I Don’t Care About iPhone Data Plan Changes

I see a lot of iPhone users with their panties in knots over this one.  According to news articles I’ve read this morning, AT&T will be moving away from the unlimited data plan on the iPhone to one that is capped at 2 GB of data transferred per month, but with lower pricing.

Being concerned that I’ll end up with a crap-ton of overages when I upgrade to the new iPhone coming out this month, I looked up my usage.  Turns out that the most I’ve used in the last six months is 350 MB.  That’s about 17% of the total allowable cap, so I should be just fine, as far as I’m concerned.

A lot of people feel cheated by AT&T, but I don’t agree.  They’re not going to charge the same amount of money for it.  In fact, your cell phone bill is going to go down as a result.  I’m totally speculating here, but I would guess that 95% of all iPhone users are well under that 2 GB cap, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s much higher in reality.

2 Comments to “I Don’t Care About iPhone Data Plan Changes”

  1. Al 2 June 2010 at 11:10 AM #

    I just downgraded the AT&T data plan on my iPad to the 250 meg one. I was kind of thinking the same thing. My 3G usage seems pretty light.

    I suppose it might make us stream radio less…or worry about that more.

  2. Matt B. 2 June 2010 at 7:48 PM #

    It kind of sucks because people will be streaming less over the 3G, but, on the other hand, I wonder how many people are actually doing that. I wonder about Skype, too.

    I wonder if purchases from iTunes will count against your data usage.