Comments on: AT&T Offers a $50 Netbook and Bundled Broadband Package

By: Howard Ikles

Howard Ikles — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:39:20 +0000

What if I already have broadband at home like Qwest or Comcast? Can’t I hook up my PC to that wired or wireless and not get a data plan?

By: AT&T May Love M2M, But Show Me the Data Plans

AT&T May Love M2M, But Show Me the Data Plans — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:44:16 +0000

[...] (M2M) efforts, but to succeed it will have to offer a range that goes beyond its current offers of 5 GB for $60 or 200 MB for $40. Glenn Lurie, the executive in charge of M2M at AT&T, outlined to me back in June a variety of [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:57:41 +0000

I have an acer one ZG5 and it does NOT work at AT&T hotspots. The advertising makes it seem like it does but read the fine print. You must have AT&T connection manager. Acer’s come with ACER connection manager. You can not change the hardware. There is no fix. You can not log into an AT&T wifi hotspot….but you can use 3G. Just watch you don’t go over the 5 gig per month limit for $60. The $60 includes access to AT&T hotspots but Acers can’t log in so you pay for something you don’t get. When I complained they did not offer me a free dongle with some hours of hotspot access. They only offered me the option to return it since I was within the 30 days. I did not. I like having it for 3G and wireless at home. Just annoys me that part of that $60/month is for hotspot access and AT&T won’t discount it despite the fact that they advertise this netbook on the AT&T website and stores. Like I said: read the fine print. If you do not have AT&T connection manager you are not logging into their hotspots. Do not be confused. Everyone thinks they work at hotspots. They don’t. But who cares? You have 3G. Wait to watch youtube till you get home. I love my netbook.

By: Mobile Broadband Is a Luxury Keeping the Cloud Out of Reach

Mobile Broadband Is a Luxury Keeping the Cloud Out of Reach — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:02:06 +0000

[...] paying up to $60 a month for 5 GB or $40 for around 250 MB isn’t for the faint of heart, or the thin of wallet. We’ve worried how the recession [...]

By: AT&T Thinks Prepaid Data Plans Could Drive 3G Everywhere

AT&T Thinks Prepaid Data Plans Could Drive 3G Everywhere — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:50:48 +0000

[...] switch between the two. AT&T introduced some pricing innovation earlier this year by offering a bundled plan for at-home and mobile access, and Lurie says it plans to do more. He outlined several areas where AT&T wants to offer data [...]

By: Lorie

Lorie — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:11:23 +0000

I was excited about the $50 netbook part at first glance. I have them avaliable through the agency I represent. We offer them online,not just Alanta. Personally I do have some concern over the monthly fee. As a part paying any contract for 2 years plus monthly living expenses,it’s something to think about!

By: The Netbooks Are Taking Over!

The Netbooks Are Taking Over! — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:16:03 +0000

[...] Stacey Higginbotham | Monday, May 4, 2009 | 11:15 AM PT | 0 comments I’ve long been skeptical of netbooks, but clearly, I need to reassess my elitist attitude toward them. I wasn’t a fan partially because I don’t like using them and partially because I didn’t believe that consumers would really go for a machine that seems to call for so many compromises. Most early versions didn’t use the Windows software familiar to most consumers, and the machines still have crummy graphics performance and require expensive 3G contracts in order to make them truly mobile. [...]

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:21:18 +0000

Thanks. I’m in the process of “firing” my cable company and going to watching TV over the ‘net. I may want to investigate how these caps will affect the amount of viewing I will do. I live in a Coastal Northern California town that doesn’t yet offer the uVerse bundle or, believe me, I would already have it.

61MBps avg. in Japan? Now if they’d just make an apartment cheaper, I’m “there”.

By: AT&T to Boost 3G Speeds, Network Capacity

AT&T to Boost 3G Speeds, Network Capacity — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:01:32 +0000

[...] demand for wireless data services into high gear. AT&T is also looking to boost its revenues by offering 3G data plans for netbooks as well as to get a bigger share of the machine-to-machine communications [...]

By: PlanetCellPhone Blog » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: Samsung Propel, Cheap Netbooks, Vodafone

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:17:49 +0000

[...] Times are a’changin’. AT&T has rolled out a subsidized netbook program in its Atlanta market. Prices for the netbook start at (are you sitting down for this one?) just $50. Read about it on Gigaom. [...]

By: Netbooks por $50… y bajando : Wishful thinking…

Netbooks por $50… y bajando : Wishful thinking… — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:27:03 +0000

[...] rompiendo el esquema tradicional de la industria de PCs. AT&T ha anunciado esta semana un piloto para subvencionar portátiles ultraligeros de bajo coste asociados a un plan de consumo de [...]

By: Toni

Toni — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:01:05 +0000

This sounds like an interesting option. I would definitely be interested in it, but what states will it be offered in and when? Is there any information that you have seen on this?
Thanks for the information . I am always up for a new gadget and a great price.

By: Laptop Teacher » AT&T kicks off $50 netbook-with-a-catch trial

Laptop Teacher » AT&T kicks off $50 netbook-with-a-catch trial — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:53:30 +0000

[...] We’d already had some indication that Dell’s Mini 9 and Mini 12 netbooks were headed to AT&T stores, and it now looks like those and a few more are now finally available from the carrier — in Atlanta and Philadelphia, at least. From the looks of it, Atlanta is the real test bed for the trial, with customers there now able to snag netbooks with built-in 3G at prices “starting at $49.99,” assuming they also sign up for AT&T’s “Internet at Home and On the Go” broadband bundle, of course, which itself starts at $60 a month for a 200 MB per month mobile data plan and basic DSL service. AT&T only goes so far as to say that it’s offering “similar mini laptop promotional rates” at eight AT&T stores in the Philadelphia area. In addition to the Dell netbooks, you can also choose from an Acer Aspire One or the little known LG Xenia (apparently an MSI Wind rebadge), or even a full-fledged Lenovo X200 ultraportable, although the latter will set you back between $750 and $850 depending on your choice of plan. [Via GigaOM] [...]

By: Laptop Teacher

Laptop Teacher — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:03:30 +0000

[...] [Via GigaOM] [...]

By: Rohit Mishra

Rohit Mishra — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:29:02 +0000

The pricing of AT&T is just too high. The way internet is shaping up, it needs us to move towards fast, unlimited mobile access. 200 MB for a mobile plan is dubious, unless you use it as an e-mail netbook, But with netbook features usually discussed and the insistence on performance, I seriously doubt any good reason that these people would have to move on to a limited plan.
Already suffering from a limited 5 GB per month connection!!

By: AT&T Decides Net Neutrality Won’t Work for Wireless

AT&T Decides Net Neutrality Won’t Work for Wireless — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:30:50 +0000

[...] Higginbotham | Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 3:30 PM PT | 0 comments Along with a new mobile data pricing plan to go with its subsidized netbooks, AT&T has also changed its terms of service in a way that [...]