FMCA AT&T Plan Capped at 12MB

[Gizmo]

FMCA has finally admitted that the AT&T plan has a speed cap of 12MB and seems that It MAY have a streaming restriction also. FMCA keeps saying " You will continue to get unlimited high-speed data on your mobile hotspot when you aren’t accessing a congested tower.". If your requirements require more than 12MB like Zoom and uploading/downloading files at the same time you just have to subscribe to the plan to find out. I believe the speed limitations should be stated upfront. Even the video states that plan has a streaming restriction.

 

[Neal]

Dump their plan ASAP. Get the 100 GB AT&T Prepaid plan instead which includes 5G. I have it.

 

[sheridany]

100 GB AT&T Prepaid plan

X2.

 

[Neal]

I verified I have the $55/mo for 100 GB. AT&T may have changed this to 50 GB (still good) but ask the store if the 100 GB for 55/mo is available.

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[Just George]

Sure looks like the AT&T Prepaid $55 for 100 GB is gone from their web site and it's now $50 for 50 GB. I hope they continue to honor the 100 GB plan for those of us that are currently active on that plan.

 

[Neal]

Sure looks like the AT&T Prepaid $55 for 100 GB is gone from their web site and it's now $50 for 50 GB. I hope they continue to honor the 100 GB plan for those of us that are currently active on that plan.

I logged into my account and it still shows 55mo/100 GB so I'm guessing they will and have no concerns of it being changed. Cellular companies seem to be good at allowing you to stay with what you subscribed to and it only changes for new subscribers.

 

[Gizmo]

I have the Calyx 5G with the M2000 and the grandfathered Verizon plan. We put our phones on AT&T with 40GB of hotspot data and we can directly stream as a backup. The FMCA plan is going away.

 

[Janrey]

I verified I have the $55/mo for 100 GB. AT&T may have changed this to 50 GB (still good) but ask the store if the 100 GB for 55/mo is available.

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No longer available for $55. You get 50gb for $55 but they do have the 100 for $90.

 

[Tnedator]

FMCA has finally admitted that the AT&T plan has a speed cap of 12MB and seems that It MAY have a streaming restriction also. FMCA keeps saying " You will continue to get unlimited high-speed data on your mobile hotspot when you aren’t accessing a congested tower.". If your requirements require more than 12MB like Zoom and uploading/downloading files at the same time you just have to subscribe to the plan to find out. I believe the speed limitations should be stated upfront. Even the video states that plan has a streaming restriction.

don't need 12mb for Zoom, FWIW. I have an enterprise AT&T sim that's in an older Max BR1 as my auto failover if I lose cable internet at home. I've been on many Zooms, probably a couple dozen or more, with Europe, when my internet has failed over and most of the times I never even know, but for a phone alert I have setup to get when it falls over to the backup.

My AT&T sim is dedicated IP, unlimited bandwidth with no network management, but it's capped at 8 Mbps.

Also, I've streamed countless hours of Netflix and Vudu as well. Since there is no bandwith cap, if my Suddenlink internet goes out, or at times if it's been spotty when they had some line problems, I've switched over to the backup LTE for days or even a week one time, streaming all kinds of video and multiple hours of zooms a day for work.

So, agree, FMCA should have been up front, but for the vast majority of use cases, 12 Mbps is totally fine.

 

[CaptainGizmo]

Boy…vernacular is SO IMPORTANT when talking about this stuff!! Until this last post, I was thinking that the DATA was being capped at “12MB”, rather than the connection being “THROTTLED” at 12Mbps.

Makes a big difference in this case; I’d agree that, generally, even 4Mbps will be adequate for streaming.

I will say, however, that speed isn’t always everything. We’re noticing better use experiences with devices that may not be the “fastest”, yet still are much snappier at loading pages and such.

This topic is a moving target…tomorrow it’ll change.

 

[Tnedator]

Boy…vernacular is SO IMPORTANT when talking about this stuff!! Until this last post, I was thinking that the DATA was being capped at “12MB”, rather than the connection being “THROTTLED” at 12Mbps.

Makes a big difference in this case; I’d agree that, generally, even 4Mbps will be adequate for streaming.

I will say, however, that speed isn’t always everything. We’re noticing better use experiences with devices that may not be the “fastest”, yet still are much snappier at loading pages and such.

This topic is a moving target…tomorrow it’ll change.

Yep, up in Branson I've had Verizon giving me 30 Mbps download speeds or better, and had more streaming problems than att at 6 or 7.

That's why I love having both and the two modem Peplink, so most of the time I don't have to worry about it, it's just picking which carrier to use.

 

[tetranz]

The FMCA said that they intend to release a 25 Mbps version for $64.99 per month. That seems like a pretty good deal although I guess it depends on what really happens after 75 GB.

As I've said in a few other places, we still don't absolutely know if this is something the FMCA has negotiated directly with AT&T or if it is through some dubious reseller. It seems to me like it is legit but it would be nice to know for sure.

 

[Neal]

I personally have no desires to use any cellular reseller. I only want direct from the cell company. Personal pref I suppose.

 

[tetranz]

I personally have no desires to use any cellular reseller. I only want direct from the cell company. Personal pref I suppose.

Sure that makes sense but if this really is a deal that they've made direct with AT&T to legitimately sell the $100 version of this Wireless Broadband - Cradlepoint Router at AT&T Business. for $64.99 without the business restrictions then, for a lot of people, that's not to be sneezed at. It also seems different to the numerous resellers who are probably selling the same thing without approval and at a higher price.

The AT&T prepaid plan is fine but if it really is now $90 for 100 GB then if someone is doing maybe 500 GB per month then we're comparing $450 with $65 for something that is probably adaquate.

 

[Gizmo]

Some people are not having problems streaming and others can seem to get it to work. The guy that was next to me at the RV park had the FMCA AT@T plan and either one of us could get to stream and the speed test would jump to 40 and then back down to 12MB. He had just received the card while in the park and wasn't close to his 75MB There are others on different forums that have the same problems The above video states that the plan ID off the SIM is the AT&T business plan and unless FMCA negotiated different terms of service this is what it says.
"Plans are not intended as a substitute for consumer internet services. Accordingly, plans do not allow access to entertainment and other non-business websites that offer video or audio streaming entertainment services & may not be used for entertainment or surveillance video streaming, audio streaming, web hosting, or public or guest Wi-Fi."

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[tetranz]

unless FMCA negotiated different terms of service ...

That's the big question that it would be nice to know the answer to.

I think there's a reasonable chance that they have negotiated a special deal for members so I'm not going to jump to conclusions until it's proven one way or another.

 

["EZ"]

When I bought my 100G AT&T sim card for $55/mo it was not on their website. You have to go to the store to get it. Then after you're set up you get a website to go to to pay your bill. If you choose the auto pay feature then you get $5/mo off your bill.. Just be ready when you go to the AT&T store. Those people are clueless! I had to explain to them what a Peplink cellular router was and they still didn't understand so I just said "sell me the sim card I'm sure it'll work!!".