AT&T has streamlined its GoPhone prepaid plans to just three plans, but is offering more data for your dollar. The higher plan costs $65 a month and comes with unlimited data whereas the cheaper plan costs $45 a month and comes with 6GB of high-speed data. Finally, there is a $30 plan that does not come with any data.

All three plans benefit from an AutoPay discount of $5 per line, bringing the price of the AT&T GoPhone Unlimited plan to $60. For this, customers get unlimited airtime, text and data each month. However, data speeds are restricted to 3Mbps during the first 22GB of use and AT&T reserves the right to slow data speeds down after this where the network is congested.

GoPhone will use AT&T technology to reduce streaming quality to standard definition (typically 480p, similar to that of a DVD) with a maximum data throughput of 1.5Mbps. GoPhone is also replacing the old 8GB plan with a new unlimited plan and it is set up in a similar way to the AT&T Unlimited Choice plan.

The next plan is the cheaper AT&T GoPhone 6GB plan costing $45, down to $40 after the AutoPay discount. This plan is similar to the old 4GB plan but offers 50% more high-speed data. After 6GB, the data transfer speed is throttled to 128kbps. However, for those months when customers use less than their full 6GB allowance, GoPhone has included the ability to roll over data to the next month. Both plans include talk time, data and text message roaming between the United States, Canada and Mexico, and both plans can benefit from the multi-line discount, which AT&T says could save a family up to $600 a year.

There’s good news for those customers not needing data as GoPhone continues to offer the $30 plan, which may now be discounted to $25 using AutoPay. This plan includes unlimited airtime and texting to U.S. numbers plus texting to Canadian and Mexican numbers, but does not include any data. Customers also do not benefit from Canadian and Mexican calling nor roaming.

It’s great to see AT&T GoPhone improving their prepaid offerings. The GoPhone Unlimited plan means customers wanting plenty of data but without a credit check or two-year commitment have another option. Bob Bickerstaff, AT&T Vice President of wireless voice and prepaid products, had this to say about the new plans:

“We’re excited to offer a truly unlimited plan for our AT&T GoPhone customers. AT&T GoPhone customers now have even more flexibility to pick the plan that fits their needs…”

He also highlighted that until April 20, GoPhone is offering $20 off a number of prepaid smartphones.

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SOURCE [AT&T]