AT&T is adding a pair of new plans to its prepaid lineup, offering more value for budget-conscious customers. Well, one plan is new, at least; the other is actually just an upgrade of one of their previous GoPhone data plans.
If you don't care about unlimited data, AT&T's $40 smartphone plan now comes with 6GB of high speed data. After you hit your soft cap, you'll be throttled down to barely usable speeds. Pretty typical stuff, and you'll have to be on autopay to get the $40 pricing; it's $45 without.
The unlimited plan is a big change for GoPhone customers and closely mimics AT&T's new Unlimited Choice postpaid plan. It's completely unlimited* data that comes with all the same catches and stipulations of its postpaid counterpart. Your data speeds are capped at just 3Mbps, and all of the video streams will be capped to DVD quality thanks to AT&T's Stream Saver feature, and no, you can't opt out or turn it off.
Still, though, the unlimited plan only costs $60 per month after a $5 autopay credit, which isn't too bad for someone that's not into tons and tons of downloading and heavy video streaming. And even then, a little patience still makes it a solid option.
If you're interested, those plans are live now, but with how quickly all of the carriers have been shifting and adapting to each other's new unlimited offerings, you may want to wait it out for a few days to see if anyone else does anything drastic over the weekend.
source: AT&T
