AT&T has launched "OneConnect," a new family of service plans that bundle its fiber broadband with its wireless network at a significant discount compared to buying both services separately. The launch represents AT&T's most aggressive push yet to capture both sides of a customer's broadband business in a single transaction - and comes with a meaningful financial incentive to do so.

The bundling announcement, made on Tuesday March 31, 2026, starts at $90 per month for an individual plan that includes a 1Gbps fiber broadband connection, one phone line, and up to three data devices (tablets and wearables). Two higher tiers extend coverage to couples and families at $120 and $225 per month respectively. All prices include taxes and fees - a distinction AT&T specifically highlights because its separately advertised standalone fiber and wireless prices do not include taxes and fees.

The financial attractiveness of the bundle is straightforward to calculate. AT&T currently charges $70 per month for 1Gbps fiber in major markets and $50 per month for its Value 2.0 wireless plan, its cheapest individual option. Those two services purchased separately would cost $120 per month in base rates before taxes and fees - meaning the $90 OneConnect Individual plan saves approximately $30 per month in service costs before even accounting for the additional taxes and fees that would apply to the standalone plans.

However, the launch comes with two significant asterisks that Rob Pegoraro of PCMag identifies and examines in his reporting. First, the wireless plan included in OneConnect is described as "unlimited" by AT&T but has not been specified in terms of the quality attributes that determine whether an unlimited plan is worth having: priority data allocation, mobile hotspot data limits, and throttling policies. Second, customers must bring their own unlocked device - no carrier-locked phone financing is available through OneConnect.

AT&T OneConnect Quick Summary Key Details: Individual plan: $90/mo - 1Gbps fiber + 1 phone + up to 3 data devices (tablets/wearables) -- Duo plan: $120/mo - 2 phones + up to 6 data devices -- Family plan: $225/mo - unlimited people + up to 10 voice lines + up to 10 data devices -- Price includes: All taxes and fees (unlike standalone AT&T plans) -- Required: Bring your own unlocked device (BYOD) -- Wireless details: Labeled "unlimited" but priority data, hotspot, throttling: UNSPECIFIED -- International roaming: Not included

The Three OneConnect Plan Tiers: What You Get and for How Much

AT&T has structured OneConnect around three plan tiers that scale from individual users to large families. Each tier includes AT&T's 1Gbps fiber broadband as the common broadband component, with the wireless component scaled by the number of voice lines and data devices.

Individual Plan: $90/Month

The entry-level OneConnect plan covers a single user at $90 per month. This includes the 1Gbps fiber connection for the home, one phone line (for one smartphone), and up to three "data devices" - AT&T's term for devices that use data but are not voice phones, specifically wearables (smartwatches and fitness trackers) and tablets.

The $90 tax-inclusive price compares favourably to the sum of AT&T's standalone rates. AT&T's 1Gbps fiber is available at $70 per month in markets such as Chicago and Dallas (standalone rate before taxes), and the cheapest current wireless plan, Value 2.0, runs $50 per month for a single line. Without OneConnect, a customer with both services would pay $120 in base rates plus whatever taxes and fees apply in their market - potentially $15 to $25 more per month in a typical market.

Duo Plan: $120/Month

The Duo plan at $120 per month covers two people: two phone lines and up to six data devices. For a couple where both partners want to include their smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches in the bundle, the Duo plan provides substantial value. A comparable package of standalone AT&T fiber plus two wireless lines would cost significantly more, and the data devices (typically $10 to $15 per line per month on standalone plans) add additional savings.

Family Plan: $225/Month

The Family plan at $225 per month is designed for larger households. It includes unlimited people (no per-person cap on the account), up to 10 voice lines, and up to 10 data devices. This is the most complex value proposition: a family of four with multiple phones, tablets, and wearables on AT&T currently might be paying $300 or more per month for equivalent standalone service depending on their wireless plan tier. The flat-rate Family plan at $225 with tax and fee inclusion could represent substantial savings for the right household composition.

Important Caveat What "Unlimited" Means Here: AT&T calls the OneConnect wireless plan "unlimited" but has not specified: (1) How much priority data each line receives before speeds are deprioritised on congested towers; (2) How much mobile hotspot data is included and at what speed; (3) Whether any video streaming resolution caps apply; (4) Throttling policies at various data usage levels. These specifications determine whether an "unlimited" plan is genuinely competitive. AT&T spokesperson Chrissy Murray described the wireless plan as "a new offering and a work in progress."

The Tax-Inclusive Pricing Advantage: More Significant Than It Sounds

One of the most consumer-friendly aspects of the OneConnect bundle - and one that Rob Pegoraro specifically highlights - is that the stated prices include all taxes and fees. This is not the standard practice for AT&T's wireless and broadband services, which advertise their base rates and add taxes and fees to the monthly bill.

