon I had to retrieve a CSV file and add my own usage up to realize I wasn't using as much as I thought I was.

krstck 13y ago
Unfortunately, there are a lot of us out there that can't get service unless we're on AT&T or Verizon.
superuser2 13y ago
I live in the suburbs of a second-string city. In (and more importantly between) the suburbs and exurbs, prepaid and MVNO coverage is Swiss cheese at best. My primary use case for cellular data is navigation, which is most important precisely where MVNOs and T-Mobile Prepaid are entirely dark. My first phone was T-Mobile prepaid and while their customer service was friendly, their network was not within an order of magnitude of useful if you got any further from downtown than my house. This might be a good strategy for someone who never leaves a major metropolitan area though. EDIT: Also I have Verizon, which is rock solid in this market. Since I ditched prepaid, I've never been without cell coverage except inside of very dense buildings.

by breser 13y ago

krstck 13y ago

Unfortunately, there are a lot of us out there that can't get service unless we're on AT&T or Verizon.

superuser2 13y ago

I live in the suburbs of a second-string city. In (and more importantly between) the suburbs and exurbs, prepaid and MVNO coverage is Swiss cheese at best. My primary use case for cellular data is navigation, which is most important precisely where MVNOs and T-Mobile Prepaid are entirely dark. My first phone was T-Mobile prepaid and while their customer service was friendly, their network was not within an order of magnitude of useful if you got any further from downtown than my house. This might be a good strategy for someone who never leaves a major metropolitan area though. EDIT: Also I have Verizon, which is rock solid in this market. Since I ditched prepaid, I've never been without cell coverage except inside of very dense buildings.