It’s About Fucking Time: Wireless Edition

Can you believe it’s taken almost 30 years* for major cell phone companies to introduce unlimited calling plans? Please don’t mention cricKet or Boost Mobile, this is a serious piece.

AT&T and Verizon both announced Tuesday that they are now offering unlimited wireless calling plans starting at $99.99 a month for both consumers and businesses.
Word has it that T-Mobile and Sprint are also on the bandwagon. AT&T seems to have the best deal so far.

…at $135 for unlimited voice, messaging and data, though it's capped at 5GB a month. Verizon's is $15 more a month, but it's got better coverage. Sprint's unlimited requires a separate Power Vision or Blackberry data plan for smartphones, otherwise it might come out on top. And well, T-Mobile doesn't have 3G. So, nothing to really jump providers for, yet, since there's more than flat pricing to consider.
We should have seen this coming when Alltel introduced “my circle,” and T-Mobile quickly followed them with “myFaves,” plans that let you call up to five numbers on any carrier as much as you want for free. In the last few weeks, Alltel upped the ante by offering up to twenty numbers, free, depending on the plan you select.

Thank God AT&T and Verizon said to hell with it and made the jump. Let the unlimited access wars begin.

punk seems to remember a bit about the reason cell phones have rate plans was related to the use of wireless channels; rate plans discouraged people from talking on their cell phones all the time, so more channels would be available in total for all subscribers in the area. Oh, and money is sweet. Please correct him if he’s wrong.

* The first commercial cellular network was established in Japan, 1979.

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