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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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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Edit: I was on the double data promo since the start of the promotion and the extra 8gb didn't show up on my account this month so I decided to head to walmart promo since no autopay is required is much more safe coming from my experience in ATT since being a member since the gophone era.
1. I live in Ohio, however my current sprint number is from New hampshire. I read in some comments that if I order a simcard and activate online, there is no option to directly port number, instead they will assign a new number with my OH area code and then I will have to port in my NH number by calling in. Cant I port in directly?
2. Also someone mentioned that if the area codes are different (the number they give initially vs the number i am porting in), 8 gb bonus will not be added, is that correct?
3. The other option I see is to visit a corporate store and port in from there. However i will not be getting the $25 credit (which is online only) and store people might be charging extra for the sim card. Anyone tried this method can share their experience?
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
I have 300 Mbps fiber form att, and am watching my bandwidth usage careffully as it has a 1TB cap like comcast did, and was going to switch to Gig connection to go unlimited at home, but so far, I have been using around 500GB to 600GB per month and that's with 2 kids home for summer and my parents watching IPTV quite a bit daily. I cut the cord couple of months ago and are mostly using Hulu, Prime, and Youtube + other IPTV providers for international programming. And I work from home and a software developer by profession.
I thought I was a heavy user
EDIT: duh... I just realized that kids' summer and my parents IPTV streaming started just this month... I am 15 days into my billing cycle and already at 600GB . I guess that upgrade to gigabit internet is finally going to happen after all.
Edit: I was on the double data promo since the start of the promotion and the extra 8gb didn't show up on my account this month so I decided to head to walmart promo since no autopay is required is much more safe coming from my experience in ATT since being a member since the gophone era.
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Netflix data usage options
Netflix offers four data usage settings to choose from:
Low - 0.3 GB per hour per device
Medium - SD: 0.7 GB per hour per device
High - Best video quality, up to 3 GB per hour per device for HD, and 7 GB per hour per device for Ultra HD
Auto - Adjusts automatically to deliver the highest possible quality, based on your current internet connection speed
Source: https://help.netflix.co
Apparently you don't understand basic math because the information you just gave out exactly lines up with what I previously said.
Let me break it down for you. 1080p = 3 GB per hour yes? That's PER DEVICE. It says so right in the information you quoted! So 3GB x 5 hours a day = 15GB, Yes? Ok... follow along. 15 x 30 = 450GB of usage. That's not including weekends, friends coming over and getting on wifi, etc. Plus one of us has a 4K TV and stream mostly 4K content. Keep in mind there are Consoles, Phones, Laptops, Desktops, Security Cameras, and Tablets. Consoles update their games regularly, and sometimes updates are 30GB's on top of the initial 100GB download to install the game. Its very easy to be at the usage we are at, and easy to consume at 1Gbps with no caps. There are 5 people in our household, all with similar usage patterns. the 450GB of usage is just one person's usage, as an example.
I called the prepaid number, got transferred to an agent who told me to go the local store to port numbers over. So we are getting inconsistent information on this and it's making the deal tough to get consistently.
Because I am thinking to not buy those cheap throw away phones, either the iphone or the Nokia 3.1 which will still be usable for few days for the bonus data to pick up.
Also can anyone tell if VOLTE and Wifi calling works on unlocked phones?
I received an email from Total Wireless yesterday forecasting 4th July deals and showed a 100gb/4 line plan for $100. If that does indeed show up as an offer then I am thinking I'll do that instead unless the fine print in the offer sways me otherwise.
I received an email from Total Wireless yesterday forecasting 4th July deals and showed a 100gb/4 line plan for $100. If that does indeed show up as an offer then I am thinking I'll do that instead unless the fine print in the offer sways me otherwise.
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