The New York Times: Why AT&T’s New Mobile Data Plan Isn’t A Money Grab
AT&T has eliminated popular unlimited data plans for new customers (existing customers can hang on to them), but Pogue says the new metered plans could actually save you money.
“I don’t know if you’ve seen the frantic blog headlines, but they boil down to this: Those big, greedy, monolithic cellphone companies have found yet another way to gouge us for more money.
Well, hold on a minute.
The news Wednesday was that AT&T is the first company to introduce capped data plans. After June 7, new customers will no longer be offered a $30 plan for unlimited Internet use on a smartphone (including iPhones). Instead, you’ll have to gauge how much data you use, and buy the appropriate number of megabytes a month, and worry about either going over or paying for capacity you never use-just like you do now with talk minutes.”