Comments on: AT&T's A-List is Now Available

By: John M. Hammer

John M. Hammer — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:21 +0000

I know this is 8 months late, but:

Shanghei is completely wrong. Unless you did something really dumb like port your AT&T cell number over to Google Voice instead of accepting a unique Google Voice number, it's just another number to AT&T or anyone else. If your cell number is 123-456-7890 and you use it to call your Google Voice number (or use your Google Voice number to call your cell number) which is 098-765-4321, and you have 098-754-4321 on your A-List, none of your banked cell minutes will be used.

By: Shenghei

Shenghei — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:34:57 +0000

Shanghei, That is the answer to the question I have been trying to answer for the past hour. The next is, are you sure? How do you know this?

By: shontel

shontel — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:47:45 +0000

so if u add this feature u cant send texts for free

By: shanghei

shanghei — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:45:21 +0000

Everyone hoping to use google voice with a-list better realize that incoming calls, despite showing up as your google voice number on your phones caller id will show up as your cell phone number on the atnt bill and go against your minutes.

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By: Brian K

Brian K — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:49:05 +0000

Wow. I never read so many complaints about getting something free. I know it's not for everybody, so it's good to have a choice. I've been happy with Sprint for 10 plus years but once I got the itouch, the iphone was soon to follow. Still was slow to change, but with the A-List, it made it an easy choice. With 10 numbers for a family of four, I hope to watch the rollover minutes add up. Best of all, what will these companies do next to win us over?

By: Brad Zimmerman

Brad Zimmerman — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:23:21 +0000

Not to be an a-hole, but this isn't iPhone news. Or, if TiPB is going to post crap like this, would TiPB do the rest of the world a favour and post little promotions and deals from all our regional carriers, too? Or change nothing and I'll just stick to reading TUAW's iPhone news.

By: Therealtruth (really)

Therealtruth (really) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:57:10 +0000

@fastlane

preach on brother!!!! This is serious shit we're talking about here!!!!!

By: fastlane

fastlane — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:02:48 +0000

And why are people getting away with calling people ignorant, and stupid, and idiots? Are those the only visitors TiPb wants left around here when everyone else eventually leaves because of it?

By: fastlane

fastlane — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:55:54 +0000

@Dexter:

How is FREE not worth it? Are you that stupid?

Again, read the article. It was ask of those of us NOT qualified if we would be willing to spend the extra few bucks for this. It was never asked to those of you who ARE qualified "Hey, would you guys be against having something for free?"

Josh isn't stupid. He read the article. Did you?

By: Phantom

Phantom — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:53:40 +0000

Nah, give me the Sprint Unlimited mobile to mobile. I guess the A-list be unlimited anything if you set your google voice number as one of the numbers for unlimited. Another reason to jailbreak and add GVMobile

By: Barney

Barney — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:07:26 +0000

I would pay $10 for the a-list. It would also be nice to have a family plan between 700 and 1400 minutes per month

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:42:44 +0000

@ Keynote Yeah it's not showing up for me either

By: Bent24

Bent24 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:30:55 +0000

@chris

no they wouldn't do this. #1) an apple spanking really doesn't scare most people that jailbreak. #2) apples warranty is only 1year anyway. #3) if you bought an apple extended warranty then (slap) you should have bought it through squaretrade.com because they don't care what you do with your Iphone. If itsbroke they fix or replace by cutting you a check for full retail value. Bring on AT&T investigation. I use 7-10gb of my (fair use policy) unlimited data plan and they have said jack. Paying 167.00/ month for family550 and still have 1233 roll over and still banking more each month.

By: Jack Kawhack

Jack Kawhack — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:48:35 +0000

I have AT&T, so you know it won't work anyway

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:18:34 +0000

Sounds to me a little bit more of a push to bring people from other who have similar feature. I'm on tmobile with 300 min and myFav I use less then 100 minutes a month. With unlimited 3g and text I pay 80 and change after tax per month. Considered switching to At&t for a wider 3g coverage area but paying an extra 30 to 40 a month is a turn off. This makes it seem a little less painful.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:34:15 +0000

yeah i second the google voice thing. i just wonder if at&t will find the origin of the google voice number, tell apple that you jailbroke your phone, thereby voiding your warranty.

