Comments on: AT&T Matches Verizon's Prepaid Data Plans

By: Ike Denvers

Ike Denvers — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:09:17 +0000

This is a joke. A bad one. Att's had these lousy prepaid data rates on their second rate network since November when they launched their copycat rates mirroring Verizon's prepaid data rates EXACTLY . While Virgin Mobile/Sprint gives you more for your money, Att actually has the nerve to increase the price of their lowest priced plan from 15 to 20 dollars a day.

As for Verizon, with Fry's offering their off brand generic mvno data plan at 50 bucks for five gigs, who cares about Vz prepaid data? It's the same thing without the name brand.

And then there's Millenicom with five and ten gig plans on Sprint and Verizon without the brand name prices.

Att's still in the dark ages about data. If they had the network to back it up, they wouldn't be doing this chintzing on data.

By: Does Apple Have It In for AT&T? – GigaOM

Does Apple Have It In for AT&T? – GigaOM — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:01:10 +0000

[...] of data downloads for $14.99 or an unlimited plan for $29.99. The 250 MB plan costs half as much as AT&T’s other prepaid data plans, presumably cutting into Ma Bell’s data margins. And the unlimited plan is the same price [...]

By: Mike Freeman

Mike Freeman — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:18:56 +0000

Compared to both Virgin Mobile (which gives greater time constraints, the minimum is 10 days, not 1. Most are 30 days) and Leap/Cricket (Unlimited for $40-50 depending on where you buy it.), these rates are high. Verizon offers the coverage but Att offers nothing extra. With the new 3G coverage issue in full swing with Att, the least they could have done was beat Verizon on time constraints if not pricing/megs amount.

The new offering is unimpressive at best.

This makes VM and Cricket look like Santa Claus with the Big Two as Scrooge.

Bah humbug.

By: justin flitter

justin flitter — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:17:51 +0000

So I went to at At&T store today to get this data card and none of the staff nor the computer knew anything about it

By: The Party Line — Phone Buzz of the Day

The Party Line — Phone Buzz of the Day — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:16:15 +0000

[...] Verizon, AT&T offers pay-as-you-go 3G (GigaOm) — It sure isn’t the best price per megabyte, but AT&T is joining the part-time [...]

By: Avneesh S Balyan

Avneesh S Balyan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:08:32 +0000

Not sure, whether this is useless, senseless or of no consequence…
Take other way round.
$50 for 500Mb. That comes out to be $5 for 50Mb.
All the the third party prepaid service provider can bundle this $5 for their Voice plan…
I am about to complete my 2-year crappy contract. I have (bought from market) Nokia 5800 phone with Wi-Fi. Anyone giving me $40 with unlimited Voice, SMS, MMS and 50 (or say 30Mb data), I will jump to that prepaid plan.
There is already plan for Verizon network (Prepaid with unlimited Voice, SMS and TXT along with 20Mb data), and people are jumping on that.
Problem with most of the bloggers and comment-ors here, looking towards extreme and/or their own needs. But consumer is individual… I want my plan, and seems like, I am about to get…
NO MORE CONTRACTS….

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:53:08 +0000

Why would you pay $15 for 75MB, pre-paid; when you can buy unlimited 24-hour access for $15? Purchase via a credit card, or purchase a gift card from a retail store.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=plans_daypass

By: A.B. Dada

A.B. Dada — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:39:50 +0000

Senseless. Absolutely useless and I can’t imagine anyone buying this at all.

Maybe gangsters?