Why Taxes and Fees Matter More Than They Appear

The wireless industry has a complex and sometimes opaque fee structure that can add $10 to $30 or more to a monthly phone bill beyond the advertised base rate. Federal Universal Service Fund (USF) charges, state and local sales taxes, regulatory recovery fees, and carrier-imposed administrative charges are all common additions. For broadband, local franchise fees, state broadband taxes, and other charges similarly add to the base advertised rate.

When AT&T advertises a $70/month fiber plan and a $50/month wireless plan, the effective out-of-pocket monthly cost is typically higher - sometimes significantly higher depending on the customer's local market. A customer in a high-tax state and municipality might pay $85 for the fiber and $65 for the wireless, turning the apparent $120 combined cost into $150 or more in actual billing.

The $90 OneConnect Individual price includes all of these charges. The invoice will show $90, not $90 plus a list of additional line items. This makes budgeting straightforward and eliminates the unpleasant surprise of a bill that significantly exceeds the advertised rate. For consumers who have experienced this kind of fee sticker shock with telecom services, the tax-inclusive pricing is a genuine differentiator.

Comparing Actual All-In Costs

When comparing the $90 OneConnect Individual to standalone AT&T fiber at $70 plus Value 2.0 wireless at $50 ($120 combined before fees), it is important to apply realistic taxes and fees to the standalone option. In a mid-range market, taxes and regulatory fees might add 15-20% to the standalone total, bringing the effective standalone cost to approximately $138 to $144 per month. Against this realistic comparison, the $90 tax-inclusive OneConnect price represents savings of $48 to $54 per month - not just the apparent $30 savings from comparing base rates.

Plan	Monthly Price	Included	vs Standalone (before fees)	vs Standalone (with ~15% fees)
Individual	$90 (tax-inclusive)	1Gbps fiber + 1 phone + 3 data devices	$30 savings ($120 standalone)	~$48-54 savings vs. $138-144
Duo	$120 (tax-inclusive)	1Gbps fiber + 2 phones + 6 data devices	~$60+ savings	Varies by plan tiers selected
Family	$225 (tax-inclusive)	1Gbps fiber + up to 10 voices + 10 data devices	$75+ savings (large households)	Potentially $100+ vs. standalone
Note	No phone financing	Must bring own unlocked device	BYOD required - no installment plans	-

Table 1: AT&T OneConnect plan tiers and pricing vs. standalone services. All OneConnect prices are tax-inclusive; standalone AT&T fiber and wireless prices are base rates before taxes and fees. Actual savings are higher than the raw price difference when taxes and fees are applied to standalone plans.

The Critical Unknown: What Wireless Plan Are You Actually Getting?

The most important unresolved question about AT&T OneConnect - and the one that most directly affects whether the bundle represents good value for wireless-heavy users - is what quality of wireless service is included. AT&T has labeled the wireless component as "unlimited" but has withheld the specifications that determine whether an unlimited plan is genuinely competitive.

Why "Unlimited" Needs Specification

In the US wireless market, "unlimited" has ceased to be a meaningful standalone description of a wireless plan. Every major carrier offers multiple tiers of unlimited plans that differ dramatically in the specifications that actually determine the user experience. The three most important variables are priority data, mobile hotspot allocation, and throttling policy.

Priority data is the amount of data a line can use at full network priority before the carrier may deprioritise the connection on congested cell towers. A plan with 100GB of priority data will experience near-full network speeds for the vast majority of users almost all the time, because most users do not consume 100GB of mobile data monthly. A plan with 5GB of priority data may frequently encounter deprioritisation in congested urban areas during peak hours, resulting in noticeably slower speeds despite being technically "unlimited."

Mobile hotspot data is the amount of data that can be used when the phone is acting as a Wi-Fi hotspot for laptops or other devices. AT&T's Value 2.0 plan (its cheapest current option) includes only 3GB of hotspot data per month, after which hotspot speeds are reduced to 128Kbps - effectively unusable for anything except basic messaging. Its premium plans include 40GB or more of high-speed hotspot data. The difference is enormous for anyone who uses their phone as a backup internet connection.

For comparison, AT&T's Value 2.0 plan (the cheapest plan in the new March 2026 lineup at $50/month per line) includes 5GB of priority data and 3GB of mobile hotspot. Whether OneConnect includes a comparable tier, a superior tier, or some newly created tier is not specified. The absence of this information makes it impossible to evaluate whether the wireless component of the $90 bundle is competitive with what $50/month in standalone wireless would get you.

What AT&T Has Said (and Not Said)

Rob Pegoraro obtained a response from AT&T spokesperson Chrissy Murray, who confirmed that international roaming is not included in OneConnect and described the wireless component as "a new offering and a work in progress." Murray added: "We're testing and refining additional features/capabilities based on customer feedback. We'll roll out enhancements in stages as we confirm performance and the end-to-end experience."

This response is informative in its own way. Describing a newly launched commercial product as "a work in progress" that will be "tested and refined" suggests that AT&T has launched OneConnect before fully determining what the wireless component will look like at maturity. Early adopters of the bundle are essentially beta testers who may find the wireless specifications improved, unchanged, or even degraded as AT&T "refines" the offering.