By: Justin S

Justin S — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:41:54 +0000

Great for me bc I do have a teenager on my plan who is burning up my minutes talking to his girlfriend. Also, the rollover are expiring bc I rolled them over last year BEFORE I added a line for him. Haha. So the A-List couldn't come out at a better time for me. I am pleased. I am however really agitated about the 3G Microcell. I wanted it bc I live in the country and have close to no service bc I live off the road, but I refuse to pay a monthly fee to use it. Ridiculous.

By: ben eubank

ben eubank — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:37:23 +0000

i use my iphones on a family plan for work and such... i always use close to or over the 2100 minutes... hopefully this'll let me cut down to the 1400 minute plan. i was able to set this up last night but my numbers are still Pending... it's almost been 24 hours... hope they activate before i head into work in the morning!

By: Christopher cox

Christopher cox — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:52:51 +0000

@Josh: Wow are you serious? Free isn't worth it? I filled up my list of 10 numbers and didn't pay a cent.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:35:36 +0000

iPhone, why do I need unlimited minutes for a few people? I just text anyway....... currently at 1188 rollover minutes.

By: Dexter

Dexter — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:30:25 +0000

@Josh

How is FREE not worth it? Are you that stupid?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:56:40 +0000

This is awesome. Im on a 1400 family plan and come close each month to our limit. Most months, were are using roll over minutes by the end date. This will help us save a ton of minutes.

By: Gregory Foster

Gregory Foster — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:56:40 +0000

I for one am really happy about this. I don't have a landline and I'm on a family plan that has 2100 minutes and we ALWAYS cut it very close...very. We have rollover here and there but most of the numbers I talk to are landlines because my friends all get shitty reception in there house (Verizon).

I can then jump down to the lowest qualifying plan once I see a real savings in minutes used. I'm happy. See me smiling?

By: bob low ball

bob low ball — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:52:22 +0000

wait...sprint is doing unlimited mobile to mobile and we are just doing A-List of "5" people? Why...oh that's right, we have the iPhone, duh! Put the noses in the air and look down upon thee....

By: TiHT

TiHT — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:39:32 +0000

That stinks, they should have made it for all Family Plans.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:06:14 +0000

Not worth it

By: Keynote

Keynote — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:04:55 +0000

The A-List feature is not listed for me. I called AT&T and they said that they are having issues with it. Can they roll anything out without ******** up? I have the 2000 minute national plan. Is anyone having trouble adding this feature with that plan?

By: Keynote

Keynote — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:23 +0000

The A-List feature is not listed for me. I called AT&T and they said that they are having issues with it. Can they role anything out without screwing up? I have the 2000 minutes national plan. Is anyone having trouble adding this feature with that plan?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:55:36 +0000

Who cares I don't pay for my phone bills AT&T does haha but my iPhone 3gs wasn't free. THANK's 4 Paying my phone AT&T.....

By: Christopher cox

Christopher cox — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:27:46 +0000

@Nicholas And you are making your misguided assumptions based on .... ? 1400 minutes is not enough. A-list is freaking awesome. If you can't make use of it ... Then you can't make use of it. It wasn't there before and people were fine. People just need something to whine about.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:13:54 +0000

I've always hated Att plans but I don't know why anyone would get mad about this plan! They're not ever charging for it! Me and my wife have people that we call alot on sprint and we are always close to going over by the end of our cycle and we have 1400 min. I'm happy we finally won't have to worry about minutes!

By: impaler

impaler — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:13:45 +0000

It's really great to see Sprint leading the way with everything plans--I knew that would spur competition and lower prices for AT&T's plans. I know this will benefit many people...especially folks that love to talk lots. I have a 15% discount on my monthly rate plan, and I only have the 450 minutes/5000 weekend minutes plan, but pay $33.99 for it monthly. Already paying lots for the iPhone data plan and 1500 monthly texts, and I have tons of rollover minutes. Besides, my calls are normally on weekends and nights. Great plan, hope the competition keeps up--consumers always benefit.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:08:32 +0000

I would pay 10 bucks for the feature, I am unwilling to spend an extra 30 to get it for free.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:37:35 +0000

1400 = too many minutes for a couple under a family plan, and 700 minutes = almost not enough, yet there's no A-List. Really dumb.

