Have AT&T Fiber been raising their prices? I was paying $75 and now paying $85? Anyone else notice this or just me?
Posted by glacierfanclub@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 113 comments
NamasTodd@reddit
Our AT&T Internet service increased as well, AFTER being told our rate would never increase. We are trialing T-Mobile WiFi this week. Hopefully we’ll have a good experience and can leave AT&T altogether.
txcatcher@reddit
I pay $70 for the lowest option with Att.. I need to call them..
IcedCoffeeVoyager@reddit
Yup. It’s increased $5 at a time a few times over the last 2 years for me
Euphoric_Emu_1135@reddit
Perks of being one of the biggest telecoms company and being allowed to eat up all your competition.
ImOldGregg_77@reddit
This is why they want you to do Autopay, so they can make small incremental and semi-frequent increases and you wont notice.
Esikiel@reddit
Side note to this, check your emails. They list every month what they charge you as a receipt.
swinglinepilot@reddit
I don't disagree - AT&T is one of the least transparent, greediest moneygrubbers around - but for future reference, if you're on autopay you can configure your profile settings to have them alert you (call or email) if your bill exceeds some arbitrary self-defined limit. I have it set to exactly what I expect my bill to be; even if they manage to get a month's worth of increases out of me I figure it's better than me only finding out the next time my credit card expires
Deep_Mechanic_@reddit
Just signed up with Novos fiber for $80/month with one free month and free modem/router. 1gb/1gb no contract
R6Gamer@reddit
Mine still same.
Berserker76@reddit
Just wait until the data caps kick in and net neutrality disappears
allenthird@reddit
Lmao still dooming about this 8 years later
mllllllln@reddit
Data caps aren't illegal, they could do them now if they wanted. Lots of ISPs in the US still do it.
PlantOG@reddit
The real weird thing is ATT is buying real estate in my area. They bought a 2 mil house next door on my cul de sac and it just sits vacant. Fairview has laws against businesses being run in your house but when your ATT they just let you do it.
SadatayAllDamnDay@reddit
They don't leave them vacant. They put equipment in those homes for techs.
bluntman214@reddit
You’re not the first person I’ve heard about ATT buying a house in their street and leaving it empty. I wonder if they convert them to data centers.
happy_puppy25@reddit
Could be very local data infrastructure but not a data center. Those are massive warehouses that wouldn’t even fit on that whole street. Even the water chillers and diesel generators wouldn’t fit let alone the building.
swinglinepilot@reddit
They've run DC ops out of houses here before
PlantOG@reddit
My theory as well but they immediately blacked out the curtains when we brought up the ordinance.
glacierfanclub@reddit (OP)
Matter of time.
IndependentHour7685@reddit
Happening in Houston too, and never trust the “free phone” promotions. They bill you every month for the new phone.
Later2theparty@reddit
I had spectrum once where they offered an introductory rate. Shut off my service two days after I got it because the person who used to live there has theirs turned off.
I called and they fixed it for me.
A few months later I noticed I wasn't getting the introductory rate. They said it was because when they turned it back on they didn't put that rate in.
It's possible something like this happened.
YanMKay@reddit
They recently raised prices.. they claim to have sent an email about it. I couldn’t find it tho.
CandyRedNinja@reddit
I also have a $5 increase that kick ins next month
pirate40plus@reddit
Not on Dallas but before moving here, my service started at $50/ month then after 6 month promo period jumped to $75, okay understood. Then over the next 6 months jumped another $25 to $100. Then over the next 6 months jumped to $150 before I cancelled. It was the service but “equipment rental” which was mandatory as while they allow your own modem and router you are required to rent theirs.
dfwbriguy@reddit
They sent out a notice and said that if I wanted to keep my same rate, I could move to using my debit card instead of credit card. I did and I kept the same rate I had. You might check and see if you can do that to get it lowered back down.
glacierfanclub@reddit (OP)
yeah but i don't want to do that -- kind of bullshit.
bittersweetjesus@reddit
Just noticed that I’m paying 70 when I used to pay 60.
robyculous_v2@reddit
Inflation is a real thing, while wages have stagnated or slowly increased, the price of everyday goods and services has increased dramatically.
No one cares becuz they will happily or naively keep paying.
ShastaMite@reddit
Mine hasn’t gone up. I’ll keep an eye on it now thanks.
SadatayAllDamnDay@reddit
Always keep an eye on your internet/cable bill. When they inevitably raise the price, call customer support and ask for account retention because you want to cancel your account due to the price increase. Then you can generally negotiate the price back down the original.
DCJustSomeone@reddit
Im at 100 and started off at 75 lol. Bastards
glacierfanclub@reddit (OP)
so annoying -- i just noticed. Fuck AT&T
AggressiveZombie6642@reddit
Fuck america actually. Get it straight
Iant-Iaur@reddit
The dumbest post of the day, and it's only 8:30AM.
