AT&T 86'ing Unlimited Data on mobile and iPad plans

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AT&T Hangs Up on Unlimited Wireless Data Plans - DailyFinance

Under the revised service plan for new customers coming aboard Monday, new iPad owners will no longer be offered the $29.99 unlimited service plan. That will change to a $25 per month 2 gigabyte plan. Existing iPad owners can retain their unlimited deal or switch over to the new plan.

New smartphone customers will no longer have the option of an unlimited data plan for $30 monthly. In its place, AT&T will be rolling out two options.

AT&T's DataPlus plan users will receive 200 megabytes of data for $15 a month. If they exceed that allotment, they will receive an additional 200 megabytes for another $15 -- basically, $30 for 400 megabytes under the new service vs. $30 for unlimited under the old.

The DataPro plan offers 2 gigabytes (or 2,000 megabytes) for $25 per month. If they exceed that level, new customers will receive an additional 1 gigabyte for $10.

Whoever decided to go ahead and buy the 1st iPad lucked into getting to keep their plan. Australian and European internet users tend to hate throughput caps, looks like cell/data companies finally decided to go ahead and start screwing us because they know that they can (20/mo for Unlimited TEXTING?).