By: TomOfTx

TomOfTx — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:33:38 +0000

If one signs up for the A-List, do they still get unlimited mobile to mobile minutes? I did not see it mentioned, even when searching the FAQ, so I wonder if you would lose it by being on the A-List.

For me, the A-List would save me about $60 a month as I could consolidate my wife's unlimited minutes plan into my family plan and use the A-List to make up for her no longer having unlimited minutes, especially since a big chunk of minutes go to her Google Voice number.

If being on the A-List takes away the unlimited mobile to mobile minutes, then the A-List is not as appealing since I use a lot of minutes talking to other AT&T mobile numbers.

By: polybeerist

polybeerist — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:18:53 +0000

Not worth it to me. I have the 450 plan. The last couple of months, I have been dipping into the rollover minutes. If I upgrade to the 900 plan, there would be more than enough minutes. I periodically add and subtract the $8.99, 7 PM N&W. That lets me build my rollover for when I need them.

By: fastlane

fastlane — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:47:35 +0000

AT&T: "Those of you who have given us hundreds of dollars too much and would now like to send a few measly text messages out of your thousands of unused rollover minutes... screw you! We won't even let you send ONE text in exchange for a thousand of your minutes! But you can cough up another $20 if you'd like!"

Now you know who's paying for your "FREE" A-List numbers. You're welcome.

By: Oboewan

Oboewan — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:56:24 +0000

Question: If you had that many minutes, why would you need A-List?

By: Gregg

Gregg — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:34:59 +0000

AT&T should be coming out with an iPhone App update to allow you to change your settings from your phone.

By: Alli

Alli — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:33:01 +0000

I went from the 450 minute to the 900 minute plan just so I would qualify. I talk to my mother for an hour every day - on her landline. That's 1200 weekday minutes right there. And no, due to time difference and social commitments, we can't talk at night. This is a godsend for me.

Adding in a Google Voice number as a VIP number? It's like saying unlimited talk for $59/month.

Those of you still hungering for text messaging - try WhatsApp for your iPhone contacts. It amounts to free sms.

By: MaxxFlash

MaxxFlash — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:31:30 +0000

Well, for me anyway, can't sign in.

By: Ferniem27

Ferniem27 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:14:16 +0000

OMG yayayayayaya!!!!!!

By: Alan Williams

Alan Williams — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:42:32 +0000

Thanks to rollover minutes I'll never need this

By: fastlane

fastlane — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:38:35 +0000

@Christopher Cox:

Wow it is funny when people get the smug … “uhhhhh no thanks I use less than 200 minutes a month”... So what? Nobody cares about YOUR usage.

Did you read the article? The last sentence asks "would you pay a few extra bucks a month to get A-List? Why would you believe your answers are more important than others' answers? Never mind. Nobody cares.

By: icebike

icebike — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:28:07 +0000

Anyone with a teenager on their plan would be happy to have this.

In our case, we overbought when signing up for our plan, and have 10 thousand roll-over minutes banked, and most of our calls are business calls to a wide variety of numbers, so this would not work for us. We may cut our plan back to fewer minutes for a year.

By: ermax18

ermax18 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:26:43 +0000

And now we know the truth behind Apple killing off Google Voice.

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:23:58 +0000

Most of my friends are AT&T, so no minutes used there, and with rollover, I've got enough talk minutes to get through the worst of mid-life crises! I more of an e-mailer, anyway.

Where's my MMS? Friday? Really?

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:21:19 +0000

I think this plan is awesome for people who are eligible for the plan. For me it does not make sense to upgrade. I am currently using the 700 min plan & the next upgrade is the 1400 min plan. That is what I don't like! They need some sort of in between plan, b/c going from 700 min to a 1400 min plan is crazy. If i did upgrade it would not matter if I signed up for the A-List program b/c I would have 500+ rollover min each month..... AT&T just needs better restructured plans & dare I say FREE SMS!!! Thank you Google Voice

By: Christopher Cox

Christopher Cox — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:10:40 +0000

Wow it is funny when people get the smug ... "uhhhhh no thanks I use less than 200 minutes a month", (from another forum) "this plan sucks why add this when I don't use more than 500 minutes a month and have rollover minutes" or "no thanks I have lots of minutes in rollover"

So what? Nobody cares about YOUR usage. This is an awesome idea I always run out of minutes a month and I have 1400 minutes on a family plan.

