AT&T will stop offering an unlimited data plan for the iPad
Posted by Mauricio Longo in News on Jun 2nd, 2010 | 0 comments
It seems that it didn’t take long after the iPad 3G was released for them to realize that they were wrong, and that the iPad would not really be used in Wi-Fi mode most of the time. Let’s be serious… Who in their right mind would commit to purchasing a much 25% more for a device that can be online all the time, without really planning to use them so.
People must certainly be using their iPads to get online through the 3G network, as that is why they bought a 3G model. The fact is that AT&T will be discontinuing the unlimited plan which now costs $29.99/month and replacing it with a $25.00/ month plan that has a 2GB data cap. An extension to the allotted traffic usage of 1 GB with at cost of $10. While most people would, of course, prefer an unlimited plan, 2 GB is not an unreasonable traffic volume and the availability of the extension at a slightly reduced cost per gigabyte is not bad either.
[...] is considering extending the availability of its current unlimited data plan for the iPad, which is being cancelled and replaced by a new plan limited to 2 GB of traffic. The plan that is being retired was [...]