Deal requires purchase of an AT&T PREPAID phone from either a Walmart store or from walmart.com. It does not have to be a smartphone. The Cingular Flip 2 also works.
If you have no intention of using the Walmart phone and want to swap to a different phone, verify the Walmart phone you buy has the same size SIM card as the phone you want to use (most use nanoSIM cards these days). To be safe, use the Walmart phone until your bonus data appears on your account.
Online activation does not give you an option to port your number. It will only give you a new number based on the zip code you enter during activation. Try calling customer service to activate if you wish to port your number over.
If you activated your phone with a new number and wish to port your old number over to it after the fact, read the warning below:
Warning about porting after activation: YMMV Several users are reporting that they aren't receiving the 17GB of bonus data after porting their number over and only receiving 8GB of bonus from the regular AT&T deal. Many are getting the runaround and being told to wait the entire 10 days to see if the full 17GB shows up. At least one user has so far and still hasn't received it. AT&T has escalated their case and they're waiting to hear back (https://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=
Phone numbers:
AT&T customer service: 1-800-901-9878 or 611 on any AT&T mobile phone
AT&T's Port Activation Center: 1-888-898-7685
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Yes of course. That is the whole point. Btw the rep told me that this offer expires at the end of october.
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from knightrider93
This deal is valid until first week of September. Spoke with a ATT rep last night, she said this is a new deal and she will be following my account to see if I get 17 GB bonus or not because I changed the sim, phone and port in my number on the same day (7/3) I bought the prepaid cards. Still waiting for 17 GB bonus data to kick in
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Anyone that gets shafted, I recommend you post on twitter a to #att and #attcares
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You're getting 25GB of data!
Congratulations, you're now getting 25GB of high-speed data every month (8GB plan data + 17GB bonus data). To get your bonus data every month, be sure to stay on the $50 plan. Bonus data will be applied within 3 days each time your plan renews and does not rollover. Speed, usage, and additional restrictions apply.
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i activated via online in morning, swapped sim card into my iPhone in evening and now 5 days later!
You're getting 25GB of data!
Congratulations, you're now getting 25GB of high-speed data every month (8GB plan data + 17GB bonus data). To get your bonus data every month, be sure to stay on the $50 plan. Bonus data will be applied within 3 days each time your plan renews and does not rollover. Speed, usage, and additional restrictions apply.
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i activated via online in morning, swapped sim card into my iPhone in evening and now 5 days later!
AT&T's gonna have to figure something out soon. A bunch of people are gonna start calling to complain about their bonus data once their 10 days are up.
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AT&T's gonna have to figure something out soon. A bunch of people are gonna start calling to complain about their bonus data once their 10 days are up.
BTW, I got the 17GB, but I kept the new number that was assigned to me on activation. Google Voice FTW.
At the same time, someone on howardforums said they had no problem getting the bonus data after porting in right after activation.
Don't know what to think anymore hah
At the same time, someone on howardforums said they had no problem getting the bonus data after porting in right after activation.
Don't know what to think anymore hah
and trust me, i think everybody is not a fan of not getting what we paid for or promised for.
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