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AT&T launches new Passport international plans

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/att-launches-new-passport-international-roaming-plans' title="AT&amp;T launches new Passport international plans"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/article_images/2014/05/ATT-Store-Sign-01.jpg?itok=kBqVTDKO' />[/url]</p> <p>AT&amp;T has a new set of international plans, and while they'll still hit your wallet hard, they're an improvement of what came before. <a href="http://www.imore.com/att" title="AT&amp;T news, plans, devices, and more">AT&amp;T[/url]'s new plans, dubbed Passport, Passport Plus, and Passport Pro (not to be confused with plans for the new BlackBerry Passport (http://crackberry.com/blackberry-passport)), bring the same data allotments, but at least offer easier billing international data packages (http://www.androidcentral.com/international-roaming-how-us-carriers-stack) than we've seen before from Ma Bell, though heavy users will still find themselves shelling over the big bucks.</p> <!--break--> <p>All three new Passport plans offer unlimited messaging, including picture and video messaging (though the media itself will count against your data cap) and unlimited use of Wi-Fi at participating hotspots in select countries (AT&amp;T calls out the UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Mexico), which was previously limited to 1GB.</p> <p>When it comes to cellular data, overages, and talk, here's how things stack out:</p> <ul><li>Passport: 120MB data, $0.25/MB data overage, and $1.00/min talk for $30.</li> <li>Passport Plus: 300MB data, $0.20/MB data overage, and $0.50/min talk for $60.</li> <li>Passport Pro: 800MB data, $0.15/MB data overage, and $0.35/min talk for $120</li> </ul><p>The biggest change is possibly the addition of data overages. Whereas before hitting the limit on a plan would merely add another matching bucket (you go over 120MB on the lowest plan, you get charged another $30 and get another 120MB of data), now you're charged a per-MB overage fee. Thankfully, AT&amp;T has calibrated these overage rates to match the per-MB cost of the plan, so you'll actually end up paying less in overages than you would have getting a whole new bucket (or two or three).</p> <p>These plans are available as both a one-shot 30-day plan good for the duration of your trip and expiring after those 30 days elapse, or you can have them as a permanent part of your plan if you find yourself crossing borders on a frequent basis.</p> <p>Source: AT&amp;T (http://about.att.com/story/att_introduces_its_best_ever_value_for_international_travel.html)</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-27632"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='http://tipb.com.feedsportal.com/c/33998/f/616881/s/3f6808e3/sc/36/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/>

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