Tag: DATAPLAN

On May 2nd, AT&T will impose a broadband data cap for all DSL and U-Verse customers, after having already implemented similar usage limits for wireless users nearly a year ago. People connecting to the Internet through DSL will face a monthly limit of 150 gigabytes, while U-Verse users will be capped at 250 GB per month. Anyone exceeding these limits more than three times in three different ...

Verizon's data plan pricing structure underwent a major overhaul today, as the provider -- true to its CEO's word -- has officially rolled out a new, tiered system for mobile customers. Smartphone users with unlimited 3G data plans will still be able to blindly burn through megabytes for $29.99, but customers buying new Droids will now be able to opt for a limited, 150-megabyte monthly plan for ...

When 27-year-old Kerfye Pierre returned home to the U.S. after volunteering in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, she returned to the open arms of her friends and family -- and a $35,000 phone bill from T-Mobile. In the aftermath of the devastating Haiti earthquake, T-Mobile offered all American aid workers a temporary free voice plan, so that they could communicate without worrying about racking up ...

Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay a total of $90 million to disgruntled customers who were mistakenly charged for accessing data or surfing the Web from their phones. Over the past three years, some 15 million Verizon customers have been receiving data charges from the company, despite having never signed up for data access plans. Most users incurred charges of $1.99 each time they mistakenly ...

An uproar ensued when AT&T discontinued its unlimited data plan last month, and the company defended itself by arguing that 98-percent of its customers never used more than the 2GB allotted by the DataPro plan. Turns out, AT&T might even have been understating its case against the unlimited plan if the numbers from a new Nielsen study are to be believed. Nielsen has been tracking the ...

AT&T is making some changes to its data plans, and those amendments should save the vast majority of smartphone customers a few bucks a month. The current $30 flat rate unlimited data plan is getting the ax and being replaced by two new options: a $15 a month DataPlus plan with a 200MB cap, and a $25 DataPro plan with a 2GB limit. The damage done by going over your limit has also been ...

CTIA released the results of its semi-annual wireless survey yesterday (pdf), and the findings revealed that the mobile industry continues to grow at a ridiculous, exponential rate, particularly in the area of data services. According to the survey, 276 million consumers now use wireless devices, up from 262 million in 2008, and use a total of over 1 trillion minutes. Revenue from text ...

AT&T has finally announced its plans for the launch of HSPA 7.2, an upgrade to the company's current HSDPA 3.6 data network. HSDPA (or High Speed Downlink Packet Access) is a subset of the HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) family of wireless technology. The newest upgrade to the AT&T network should effectively double download speeds to 7.2 megabits-per-second from the current offering of ...

We're well aware that the phrase "unlimited" doesn't actually mean anything to cell phone providers. Unlimited data plans rarely are that. In fact, most plans come with a hard and fast cap at 5 gigabytes (GB) of data per month, and, if you exceed that limit, you'll get hammered with absurd overage charges. Just ask Billie Parks of Oklahoma who picked up a netbook at Radio Shack for $99 after ...