[citation][nom]gamebrigada[/nom]Not really a ripoff. Its a bit different then you guys understand. The old family plan with unlimited talk and text was 150 and you had to pay 50 bucks per line to add people to that, without any data at all. Lets say you have 4 people on your plan. Old plan you would do 150 plus 50*3 and lets say you wanted 2 gigs on each person so thats an extra 30*4... Totalling you 420 no tax. Now lets look at the new plan to match that. 4 people times 2 gigs is 8 gigs total, thats 90 bucks for the account and 40*4 for all smart phones. That totals out to 250 no tax. Thats a huge difference for the same plan. Lets match that with less minutes. Lets do their cheapest family plan at 99 bucks, then 9.99*3 for the other 3 lines and 30*4 for the data. Thats 250 no tax. With 4 people, with 4 gigs of data and only 700 minutes. Same price, WAY different features. Now lets say you're alone. Lets say you want 2 gigs, thats 60 bucks plus 40 for the access for your smartphone. Thats 100 bucks no tax. Old plan? Cheapest again 60 bucks for 450 minutes plus 30 bucks for the data. Thats 90 bucks no tax. Difference of 10 bucks to get unlimited minutes? I think so. How bout unlimited minutes, text, and 5 gigs just to mix it up? Old plan: 90 bucks plus 50. thats 140 no tax for you alone, unlimited talk, text and 5 gigs. New plan: 80 for 6 gigs, plus your 40, thats 120 no tax for unlimited talk, text and 6 gigs. Pretty sure their plans dropped, HARD. In the end, for just a bit more then their old CHEAPEST plans, you get their full unlimited minutes/text plan.FINE FINE. Lets say you need a LOT of data. How does 20 gigs sound for 2 people? Thats gonna be 150 for the plan and 40 bucks each for the 2 smartphones. We got 230 no tax. Lets do the same with the old, 150, plus 50 plus 80*2 for the 10 gigs each. Thats 360 no tax for the same stuff. Quit raging about the prices going up, they are actually coming down hella.[/citation]
HOw in the f..k are prices coming down. I started off with the $30 unlimited data plan with AT&T. In what warped world is a plan that charges me $40 for 2 GB a better deal, shut up man, either you work for the cell companies are the stupidest consumer ever to walk the earth.