Your older AT&T unlimited data plan eventually includes 5G

Your older AT&T unlimited data plan eventually includes 5G

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If you bought an iPhone 12 last year and noticed that you did not get faster 5G speeds on AT&T, you can do so now.

If you bought an iPhone 12 last year and noticed that you did not get faster 5G speeds on AT&T, you might now.
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AT&T has just announced that from this month onwards it will expand the 5G connection with customers with older unlimited plans for free.

If you bought a 5G phone before today, say a iPhone 12– and wanted to activate it on AT & T’s 5G network, you had to upgrade to one of the latest unlimited carrier plans (AT&T Unlimited Starter, Unlimited Extra and Unlimited Elite). These plans include the ability to takeThe advantage of AT & T’s ultra-fast millimeter wave-based 5G network, which indicates the company with a 5G + icon, as opposed to regular 5G, which is slower than 5G +, and 5G E, which does not 5G is not. This is good because you do not have to change your unlimited plan to another unlimited plan to apply only 5G.

Here is a list of AT & T's unlimited plans that will get extensive 5G service.

Here’s a list of AT & T’s unlimited plans that will get extensive 5G service.
Graphic: AT&T

While it’s hard to say exactly when a particular customer will get the upgrade to 5G, AT&T says it will send a text to people notifying them when 5G is added to their plan. However, it’s important to remember that people should already have a 5G device and be in the area covered by AT & T’s 5G network.

Following the addition of 5G to older unlimited consumer plans, AT&T will also expand the support of 5G to older unlimited business plans starting from April.

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While AT&T 5G support on older plans may seem like a small favor to people on older plans, the move almost looks like a chance for Verizon, which announced earlier this week that it will exclude customers on the cheaper measurement and unlimited plans from accessing its mmWave 5G or 5G based on Verizon’s newly acquired C-band spectrum.

It is currently unclear whether AT&T will stifle 5G data to a certain point on the older unlimited plans, as it originally did not include prices for 5G. Gizmodo has reached out to AT&T for an explanation, and we’ll update the story when we hear it.

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