PepegaPiggy@reddit
Most internet providers offer discounts for 1-3 years to make the price seem palatable before raising them about what you said as the discounts expire. Sometimes calling works, but it often doesn’t depending on who you get.
Weekly_vegan@reddit
And google fiber is still not available in the area. So you have literally zero other options.
Monopoly.
boomstickah@reddit
I actually listened to the spectrum guys at the grocery store and they matched at&ts bandwidth for 70 a month plus free wireless for a year. When the year is up I'll swap back and pit them against each other ad nauseum. Good luck providers
CranRez80@reddit
Nope. Got it, too.
Subject_Reserve_3907@reddit
This just happened to me. I got a notification that my router needs to be upgraded for free. When I did, it went up $5.02. I called, and the rep swear I was basically imagining it. My equipment came this week and got my bill with a $5.02 increase. I'm calling today.
thelivingworld@reddit
This caused me to downgrade my plan to 300 Mbps today. It's $30 cheaper. I don't know that there's to many use cases for having gigabit internet. I doubt I'll even notice the difference. I didn't even know there were slower/cheaper options as I hadn't seen those before, so at the very least I'm saving more money than before.
glacierfanclub@reddit (OP)
Swear they said they wouldn't raise prices -- guess that was bullshit.
Aggressive-Ad-522@reddit
Yeah I had to call and ask for a reduction bc it went up to $90. Every month it goes up $5 dollars
glacierfanclub@reddit (OP)
So calling helped?
Aggressive-Ad-522@reddit
Yes it works for me.
mavrick1987@reddit
Didn't work for me. They said there is no such thing as a locked in price.
aggressive-ad-MFFL@reddit
Are you not on a contract?
swinglinepilot@reddit
I can't speak for the person you're replying to, but I haven't been on a contract with AT&T for nearly four years now. Prior to that I was paying $62 all-in for 29/6 DSL with a 1TB/mo cap (the cheapest internet-only plan from AT&T and my area's only other provider, SuddenShit).
Then they rolled out their contractless fiber plans. That page says prices are good for a year, but I haven't had any increases since I switched (knock on wood), and my overall cost even with mandatory equipment fees and taxes is still less than what I paid before. It's been so nice to not have to get on the phone every year to wrangle out a discount, let alone switch providers
Background_Tea4108@reddit
I think they changed my unlimited grandfathered plan too. I thought something was strange when I got a text telling me they were going to throttle my usage a few months ago. Thanks for mentioning, I will call them and complain since I bet they changes mine too
swinglinepilot@reddit
For future reference, if you're on autopay you can configure your profile settings
Aggressive-Ad-522@reddit
Yeah! That’s the same plan I was on! You can change your plan on the app btw there another unlimited plan without hotspot I think and it’s less. I don’t need hotspot
M-TownPlayboy@reddit
This is why I never select auto pay. It helps me catch these you’re off sneaky increases as soon as they happen
permalink_save@reddit
Makes me feel better for convincing my wife out of being on her grandfathered plan. I can't stand AT&T but she was always worried about losing that grandfathered plan, guess it's moot now.
Annual-Respect-4266@reddit
Go with optimum if Possible 1 gig a second speeds and all for $82.19 per month is what I pay
InterestingPlastic01@reddit
Weird, i have the 500 for $45 and 1gb for $75 with att.
6HO55T@reddit
Well it’s better than spectrum. I pay for 1gig for $102 a month and get 700/mbs and that’s not fiber so it’s only download speeds for upload I get 30 mbs
Professional-Act3721@reddit
Hell naw you not alone! I had the $50 plan and now somehow it’s $60 this month. The only explanation is that “your bill increased”.. like why?!
Flashy-Space2703@reddit
Mine is the same. Bidenomics
FoodMadeFromRobots@reddit
I’m glad prices will go down when trump is president /s
Flashy-Space2703@reddit
When they do what you gonna say? /f4gg0t
FoodMadeFromRobots@reddit
If trump does something to lower my internet bill then I will humbly come back and say you were right flashy space
!remindme 2 years Did trump do anything to lower my spectrum bill?
Flashy-Space2703@reddit
Let me clarify my comment. Prices for everything have gone up due to bidenomics. Once prices are up due to corporate greed, it hardly comes down. But you will see everyday items come back down. And you can take that to the bank. Will AT&T grow a conscience and reduce prices based on energy prices coming down? Likely not. But you wouldn’t understand macro or micro economics.
BennyfromTexas@reddit
Right these aren't completely contradictory sentences back to back. Surely you have a cohesive argument for why the PPP loans and corporate greed aren't responsible for the vast majority of inflation?
