AT&T unlimited roaming plan - $140CAD/month - Keep or give up?

in4red wrote: ↑ Well give me an example because from what I see data is pretty expensive when using 50 to 100gb a month in other countries... what if i wanted to stream? This things going buy fast especially in the carribean data is pretty expensive from what I see.

Igor28 wrote: ↑ Are you 100% sure there is no fair usage policy? These kinda plans also have multiple clauses in them that majority of usage should be on home network.
Sounds almost unbelievable that there's a plan that would let you use unlimited full speed data while roaming. At the very least they would usually slow down your data speed to a crawl after certain GB are used.
I would double and triple check all the fine print. And after I did that I would call customer service and ask to email me another copy of plan rules.
I might sound negative but even at $140/month your provider would be losing money if you were to do what you describe (living for months at a time outside Canada and using 50-100GB a month) .

Igor28 wrote: ↑Are you 100% sure there is no fair usage policy? These kinda plans also have multiple clauses in them that majority of usage should be on home network.
Sounds almost unbelievable that there's a plan that would let you use unlimited full speed data while roaming. At the very least they would usually slow down your data speed to a crawl after certain GB are used.
I would double and triple check all the fine print. And after I did that I would call customer service and ask to email me another copy of plan rules.
I might sound negative but even at $140/month your provider would be losing money if you were to do what you describe (living for months at a time outside Canada and using 50-100GB a month) .

batcave wrote: ↑$140 per month is a bit much unless you use it as your primary internet access. Even then, there are some places like Singapore where one can get 100GB for $10.

moeymoeymoeymoe wrote: ↑okay so really it depends on weather or not you want to keep this number. Esp during your travels.

There is huge advantage traveling loads and carrying the same number every where you go. even to not worry about having to get a new provider depending on where you go is huge.

BUt like others have mentioned, you can get data only plans aborad for loads cheaper. maybe couple that with a voip line and you should be good to go.

But all the above is second tier. having to use direct voice calls will always be superior.

ji2o0k wrote: ↑if this is your primary internet, even at home - then it isn't so bad actually.....


You mentioned you'd have to pop in your sim into a hotspot device or Android phone to hotspot but just grab a cheapie device to hotspot


A decent home internet would cost you ~$70; so essentially you'd be paying $70 more for a cell plan which isn't outrageous and you get to keep the same # while you travel.


The question is will you be traveling a lot in the near future - if so, then I think it is worth it since you don't need to worry about getting data aboard and just use it wherever you go....even if you are aboard working, just hotspot while working aboard so you'll never have to worry about getting internet where you live...


Will the cost / month every go up? Any previous price increases?

in4red wrote: ↑ Note I can also pause my services for 10usd a month for up to 6 months and only twice a year. There is nothing like this plan on the entire planet. Then the question really is should I just keep it paused for $10 a month indefinitely until I travel?

in4red wrote: ↑ Yes trust me I did all the research before I got the plan. Some guy on ebay was selling it and we exchanged infk and we became friends. Oroliginally he was selling it for 3000 usd or best offer but he gave it to me for 600 because he wanted me to have it.