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AT&T Quietly Adds Option to Drop iPhone Data Plan

Friday, November 16th, 2007 at 4:25 PM - by

Users who've signed up to manage their iPhone on AT&T's Website will find that AT&T has quietly provided the option to drop the iPhone data plan at US$20/month. You'll still be able to access the Internet via Wi-Fi, but you'll lose Visual Voicemail, SMS Text Messaging bundles, and Unlimited Data, which includes both email and web via EDGE.

After your log onto your AT&T account, look for this section and click on "Add/Manage Features."


Then scroll down until you see see this section:


One can save a little money this way, but be sure to read the Apple page on rate plans, linked above, to be sure you understand what you're losing.

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Small White Car said:

member since 02 Jul 2004 with 1960 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:48 pm

So correct me if I'm wrong, but does this mean the choice of...

A) iPhone

vs.

B) iPod Touch

...now has a third option?

C) iPod Touch with Phone added in

I mean, that is essentially what doing this would create, right? If so, that's fantastic. I really want an iPhone but can't justify the internet price-per-month. Because of that I was going to get an iPod Touch with a regular phone. This new "C" choice might be just what I need.

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A guest said: (hide)

Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:29 pm

Without the data plan then there is no reason why Apple should not put mail, google maps and the like on the iPod Touch, no reason at all.

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Terrin said:

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Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:11 pm

Essentially that is just offering users AT&T's basic rate plan for the iPhone. That is good for people who weren't interested in using AT&T's network for the Internet.

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A guest said: (hide)

Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:21 pm

I think you misread the screenshot.. this is not a option to turn off data plan at all... You need to look at how it is listed and indented.

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A guest said: (hide)

Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:04 pm

I just called at&t. they say this option to drop does not exist, and if it did, Apple has to do it?

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A guest said: (hide)

Sat Nov 17, 2007 9:13 am

So, did any of the 'journalists' on ipodobserver think to confirm the story with AT&T before running excitedly to the keyboard?

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A guest said: (hide)

Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:03 am

I tried this out and it will drop the data plan but you lose your voicemail too, your phone will ring like normal but then just go to a busy signal after that. I had to call up to get the data plan put back on, you cant do it on the website.

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A guest said: (hide)

Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:34 pm

What Data Plan do you have?

for the lowest one on the apple site its $1439.76 thats for the 2 years. Who pays this sort of money? Must have to be rich to afford this.

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A guest said: (hide)

Sun Feb 03, 2008 7:43 pm

Guest wrote:
What Data Plan do you have?

for the lowest one on the apple site its $1439.76 thats for the 2 years. Who pays this sort of money? Must have to be rich to afford this.

That $1439.76 is for unlimited data and 4800 SMS messages, 1080 anytime voice minutes, 120,000 night and weekend minutes (over the 2 years of course).

Turns out that's about what my work pays for my phone right now.

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