Grandfathered Unlimited Plans vs New Unlimited Plans

There are no perks on the grandfathered plan you have, you won’t be giving up anything and most likely 3 lines on one of the current plans will cost less than what you are paying now. Here are things you will get on the current plan that you don’t have now:

- Free Mexico and Canada roaming (both plans)

- 15 GB of hotspot on each line (premium)

- Free premium tv or music service (premium)

That is what it looks like to me as well. It makes sense to switch to the new unlimited plan. I am so hesitant to do so because I can never go back to the grandfathered plan and I have been told by so many people never to give up the grandfathered plan. 

Has anyone moved from the grandfathered plan to the new unlimited plan? Please let me know your experiences. 
Thank You!

Whoever told you not to ever give up the old plan must have been before ATT brought unlimited plans back. For many years, ATT did not offer unlimited data. That is when keeping the grandfathered plan made since. Ever since ATT brought back unlimited data plans, the only reason to keep the old plan was if it cost less. I did have the old plan but gave it up because the newer plans cost less. I am now on Unlimited & More Premium and paying much less than when I had that old plan.

You keep saying you've been told to never give it up, but if you can't see any reason other to keep it other than somebody told you before to keep it (before seeing newer plans I assume)  then there's no reason to keep it. 

What if at&t reworded the small print, after being sued for throttling, that will allow them to change your plan on their own free will or change the unlimited data throttling from 22gb to 18gb, for example, without your permission?

Now you’re going to make up silly theoretical scenarios?  🙄.  Ridiculous.  Why would they do that when Verizon offers a better network for the same price and repriortizes at 22?  

FYI that can do that NOW.  Or raise price, etc.  

It’s all going to go away in 2 years if people want 5g service down the road anyway.  

@Blackapple It's "de-prioritized" data now, quite different from "throttling data".  

Many people (you can read their accounts on many other forums, as well as on the forums here) regularly exceed the 22, and have essentially zero impact.

You will ONLY see a difference, IF you're over your monthly limit (for that month), AND the network is very busy, at which point you will probably see some de-prioritization impact (most likely just briefly, however).

I had the really old Unlimited plan, from a business account, and the same holds true, as everyone has mentioned, the new plans are a FAR better deal.  They have essentially the same basic "limitations", but add Mexico & Canada, as @sandblaster  mentioned, plus you get the 15GB (per-line) hotspot allowance, AND some bonus entertainment features, as part of the deal (I use HBOGo off/on, hard to say no, it's already "paid for").

I have the grandfathered in unlimited, for life, plan.  AT&T  upped the price, for the grandfathered plan from 29.99 lifetime to 34.99 now. I called and complained when I saw my bill was larger. At first they told me it was a late fee. It didn’t make sense since i have auto pay. Finally they said they would refund my late fees because there was a mistake. 

when i got off the phone I noted that the agent had changed my plan without telling me and without my permission to 4GB a month. I called and spent over 3 hour in the phone talking to about 5 different people and was finally told that all grandfathered plans will be changed to the 4 GB a month because AT&T is discontinuing the grandfathered plan. They also said they were eliminating the unlimited plan completely.  how does that work legally? How can  A grandfathered for life 29.99 a month unlimited plan be eliminated? Anyone else have this happen?  It feels really shady to me.  I googled grandfathered “AT&T plan discontinuation” and nothing comes up. 

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@Salmonfisher101 wrote:

I have the grandfathered in unlimited, for life, plan.  AT&T  upped the price, for the grandfathered plan from 29.99 lifetime to 34.99 now. I called and complained when I saw my bill was larger. At first they told me it was a late fee. It didn’t make sense since i have auto pay. Finally they said they would refund my late fees because there was a mistake. 

when i got off the phone I noted that the agent had changed my plan without telling me and without my permission to 4GB a month. I called and spent over 3 hour in the phone talking to about 5 different people and was finally told that all grandfathered plans will be changed to the 4 GB a month because AT&T is discontinuing the grandfathered plan. They also said they were eliminating the unlimited plan completely.  how does that work legally? How can  A grandfathered for life 29.99 a month unlimited plan be eliminated? Anyone else have this happen?  It feels really shady to me.  I googled grandfathered “AT&T plan discontinuation” and nothing comes up. 

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 None of that is correct. I am guessing that you have the iPad grandfathered plan that was offered for only about a month when the very first iPad came out.    Very few people got the plan when it was first offered or kept it all these years.   That’s why almost nobody knows what this plan is, or how to restore it.  (You didn’t even refer to it as the iPad plan).  

 The price of that plan went up twice first five dollars and then another $12 making it $47 a month.   

If you want it back at the new price, file a BBB complaint.  

 Just so you understand the plan can continue if you get it back, but the price has been changed and is it a legitimate change in price. There never was a guarantee that the price would stay at $30. None of the plans have a price guarantee because there are no contracts on service.