AT&T announced yesterday that starting Monday June 7, 2010 they will no longer be offering unlimited data plans. They will have two plans, 200 MB for $15 a month and 2GB for $25 a month. While these seem restrictive AT&T claims that 98% of their users don’t exceed 2GB so they will now be getting a $5 discount, right?
Will Slacker & Pandora users be hurt by the new plans?
If by one estimate Slacker and Pandora use about 50MB per hour of transmission, then the $15 plan would blow through your allotment in 4 hours of 3G listening. The 2GB plan would give you would give you about 40 hours of listening via 3G. Not bad unless you spend a LOT of time listening in your car where you can’t get wifi access.
9 Hours a Week.
Allowing 4 hours for data, email and other online activities, can you live with just 9 hours a week of turly mobile Internet Radio?
Will AT&T's new Pricing Kill Slack & Pandora on the iPhone?
Will Slacker & Pandora users be hurt by the new plans?
If by one estimate Slacker and Pandora use about 50MB per hour of transmission, then the $15 plan would blow through your allotment in 4 hours of 3G listening. The 2GB plan would give you would give you about 40 hours of listening via 3G. Not bad unless you spend a LOT of time listening in your car where you can’t get wifi access.
9 Hours a Week.
Allowing 4 hours for data, email and other online activities, can you live with just 9 hours a week of turly mobile Internet Radio?