AT&T has announced some major changes to their data plans. They are basically killing all unlimited data plans, and replacing them with 2 GB and 200 MB plans. Personally I think that this is a very bad change to make and I don’t think that their customers will like it either. Pretty much the only good thing about this change is that cheaper data options for people who cannot afford the now retired $30 a month unlimited data plan will now be available. The new data plans will be called DataPlus and DataPro. DataPlus gives you 200 MB of data for $15 a month, and if you go over your 200 MB per month cap you pay $15 for an extra 200 MB. DataPro gets you 2 GB of data for $25 a month, but unlike DataPlus, on DataPro you pay $10 for each extra GB. AT&T will also allow you to switch between the two data plans easily, so that if you see that you are approaching your monthly limit or you will be using a lot of data, you can easily switch to another plan. This switch will also be affecting iPad data plans. The unlimited iPads data plan will be replaced with DataPro and DataPlus will also be available. A good thing that AT&T is also doing with this change is allowing tethering from your phone to your computer. Tethering will cost you an extra $20 per month, and will be available only with the DataPro plan. Tethering will share your phone’s 2 GB of Data with your computer. This is great for light users but heavy users will be affected. All this started on June 7, but iPhone tethering will be released with the launch of iOS 4. Another good thing that will come out of this is that the load on AT&T’s network will be greatly decreased. In my opinion this is a bad decision on AT&T’s part, but they think that a lot of other carriers will soon follow. The only reason that you could have kept your unlimited data is by having it before June 7, and I am happy for those of you who did. Good luck to the rest of you.
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