AT&T drops unlimited SMS requirement for messaging phones

By on Apr 11, 2011 at 6:04 PM
mobile April 11, 2011

AT&T has dropped its requirement that all customers purchasing “quick messaging devices” — or QMDs for short –  subscribe to an unlimited texting plan. According to Fierce Wireless, AT&T implemented the rule in January 2010 before quietly discontinuing it sometime in February of this year. The unlimited texting plan was priced at $20 per month, and while it’s no longer mandatory, AT&T does recommend that customers purchasing a messaging feature phone continue to sign up for an unlimited plan. AT&T’s portfolio of QMDs includes the Samsung Strive, LG VU Plus, Pantech Impact, and Samsung Solstice II, among others. AT&T subscribers can also opt for a cheaper $10 monthly plan that provides just 1,000 text messages per month.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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  • Jcaio22

    Really BGR you are late… this news is as old as your grandmother.

  • drewlicious196

    boy it sure is cOLD in here

  • Anonymous

    Finally a something is being cut that benefits the consumers. Hopefully they will follow TMO (i mean AT&T) and VZW and introduce some new sexier plans.

  • http://profiles.google.com/kasheppard Kenneth A. Sheppard

    Aside from the fact this is cOLD, I noticed this when I was shopping recently for a new AT&T phone. It was overly annoying that you were required to sign up for a messaging plan to get these phones in the first place. I only use a basic phone, and when you took messaging phones out of the equation, AT&T literally only had 2 or 3 options available in their store for basic users.

  • Anonymous

    Texting should be free and unlimited with any data or voice plan. It simply costs them nothing, and uses almost zero bandwidth.

    • Drew

      Agreed. I absolutely despise SMS for that very reason. Charging you for using the REMAINING 160 bytes of bandwidth from your phone line is absolutely ridiculous (20 bytes are used for your phone number). Hence the reason for 140 character max. If you have a smartphone, be a grownup and Skype or IM but do not text. Texting is 2003 technology that these carriers are still getting rich from.

      • Anonymous

        I IM those I can, but not everybody has smart phones. Everybody has the ability to text, so its still very useful. And yes, I can’t wait until everything is on a dataplan (only). Voice will go the way SMS/MMS will as well, as everything will be done via data/voip.

  • Digi

    Way to go at&t!!!

  • Generatione

    Fuck you AT&T for overpricing sms. Not going to renew my contract because I refuse to pay $10 a month for a service I can get for free via apps.

    • YourStupid

      All companies, and I mean all companies charge for sms services… where have you been?

  • http://www.theworldgrowsold.com Mundus Senescit

    I may or may not have clicked on this post because of the picture of Blake Lively…

    • Anonymous

      What post?

  • Dihcd

    This is old news, at least 2 months old.

    Second. @ItsMeBitches: sexier plans than vzw? AT&T is CHEAPER than vzw… how much sexier do you need than that?

  • http://twitter.com/mianfahid Fahid Naseer

    Is it just me, or is the girl in the ad Blake Lively.

  • Yup

    I’d hit it!!!

    • Jcaio22

      Me too

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