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2 juin 2010

“AT&T announces new data plans, unlimited data nowhere to be seen”

As of June 7, however, any new customers wanting the all-you-can-eat data buffet will be left hungry — and that includes new iPad owners.

The new plans will come in two flavours: the 200MB DataPlus plan for $15 per month, and the 2GB DataPro plan for $25 per month. If you go over your allowed usage, data will be charged at $15 per 200MB on the DataPlus, and $10 per GB on the DataPro.

How is that possible? How does Apple commit to the iPad’s advantageous data plan and not have AT&T locked into it by contract? We’re in refund territory now — if not deceptive advertising — for people who ordered a 3G iPad before today and haven’t activated it yet.

This has to mean that the carrier exclusivity in the US is expiring this summer. And that AT&T wants to… actively sabotage its chances of getting any new iPhone contract after that. Hmm. Well, I can’t find anything that would make more sense — I can’t imagine that Apple would have signed a five-year exclusivity deal that didn’t mandate the unlimited data plan, as that was the iPhone’s whole paradigm.

Interestingly, Apple’s iPad page hasn’t been updated yet.

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