Flashy-Space2703@reddit
Prices have gone up due to Biden’s inability to prevent companies from taking advantage of Americans. Trump will be much better at calling company execs and threatening them with economic action to prevent them from ripping us off. Like he did last term.
So that’s where it’s Biden’s fault prices are up. For allowing corporate greed to take over. Surely you must be educated enough to understand that? Lmao.
FoodMadeFromRobots@reddit
Can you quantify what Biden did to cause inflation? Also How the covid stimulus checks and PPP which was approved under Trump did not?
Flashy-Space2703@reddit
Sure thing,
Biden on day 1 retracted multiple executive orders in relation to oil leases and current drilling as well as shutting down pipeline production which causes big oil companies/OPEC to start raising prices due to their brace for strain (which isn’t real strain but rather keep their profit margins high). Well after the prices started surging Biden reversed it and started increasing drilling but allowed reserves to deplete too fast. But the damage was done and it created a perpetual cycle of corporate greed in relation to energy prices these companies were trying to cover.
Also, companies were working overtime to recover their losses during COVID. At super inflated rates. So it was a dual-issue. Biden should have done something to prevent these companies from gouging the way they have.
PPP loans were necessary to prevent collapse during COVID. Whether Trump or Biden it had to be done, but there was vast fraud/waste/abuse due to incredible bureaucracy and mismanagement of the system. The same bureaucracy we need to flush out to actually have a functioning economy. There’s zero reason we should be a leader in GDP but in near last place as far as quality of life.
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viviidgay@reddit
https://www.att.com/support/article/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1260426/
Jackitos@reddit
I had an offer from frontier for $30 500/500. And $50 1gig/1gig.
I swapped from spectrum: was $90 for 400/i forget.
Just tell them you want to cancel and they'll give you a discount. If they won't, switch if you're able.
venusduck_III@reddit
Spectrum has been doing the same shit to me for the past year. I started off at their promotional price at like $35 a month a few years ago and now it's $85 a month
Claudia_____________@reddit
Call customer service and tell them that att offered you 50 for gig internet and they will match that, if you want the best deal this is the way
venusduck_III@reddit
Funny thing is I actually tried doing something like that and they basically were just like "you should take it lmao"
Claudia_____________@reddit
You could also get the new customer promotion by just cancelling and signing up again, as soon as you cancel you’re a new customer again, but it depends what they’re offering in your area but shouldn’t be too hard to find out
Or hang up and call again for a new rep, sometimes that works
EightEnder1@reddit
Interesting, yours is cheaper than mine, I pay $90 a month for 1 GB Fiber in Dallas.
Hermit-The-Crab33@reddit
You have to call every year and renegotiate
dallasuptowner@reddit
Inflation man, when was the last time you priced photons? And if you need the wavy ones, my god the pricing is ridiculous on the wavy ones.
Swirls109@reddit
I have their wireless and it's been going up for the past 2 years. We were at 150 and now at 217 for 2 lines. It's fucking crazy
tominabox1@reddit
frontier just raised me $15 too but at least they offered to upgrade me from 500/500 to 1g/1g for that extra money
UnknownQTY@reddit
Mine has been $90 for the past decade.
mistiquefog@reddit
You can get an offer in Costco or target. Current plan is 80$ for a gig line.
Just change your provider for a few days to qualify.
Atomm@reddit
So they used to charge $5 if you get a paper invoice or didn't use direct payment. Recently, they changed it to $10. Now you get $5 off for direct payment/no paper invoice and another $5 for using direct bank details instead of Debit or Credit card.
It gets better. If you pay by card and the date expires, they removing you from Autopay, hit you with a late payment fee for eqch line of seevice, tack on all the payment fees and make it to were you can't easily get back on autopay. My bill jumped
They just keep lowering the bar. What percentage of our ATT bill is fees and crap unrelated to the service? If only we had an organization that would protect everyone from this type of behavior.
TalpaPantheraUncia@reddit
That's odd, mine has been flat $100 for years and I live in a shitty apartment complex. Service rarely goes out too unlike Spectrum (at the time, Time Warner Cable) and it ALWAYS went out every day at like 2AM.
Ruhnie@reddit
Yep. How'd you get the $20 off with Wireless? I have the same service and pay $100/mo and I have ATT Wireless as well.
Chamberoftravis@reddit
Mine went up too. Spectrum been coming into my area with fiber, should check it out
trainermade@reddit
Check the ‘install fee’ with Spectrum even if it’s just plugging in the modem they ship to you.
trainermade@reddit
I was raised the exact same amount. Called CS and they said that everyone’s price was raised and that an email was sent out (I got no such email). Basically told me to go kick rocks.
