Bringing back unlimited plans??

[phillipy]

From BGR-- The Associated Press reports that AT&T is quietly offering unlimited iPhone data plans to some iPhone customers despite having killed off its unlimited plan last year. AT&T discontinued its unlimited smartphone data plan this past June and switched to a capped structure, offering users 2GB of data each month for $25 or 250MB of data for $15. At that time, customers with $30 unlimited data plans we’re allowed to keep their plans or switch to one of the new, less expensive plans. According to the AP report, customers who opted to switch from the old unlimited plan to a new capped plan are now being given the option to switch back — presumably as part of a larger effort to dissuade would-be defectors. Verizon Wireless will release the iPhone 4 next month, and the carrier confirmed its plans offer unlimited data for a limited time at launch.

link to article BGR | Boy Genius Report » AT&T offers unlimited iPhone data to would-be defectors

i tried calling but had no success...mgr told me they are kicking around the idea in response to VZW offering unlimited data in feb for the iphone but nothing confirmed yet that will allow them to change data plans for previous unlimited customers. anyone else have any luck?? i read about several people getting it done...

[tlo07]

I got denied-- twice! LOL! IDK, I have 3 lines and always pay my bill on time. Its kind of weird they are doing it for some and not others.

[ibcop]

It's all about the Benjamin's.....

[Mister Xiado]

It's a lie.

Nobody you can talk to on the phone even has the ability to put unlimited smartphone data on a line for ANY REASON anymore. It was locked off because too many people were demanding to get it when they weren't eligible to get it. There's only one phone that is recognized as a smartphone that gets unlimited data right out of the gate, and it's the biggest PITA since June of 2007.

AT&T no longer has unlock codes for AT&T-exclusive phones because of the class action suits from California and Florida. People complained about not being able to unlock phones that they hadn't paid full price for, and hadn't finished their contract for, so the gates got locked.

Every time something happens on AT&T that restricts services or abilities, it's usually because people were abusing it. The reason why data connect services are capped at 5GB is because a couple hundred thousand people were using hundreds of gigabytes per month to steal movies and music. Of course, the ToS says you will be canceled without notice for using your internet connection to break the law, but that almost never happens.

EDIT: You can still get it back if you lost it during a smartphone-to-smartphone upgrade, or some other oversight where you were changing smarphones and did not ask to have unlimited data removed. If you swap to a basic phone and have customer care remove unlimited data because your "bill is too high", then you lost it for good. Same goes if you upgraded to a messaging phone or basic phone. A request must be filed to recover it in any case, and no supervisors have the ability to restore it.