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New AT&T Wireless data plans


Current:$30/month for unlimited usage.
DataPlus:$15/month for 200 megabytes.
DataPro:$25/month for 2 gigabytes.
Tethering:$20/month plus DataPro.

Looks like I might be able to get away with the $15/month data plan just announced from AT&T Wireless. That's 200 mb/month which I only went over once since nearly all of my network usage tends to be through wifi - that's a decent savings from my current $30/month plan.

The only problem with this is tethering; I've wanted to tether my laptop with my cell phone for as long as I can remember, it just makes sense to use your phone as your connection to the outside world for everything and it will be available on June 7th. The only problem is, it will cost $45/month for this feature and I'm just not willing to pay that much for it. Let's face it, serving data directly to the phone or using the phone as a proxy doesn't change AT&T's cost in the slightest.

Google's Android announced official support for tethering in Froyo (2.2) which will be released in the near future - we just need each carrier to announce their position (Sprint already as a fee for tethering) and I'll decide which carrier makes the most sense for my habits. I just want tethering once or twice a month unless it becomes standard practice (WiMax anyone?).

Exciting times!
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