LandlordTiberius@reddit
ATT: Because FUCK YOU, that’s why!
kartik042@reddit
Call and threaten to cancel service and they'll lower the prices to retain you. Companies hate this one simple trick.
P.S. - not sure if this works with all companies. It worked with Spectrum.
DisastrousNobody8126@reddit
I wonder who their CEO is?
bananabob23@reddit
$75 is what I paid back on the day for like 15/3 so can we really complain for 1000
M990MG4@reddit
I still have AT&T Fiber, but check your address because Charter/Spectrum recently added "hi-split" service in a bunch of areas. I mainly have fiber (just the 300/300) because of the upload speed, but the hi-split is symmetrical so you get a 100 Mbps upload speed even on the base 100 Mbps Spectrum plan which is like $35 for the first year. There is a charge if you want wifi, but they give a free modem and you can use an old/basic router.
Firm-Combination7980@reddit
Hey, how’s it going? I work with frontier communications I’m a sales executive manager. If you’re interested I could definitely help you lower your price and get you switched over to frontier I can give you some of our details about the plans we offer and I can guarantee you. They’re not gonna be going up every month. Our prices don’t fluctuate until at least two years and that’s only a five dollar difference after two years.
badiban@reddit
My neighborhood is about to get AT&T Fiber. I’m currently on Spectrum and honestly I have no complaints. I am excited to get fiber, but honestly might keep Spectrum as I’m locked in for 2 years at $45/month for 600Mb/s
jspurg@reddit
I have Internet and phone bundled and it all went up this month for some reason
doink992000@reddit
Yeah everyone noticed it. It’s a bunch of crap is what it is.
lotsandlotstosay@reddit
A few months they told me they raised the price for everyone $10 and I should’ve gotten an email. Never got the email and never got the test email they sent while we were on the phone. So I’m just paying $10 more…
Curlys_brother_3399@reddit
As far as providing a service AT&T is a monopoly unless you want less bandwidth or get starlink or something of the kind. So much for affordable infrastructure.
abstract_object@reddit
Mine just went up $5 last bill too. I figured it was them getting back at me for switching off their wireless even though it didn't get me a discount on my Internet.
SMILESandREGRETS@reddit
I started off at 60. I'm at 78 now.
AlwayZ_Tired09@reddit
Mine was around $78 for years then a few months ago I noticed it’s now $89 or so.
Tuesday2017@reddit
The technical explanation for the increase is the new Because We Can fee - This is a transfer service from a customer's account to AT&T's account to enhance the service providers fund reserve allowing our valued customers to continue to receive substantially the agreed upon service.
Melodic_Turnover_877@reddit
Yes, mine increased this month, without any advance notice.
Majsharan@reddit
They sent out notices I think on at least one bill it said prices were going to increase
pardonme206@reddit
Yeah mine went up $5 out of nowhere
Inner-Quail90@reddit
https://www.att.com/support/article/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1260426/
There was also likely notices in your bill(s) prior about this.
brtmns123@reddit
I hate att.
They are probably the least transparent company I have ever signed up. I was using cricket for mobile. I decided to move it to att.the guy said it is going to be 60 dollars per account for that deal. then I saw the bill it was almost double what I asked for. he put us to a higher tier service which we did not ask for. he added protection stuff which we did not ask for. Called them and couldnt even get a refund saying we already used that service. now i am checking my previous bills 328,138,181,113,113 cancelled.
Now I see increase on my Home internet.
ExpressAd2398@reddit
Yes went up earlier this year $5 and again this month another $5
HuskyLemons@reddit
They bumped mine from $86 to $91 in June and just bumped it again to $96. Same plan as you
Total_Guard2405@reddit
I was at 60 for 2 years. They raised to 65, 2 months later it's at 70. My cell service increased as well. B.S.
txholdup@reddit
They've raised their price 3 times in the past 18 months. But the first two offered ways to get around them, pay from your debit card and get paperless billing. The last raise was $5, with a notice on the paperless bill I never look at and no way around it.
My T stock has gone up $15k this year, so I figure I contributing to another good quarters earning report.
wes45454@reddit
I am very stubborn and had my 300 MB plan increased by 5 dollars. I sat on the support chat for about 45 minutes arguing that I would switch (not aggressively) and they eventually offered me a 500 MB plan at a cheaper price than I was paying .The catch was they also said they could get me a 1GB plan for just a little more than I was paying. I said no thanks, and kept my cheaper plan, still paying $30 for 500 to this day in Richardson.
Would recommend doing the same. Chat makes it easier to multi task
glacierfanclub@reddit (OP)
i'll give it a go. thanks
babypho@reddit
It could be that when you signed up you signed up for the promotional price
glacierfanclub@reddit (OP)
No, I've had it for like three years -- just starting to creep up. Went up $5 in June as well.