Verizon and AT&T (formerly Cingular) both announced this week the release of a new, $99.99 Unlimited Calling plan. Before this change, the $99.99 plan from both carriers gave you approximately 2,000 minutes, and if you wanted more minutes there were even higher plans up to $199.99/month. For those of us who talk a lot on our cell phones, this is a very good deal which was previously only available as a promotion through 3rd party resellers such as Boost Mobile.
A few differences I've noticed between the 2 carriers:
If you'd like to add unlimited text and internet to your plan, with Verizon it is a total of $149.99, and with AT&T it's $15 cheaper at $134.99. UPDATE: After further reviewing the matter, I've confirmed that Verizon's price is $139.99 for unlimited everything (even data) on a regular phone, and $149.99 for unlimited everything for a blackberry or PDA/smartphone. AT&T's price is $134.99 for unlimited everything (even data) on a regular phone, and $149.99 for unlimited everything for a blackberry or PDA/smartphone. See comments for more details.
Both carriers allow you to switch to this plan with no contract extension, however with AT&T the deal is even sweeter. Their press release states as follows:Existing customers can choose unlimited calling without extending their contract. New customers have the option of a month-to-month, 12 or 24 month contract.
The sentence above in bold clearly states that new customers can walk into a store or go online, sign up for this plan (presumably there will be a standard $36 activation fee), and walk away without signing a contract. If you try getting it and they refuse, just point them to their own press release. They couldn't have written it any clearer.
As far as Sprint and T-Mobile are concerned, Gizmodo is reporting that T-Mobile is also offering the $99.99 unlimited voice and messaging plan, however I don't see that on their website. Gizmodo is also reporting that Sprint may be undercutting the competition and coming out with a $60 or $80 unlimited plan. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
UPDATE: Sprint announced a $99.99 unlimited EVERYTHING plan. That's correct, unlimited talk, txt, picture, push-to-talk, TV, and web. As they put it - "The other guys just give you talk, we give you the whole shebang". Check it out at http://www.sprintspecialoffers.com/everything/getdetails.html
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
AT&T and Verizon Announce Unlimited Calling for $99.99
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With both services, if you want to tether your device to a PC it'll be even more (AT&T would be a total of $179.99 for unlimited talk, text, data from the phone, and 5GB data for tethering). The exact limitations on data with these services are confusing, but the officially advertised plan is that with Verizon your data usage can never exceed 5GB per month, whether it is used on a regular phone/blackberry/PDA or even if you pay extra to tether using the BroadbandConnect plan. With AT&T, on a regular phone/blackberry/PDA it is unlimited, but if you pay extra to tether you can only tether up to 5GB per month.
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