AT&T announces a trio of new unlimited data plans

AT&T announced today three more tiers of unlimited service that will debut next month. The new plans feature unlimited talk, text and data with different monthly data consumption caps for each plan. Debuting this coming Sunday, November 3rd, will be AT&T Unlimited Starter and AT&T Unlimited Extra. AT&T Unlimited Elite will be launching in a few weeks.

Lets take a look at the new plans:

To reiterate, once an Unlimited Extra subscriber exceeds 50GB of high-speed data consumption for the month, or an Unlimited Elite subscriber exceeds the consumption of 100GB of high-speed data for the month, they can have their data speed throttled in areas where there is heavy data traffic like at a ballpark or at a crowded arena. Those on the Unlimited Starter plan can have their service throttled anytime there is network congestion.

Now we should point out that AT&T does have a deal that can net you as much as a $700 credit when you switch to one of these new plans and trade in a qualifying device. Eligible devices include:

With a qualified trade, port over your current number to one of the new plans and get up to $700 in bill credits that can be used toward a new phone. With a qualified trade and a new line (without porting over a number), AT&T will give you a bill credit of up to $500. Trade in a qualified phone, use an upgrade on an existing AT&T line, and you'll receive up to $300 in bill credits.

As we pointed out earlier this month, based on those using Ookla's Speedtest.net app, AT&T had the fastest download data speed in the U.S.during the third quarter with an average speed of 35.17Mbps.