Any point to keeping my grandfathered AT&T unlimited data plan?

Question

I've held on to a US AT&T unlimited data plan for years. It dates back to the dawn of unlimited data, when the company was failing to disclose its practice of throttling. I've kept the plan on the basis that one day, AT&T might be compelled to provide the account with unlimited, unthrottled data, as was represented when the account was established. Now it's 2023, and I haven't followed the case as closely as I should have over the years. Is it time to give up and switch to a modern plan, or is there ongoing litigation?

rektide · Accepted Answer

I have a grandfathered Verizon plan. Unlike the so-called Unlimited plans of today they dont throttle nor de-peioritize me after I hit the soft-cap. I think most plans on most networks tend to be somewhere under 25GB soft cap. Many networks seem to go to less than 1MBps after soft-cap.I used to be a bit more of a recreational traveller & always fantasized that might increase more, but these months I am essentially never over 15GB usage. I really should save some money & switch off but it's hard to give up this thing. I dont expect it'd impact me often, & maybe a de-prioritized plan might be better, still have some time when there's plenty fine connections, but the idea of being slammed with super shitty connectivity when I want to be most enjoying myself has been a threat that's kept me locked in to this irreplaceable & now very expensive old thing.

icedchai · Answer

I also had an AT&T unlimited plan, dating back to 2008 when they were still Cingular. When Covid hit, I used very little data. I eventually moved to t-mobile prepaid which is still more data than I use for under $20/month.