Read the news in this article (Source: boston.com).

The new data plans from AT&T ($15/month for 200MB, $25/month for 2 GB) were announced today (aka, no more unlimited data plans) but only applies to new customers. I was at first bothered by the news, but then I checked my usage and realized that I used no more than 500MB in any given month (I’m around my computer quite a bit and I use Wi-Fi networks whenever possible). Also, since the old unlimited plan is grandfathered in, I don’t have to worry about changing from unlimited. But to think that I could possibly save $5 a month by dropping my cap to 2 GB when I don’t even use 25% of that in a given month. AT&T stated that about 98% of its customers will do just fine under then 2 GB plan while 65% of customers will be fine under then 200 MB plan.

Perhaps they should have had these plans in the first place so they wouldn’t have as much of a dangerously bad reputation. But now they do for new customers. What would be especially nice is if I spent the majority of my time in a Wi-Fi network – then I’d only use up to 200 MB and thus would be able to save $15 a month. I mean, I’m not streaming video or doing anything seriously heavy duty on my phone – that’s what a laptop or desktop computer is for. I think the bigger hit is really for the iPad users who will be streaming video and watch things on their device that take up a lot of bandwidth.