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Monday 27 February 2017

Wireless Wars Augment as AT&T Joins the Unlimited Data Quarrel

AT&T enters the war of unlimited data plans that broke out among diverse government cell phone service providers, including Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. All these cellular phone service providers are enticing customers to sign up for their plans. 

AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation, headquartered at Whitacre Tower in downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the second largest provider of cellular phone services and the largest provider of fixed telephone services in the United States.

It is a well-known government cell phone service provider, providing various alluring cell phone plans to its customers. This is not its first unlimited plan. Earlier, DirecTV or U-Verse subscribers were encouraged to sign up for unlimited data. However, the previous requirement is commendably being flapped for all customers. 


Key Warnings

The cellular phone service provider’s new unlimited plan costs $100 per month for a single line and an additional $40 per month for each extra line. Customers can ask for a maximum four lines. Those who are going to use four lines have to pay $220 for the first two months. AT&T charges such users $180, including a $40 credit that takes effect after two months. Business customers can also sign up, and enjoy the benefits of a heavy corporate discount.

The plan incorporates unlimited calls between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Additionally, customers can send unlimited texts to over 120 countries, and can even add AT&T's Roam North America feature without paying anything extra. This will allow them to use voice, text and data while in Canada and Mexico.

However, there are certain essential cautions as well, like slowing down network speeds after consuming the first 22 GB of data. The plan also excludes hotspot data, which is included in other mobile carriers’ plans. The plan also has AT&T Stream Saver activated by default, which restricts video resolution to below HD.

AT&T is Still the Most Costly Option

It's hard to state if the new plan will win AT&T any new converts. Sprint and T-Mobile have been putting forth unlimited plans for some time, though with specific confinements. Verizon hopped into the competition a few weeks ago with its own unlimited plan, which appears to have provoked Sprint and T-Mobile to dispose of their confinements.

AT&T's plan is the most costly of the four plans for a single client. Sprint offers the least expensive plan. The subscriber pays $50 a month for a single line with unlimited data. T-Mobile comes in at $70 and Verizon is putting forth its unlimited plan at a price of $80. The other three plans deliver 10 GB of hotspot information, something that AT&T's plan is not delivering. 


The organization may have an edge with families or establishments that experience a huge amount of data and are all on a similar plan. And still, after all that, at $180 for four lines, AT&T is still twice as costly as Sprint, which provides a similar plan for $90 for four lines.

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