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By Adam Fendelman, About.com Guide to Cell Phones

Compilation Guide: Which AT&T Cell Phone Plan is Right For You?

Monday November 10, 2008
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Exactly one month ago, I published a compilation guide of all Sprint cell phone plans currently on the market and analyzed them against one other. That compilation guide, though, was just the beginning.

In a continuation of this series, I’ll have similiar guides with pages for each plan from all the major cell phone carriers. These guides are designed to help you make the best decision for your wireless dollar no matter which carrier you call home.

Today I release to you my new compilation guide for AT&T service plans.

While various AT&T plans are comparable to Sprint and the other big telecom boys, one clear distinction is that AT&T prices its data and text messaging separately rather than offering plans with unlimited usage for those features.

Though some may consider that a downside to AT&T and would want unlimited packages for such features, AT&T does have the upside of two unique plan features: Rollover and Unity minutes.

AT&T inherited Rollover minutes from its acquisition of Cingular. Rollover minutes are unused anytime minutes that carry over from month to month for up to 12 billing cycles.

AT&T Unity minutes grant you unlimited calls to and from AT&T wireless, home and business customers. This comprises more than 120 million phones, according to AT&T.

Which AT&T cell phone service plan is best for you? Let this AT&T guide be your guiding light.

Comments

November 11, 2008 at 4:19 pm
(1) m goode says:

I read some where that when the soft openings for the Criss Angel show “Believe” started, they were not allowing cell phones in. I work with Cirque Du Soleil and Cirque has recently changed that for convenience sake of the audience. I have not personally seen the show myself, but I did see some of the “behind the scenes” footage on youtube.com/cirquelasvegas. Definitely worth checking out.

November 17, 2008 at 4:48 pm
(2) PrepaidWirelessGuy says:

For those considering unlimited plans, I would also recommend that they compare prepaid unlimited plans that are now available. I’ve tried to compile the available plans of major carriers to help out:
http://www.prepaid-wireless-guide.com/compare-unlimited-plans.html

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