At&t Prepaid has a couple new featured plans now for those customers who want a little more data but for less. These two new plans start at $30/month and $40 a month. The 30 dollar a month plan comes with 5GB of high-speed data and then slows down once you use up the 5GB. The 40 dollar plan includes 15GB of high-speed data then gets slow once a user uses up all of its high-speed data. There are still a $75 plan and a $65 plan. But we just going to focus on the cheapest one right now as I chosen this to test out and see if its effective and rather or not good for most consumers that want data at a affordable price. I'm going to discuss some of additional features that also included in the plan that interest users and customers.
What Comes With The Plan?
Outside of getting 5GB of high-speed data, you can get data rollover, mobile hotspot, data sponsor, stream saver, and even wifi-calling. Now some of these features might not matter to most, but in many ways than others. Below is a breakdown of how each feature works and their benefits.
DATA ROLLOVER:
Data rollover was one of my favorite features of all time when it comes to having leftover data or unused data and being able to use the extra data in the next month. This feature surprisingly still available on At&t's prepaid service. So if you have 5GB of high-speed data and only use 2GB for the month, you'll rollover the unused 3GB of data for the next month. The downside to this cool feature is that you'll have to use this 3GB of unused data up first in the following month. If it is not all used up it will not rollover a second time meaning you'll go back to your regular 5GB of data the following month. But before you run out of that data, you can add on an additional 1GB of data for 10 dollars more or add an extra 3GB data for $20. If that's the case I would just add the additional 3GB before I run out of my 5GB of high speed data. That would be best for anyone if your using up all the data. But that's how the data rollover feature works on this At&t plan.
MOBILE HOTSPOT:
Mobile hotspot is when you allow your other devices to connect to your mobile data using your phone or tablet or portable hotspot data to connect to the internet. Rather its for streaming or listening or messaging. This is available with the $30 prepaid plan. But the data used via mobile hotspot does count against your data on your plan. Just remember this once using it.
DATA SPONSORS:
Data sponsor feature is interesting to discuss. This allows you to use your data plan without touching your mobile data. Sponsor Data enables companies to sponsor data usage for certain content for At&t customers. Sponsor data allows users to browse and stream content from sponsored companies. For example, At&t allow wireless customers to stream HBO MAX, AT&T TV and DirectTV data free without touching your mobile data. These services are sponsors of At&t. For more information, head to Att website for further details.
STREAM SAVER:
Stream saver is another interesting feature that users may like and not like. This is for when you are viewing and streaming content. It set the stream and video to 480p which is DVD quality or Standard video. This feature helps users use less data on their mobile phones or tablets. Another downside would be that this feature can't be turned off. So if you don't like low res viewing you better off upgrading to their $60 unlimited data plans or using WiFi if you don't want to spend an additional $30 to upgrade your plan.
WIFI CALLING:
Yes. WiFi Calling apparently is a feature. This is available on At&t prepaid and you can turn this on and activate WiFi Calling via the Network settings located in device settings of your mobile phone or tablet. This will allow you to still make calls and send sms over WiFi if there is no service or signal available.
BONUS FEATURE-BRIDGE PAY:
Bridge Pay is a feature option that allows you to extend your service up to 7 days longer if you can't afford to pay in full at time of due date of your bill payment. You can find this option on your at&t bill account at the bottom of your homepage. This works when your plan has expired you'll have 2 options to choose from 1GB for $10 or 4GB for $20 and yes you still have unlimited talk and text included. The only cons with is the add-on is only for the Bridge Pay and you only get 7 days of use with this option. This is basically an emergency use feature. Only when you can't afford to make your regular payment on time. This is still good to see that At&t is allowing customers time to gather some cash to make their payment.
FINAL VERDICT:
From my experience of using this plan and service, its going to be pretty tough to kill this data if you are usually on WiFi or using home internet and mainly on a low resolution mobile device especially at display of 1080p and under, 5GB of high speed data will be more than enough to get you by and get you through 30 days. The best advantages of this service is the stream saver feature and the data sponsor as these help you with saving a lot of data for browsing and streaming. Data rollover is useful as well. This is handy when you are away from wifi for a while or have no home internet. In the video below I breakdown what all I discovered with this At&t prepaid plan and the apps and services I used when using this plan and my usage of the service for the past week or so.
What are you all thoughts about At&t's new prepaid plans and add ons and packages? Are they worth the try? Leave your thoughts in the comment box below.
LIST of DATA FREE APPS:
Any web browser using att.net to surf the web
HBO MAX
DIRECTV
AT&T U-VERSE
AT&T TV
AT&T WATCH TV
Haystack TV live local and world news (this app on android will work data free on all carriers)
PlayOn Cloud (works on ios and android)
FM Radio (If phone has fm radio chip enabled and ANDROID ONLY)
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