Robbery

@Tg76543 That'd be a 60GB data plan for that cost! And why does it flucutate $100 a month??

Comparing prices and not coverage is like saying "I got ripped off with that Mercedes for $50,000 I could have gotten an Escort for $10,000". You're paying for something else when you get the Mercedes, it goes the same speed on the highway.

If ALL 3 of those companies have great coverage in ALL the places that YOU NEED COVERAGE then it's not robbery, it's insanity, why haven't you left yet?? Especially with the tethering option, if that's something you want.

Sprint is a gimmick to lure you in and the price goes up in a year so don't factore that in unless you want to switch again next year...

It's up to you to see if the coverage is something you really want...

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@Tg76543 wrote:
Actually there's only 1 phone that's on installments. All others are paid for. 

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That'd be a 60GB data plan for that cost! And why does it flucutate $100 a month??

And the point is?   You can switch to the unlimited plan (yesterday) and cut your bill in half.

Why complain now?

How do we take your inflammatory post very seriously when you don't provide any facts?  

Like, "I am paying for a 60 gig plan, but sometimes have to pay for 80 gigs...."

And, " ....we cat get direct TV or Uverse, so haven't qualified for unlimited till now..."

why now?  

There has always been Cricket, which is an ATT MVNO, cheaper with less services, T-mobile, and Sprint.  

So why NOW do you raise a complaint?  

All major carriers had offers to pay off phones to switch, you had all last year to switch.

So why now?

AT&T will never, ever automatically move you off your current plan without your consent (unless it's a rare instance like someone using an iPhone on an older plan w/o data plan or back when unlimited had prerequisites). So basically it's all up to the end user to select and choose what fits their needs. If you're on an old, expired plan and it's more than something newer the carrier will still allow you to keep that older plan if you want.

4 lines on 16GB plan is $170 before taxes, insurance, phone installments, etc. Unlimited is $180 AFTER the 4th line free credit.

If your bill flucuates that much it's data overages. You're on an old plan that has overages. Change it to something newer on myAT&T.

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@Tg76543 wrote:
Within the last week competition has gone crazy to "one-up" the other in offering the unlimited plans. I complain now because I've come to the realization that I've been overpaying for so long because of brand loyalty. Why on earth would I think that a company would help their customers? Capitalism. 

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Um, none of these companies are trying to HELP you, they're all trying to take your money. 

They're literally trying to steal the customers from the other companies. Verizon is slightly undercutting AT&T and offering limiting tethering, Sprint and T-Mobile are trying to get you to their networks desperatly. Sprint's pricing is limited, T-Mobile's will change the next time the wind changes.

One question (of many) is, do they have the covergage you need?

WE on the other hand are always trying to save you money! We've asked for facts that you refuse to supply.

Are you really paying for 60GB a month or are you on a really old really overpriced plan? How much data do you really use?

@Tg76543 wrote

Why am I paying 350-450 monthly for 4 lines when tmobile and sprint cost fully HALF that???

I was paying 450 a month until I drop the data plan to 6gig a month. It was 30gig

You dropped from 30GB to 6GB???  

Firstly, I don't know why you were paying for 30GB when you only needed 6GB. That seems like a serious waste unless you had some insane use changes.

For 4 lines, for Mobile Share ADVANTAGE I'd estimate you'd pay $235 for 30GB and $160 for 6GB.

• 30GB = $135+($20*4 lines)+ $20 in esitmated taxes.
• 6GB = $60+($20*4 lines)+ $20 in esitmated taxes.

If you were paying $200 more for either of those, then you must have pretty expensive phones and insurance (and maybe other features on there).

You can't compare your plan with phones to another carriers plan with no phones, phones are half the costs these days. Plus when you compare your plan (with taxes/fees added in) to another plan without those fees added in, it'll always seem like more.

Phones costs are pretty close to the same for each carrier. Some offer less for initial sign ups, but if that's why it's cheaper, then you know why...

My only other thought is you were on some ancient old 30GB plan that charged WAY more (and hadn't checked out current prices in years), but when you dropped to 6GB you switched to some older retention plan (Mobile Share Value) and are paying overages now? Neither of these make much sense, but I'm tossing them out there...