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Comment by Hovertruck | Hacker News Reader

Hmm. This may be an unpopular opinion but I guess I don't really care. I love my AT&T plan since I'm still grandfathered in for unlimited data. I'm not going to walk away from it, especially not when I'm just part of a bunch of anonymous statistics.

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Don't worry, they'll figure out a way to get you off your unlimited plan. For example, my coworker, who was also grandfathered into their unlimited plan, once came into work complaining that AT&T had throttled him to 20k/sec for the rest of the month. When he called them up, they told him he had used more than 2GB in a month, and so was throttled.

That would be annoying. Still, though, it wouldn't change my mind about this topic.

If you don't mind being throttled, why not pick T-Mobile and save a little money?

I haven't experienced any throttling, and I use 3-4 gigs each month. Is T-Mobile that much cheaper...?

It will cost you about $80 ($70 + taxes and fees) for an individual plan.

Your mileage may vary though. It is pretty good in cities. Do you travel out in the middle of nowhere much? T-Mobile might not be the best for you. When I think of satellite phones, I imagine being in a situation that would require me to call for rescue.

That's basically what I pay for AT&T, but to make the switch I'd have to break my contract.

The big promise is that you don't have a contract anymore. Perhaps if enough people switch ATT and Verizon will consider having this option as well. Additionally, since they have more spectrum per customer, their service will marginally get better with time unlike ATT or Verizon.

I quoted the $70+ figure because you use 3 - 4 GB data per month. You will still keep unlimited data without throttling.

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