By: Dionte

Dionte — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:06:25 +0000

I guess they want us to talk more and use less data, talking must be cheap, 10 unlimited numbers is like have an unlimited plan

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:57:21 +0000

Yay google voice. I only need one phone number on my A list and I can make all my calls free!! Yes!!!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:54:09 +0000

Don't need it 4500 w/rollover would love to have flash on iPhone.

By: fastlane

fastlane — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:48:41 +0000

I use less than 200 minutes a month, I have close to 5,000 rollover minutes I'll never use, and most of the people I talk to have AT&T also. However, they won't let me send one text message without charging me an additional 15¢ (or whatever it is).

Uhhh.... no thanks.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:48:37 +0000

@BBYM, yeah there was some confusion with it. People were saying on AT&Ts facebook it was 10 per user on Family. And AT&T responded to it. But it looks like it could have been understood either way. here is the clarification...

Customers on qualifying current individual AT&T Nation, Unity, or iPhone 3G plans of $59.99 (900 minutes) or more can choose up to 5 A-List numbers. Customers on FamilyTalk AT&T Nation, Unity, or iPhone 3G plans of $89.99 (1400 minutes) or more can choose up to 10 A-List numbers for the entire FamilyTalk group.

By: Ali

Ali — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:45:59 +0000

...I pay $177/month, but because I'm on the FamilyTalk 700 I don't qualify. I hate to leave my iPhone, but I'm changing to Sprint and getting HTC Heroes for my wife and I. $130/month + fees for both phones with 1400 minutes and unlimited texting, MMS, and data on both phones, versus $157/month + fees (which brings the cost to $177 or more every month) for 700 minutes, 1500 texts on my iPhone, unlimited on wife's and my mother's phone (she's changing to her own plan anyway), and the Any Mobile, Any Time goodness.

If only I could find such a plan and keep my iPhone, but I think the Hero will be a nice replacement anyway.

By: Chad

Chad — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:40:45 +0000

Screw AT&T!

By: Darrin

Darrin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:40:19 +0000

No, I would not pay extra. I think AT&T messed up with this one though. Why couldn't it be based on the revenue they receive from you like all their other products. Even the rep I talked to was baffled as to why they did it this way. I guess I could cancel my Unity plan and get the 1400 minute plan (up from the 700) but I really don't guess I don't understand their logic.

By: Clay C

Clay C — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:39:20 +0000

It would be even better if this applied to text messaging as well. I have already signed up!

By: Gary LaPointe

Gary LaPointe — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:35:49 +0000

I'd pay $10 a month for it.

We were just looking at upping our minutes which would have been $20 and been too many minutes. So we were hesitant.

BUT we're on a qualifying family plan. So free is better. We're gonna have so many rollover minutes now....

(I read it as 10 total for a qualifying family plan, 5 for qualifying individual. And AT&T clarified the other day that it's TO and FROM your numbers)

By: GP

GP — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:25:51 +0000

This is a big bonus from me, when you sign-up, it says calls 'to' and 'from' which is great.

By: Aaron Matthew Kaiser

Aaron Matthew Kaiser — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:17:11 +0000

No need as I have unlimited everything right now (and paying WAY too much for it).

By: BBYM

BBYM — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:15:09 +0000

@ Gregg it's 10 total for up to 5 lines. It's like verizon...

By: Gregg

Gregg — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:12:29 +0000

Yeah I never use that many minutes. I also read that its 10 numbers "per family member" So if you have 4 phones you get 40 numbers.

By: Luis

Luis — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:01:26 +0000

Not me... Two iphones on a family plan ( 700 minutes)... I never run out of minutes....

By: sting7k

sting7k — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:50:09 +0000

Don't need it when I have ~4500 roll over minutes. Most of my phone usage is at night or weekend anyways.