New AT&T Prepaid Data Only Plans for Hotspots & Tablets

AT&T Prepaid sells smartphone plans on their website, but they also offer some data-only plans that are available in-store only. They recently added some new plans to this line-up, and also added more data to two existing plans.

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[vxnova]

All US carrier data limits are way too low for the price they are charging, They need updating by factor of 10

[Ray-vanlife]

Thanks for the info, $300 a year for 20gb a month is a sweet deal.

[timaz]

I like my $50 a month plan for 100 GB with T-Mobile. Thanks to you guys I have it.

[antibrevity]

Apologies if this is a frequently asked question, but can someone explain why the mobile companies restrict these plans to specific devices? I've been complaining about this since tethering and hotspots first appeared, but if a plan offers a monthly cap of 25GB/mo., then why would they care whether customers use it with a hotspot or a router?

Yes, the router may support more devices, which may lead to more data usage, but the plan has a monthly cap and the system will throttle prepaid users if cells are congested anyway. It often appears to me that the companies simply want to make it as difficult as they can for us to actually *use* the data that they've sold to us.

I accept monthly caps and priority-based throttling in exchange for prepaid pricing, but I should be able to use my data however I wish within those limits. Telecoms should be allowed to act only to prevent abuse and enforce fair access, not to control which of my devices are allowed to connect to the Internet. Why are these restrictions legal?

Cellular access is not some privilege that the telecoms are granting their customers; it's a service that customers are paying for. The electric company cannot tell me whether I'm allowed run my toaster or television with the power that I purchase from them, so why do mobile customers accept device restrictions on their cellular plans? It's *our* data being used on *our* devices.

[train]

I'm planning on switching to the $300 / 25 a month plan for 20GBs since it has rollover data (not a heavy data user). Seems like a great choice. Either then that, the other plans are not as good and can be cheaper with Cricket Wireless.

[oldtimefiveanddime]

Best value plan, is $55.00 for 100GB and yes can be used in a router

[Dashocker]

Glad I still have my grandfathered tablet plan even though it's still slow as hell.

[jcababe]

So it’s a monthly plan? You can’t just buy a prepaid hotspot plan and load up data whenever you need it? It use it 30 days or lose it?

[profitgee]

At&t ought to be ashamed to offer such low data allowances for such high prices. It's 2021! If you're network can't handle more data usage, then it needs to be upgraded pronto or maybe it's just corporate greed or clueless execs that don't realize that these "plans" are utterly upsurd

[googleuser]

Prepaid plans bump your speed down or completely shut you down when network congestion is high. Back of the bus service.

[RadioWinnerGuy]

What happens if you exceed the data threshold? Does it slow down or cut off?

[offgridrvliving]

The plan indicates "5g devices". I have a pepwave max transit duo which I understand is 4g. Did the member who tested the plan with his pepwave experience any related issues?

[neojj]

What brand and model router can we use this plan ? Thanks

[nicola-]

These new plans are for Mobile Hotspot plans only to my understanding... Pretty comparable for Mobile Hotspot

[Texgrl_]

These plans are not enough for a user to use for work. Sad that At&T can’t offer a useable 200g plan.

[GarfieldTheater]

Simple Mobile and Boost Mobile much better data only plans.

[kenhiggins]

This appears to be for 5G only, correct?

[bizzfo]

All crap plans from a data allotted standpoint