The practical advice for consumers considering OneConnect: ask AT&T customer service specifically what priority data allocation, hotspot data allocation, and throttling policies apply to the OneConnect wireless plan before signing up, and get the answer in writing or in the terms of service documentation. An attractive price point is only a good deal if the service quality justifies it.

International Roaming Exclusion

The confirmed absence of international roaming from OneConnect is a meaningful limitation for frequent travellers. AT&T's standalone wireless plans typically include some level of international roaming capability (at varying quality and cost levels depending on the plan tier). Customers who rely on AT&T for international connectivity when travelling would need to pay separately for international roaming services or use alternative options like local SIM cards or eSIM international prepaid plans when abroad.

The BYOD Requirement: Catch or Feature?

The most prominently asterisked requirement in AT&T's OneConnect announcement - noted at the bottom of the press release in small print - is that customers must bring their own unlocked devices. No carrier-provided phone financing, no installment payment plans through AT&T, no device subsidies. To use OneConnect, you need an unlocked phone you already own or purchase independently.

Why This Is a Real Limitation for Many Customers

The requirement to bring an unlocked device is a genuine barrier for a significant segment of potential customers. Many people in the United States upgrade their phones through carrier installment plans - the monthly payment plan model where the cost of a $1,000 phone is spread over 24 or 36 months and bundled with the monthly service bill. This model has become so dominant that many consumers have never purchased a phone at full retail price and may not know where to buy an unlocked device.

Customers currently on carrier installment plans for their phones cannot simply switch to OneConnect without either paying off the remaining installments or continuing to pay the installment separately while also paying for OneConnect service. This complicates the switch considerably and may make the math of switching unattractive for customers early in a device payment period.

Why Unlocked Phones Are Actually Better for Consumers

Rob Pegoraro offers context that reframes the BYOD requirement as potentially advantageous rather than merely a limitation. Buying an unlocked phone - purchased directly from a manufacturer or a retailer like Best Buy or Amazon rather than through a carrier - provides three specific freedoms that carrier-locked phones do not.

First, carrier flexibility. An unlocked phone can be used on any compatible carrier's network, making it easy to switch carriers without needing to replace the device. This is the most direct benefit of unlocked phones and the one that reduces long-term carrier leverage over the customer. With a locked phone, switching carriers may require either paying off the phone balance or buying a new device - a financial friction that encourages staying with the current carrier.

Second, supplemental service capability. Unlocked phones can use eSIM technology to add secondary carrier profiles without affecting the primary SIM. This makes it straightforward to add services like Starlink roaming (for rural areas where cellular coverage is poor) or prepaid eSIM plans from local carriers when travelling internationally. Carrier-locked phones typically restrict eSIM functionality in ways that prevent or complicate these supplemental arrangements.

Third, installment payment flexibility. Pegoraro specifically notes that buying unlocked phones does not mean paying full price upfront. Unlocked versions of high-end phones including Apple's iPhone 17 series and Google's Pixel 10 lineup are available on installment payment plans from retailers and from the manufacturers themselves. The monthly payments for these unlocked installment plans are comparable to carrier installment plans, but the resulting phone is unlocked and carrier-flexible rather than locked to a specific network.

The Anti-Churn Strategy in OneConnect

Pegoraro identifies an interesting strategic dimension of the BYOD requirement. The traditional carrier strategy for reducing customer churn (customers cancelling service and switching to competitors) relies heavily on device lock-in: a customer whose phone is locked to a carrier and still being paid off faces financial friction in switching. The locked phone and the payment plan together create stickiness that keeps customers in place.

With OneConnect, AT&T is using a different anti-churn approach: bundling enough valuable services that the customer does not want to leave, rather than making it financially difficult to leave. A customer who has both their home fiber and their wireless service on AT&T, at a tax-inclusive discount price, faces a more complex switching decision than a customer with a single service. Moving both services at once requires finding a competing bundle or setting up two separate services, each with their own installation, activation, and setup processes.

This "value lock-in" approach is arguably more consumer-friendly than "financial lock-in" through locked devices and long financing terms. The customer retains their freedom to leave (their phone is unlocked and portable) but is given a positive reason to stay (the bundle value) rather than a punitive reason to stay (the penalty of switching). AT&T's bet is that the bundle economics will be compelling enough to produce the desired retention outcomes.

The Competitive Context: How OneConnect Fits the Broadband Bundling Landscape

AT&T is not the first carrier to offer discounts for combining home broadband and wireless service, and the competitive context reveals both what is distinctive about OneConnect and where its competitors may counter-argue.

T-Mobile: Home 5G Discount

T-Mobile offers a $15 per month discount on its home 5G fixed-wireless internet service to T-Mobile wireless subscribers. This is a meaningful discount but a more limited form of bundling than OneConnect: it discounts one service for subscribers of the other, rather than creating a new integrated product with a unified billing structure and combined pricing.

T-Mobile's home 5G broadband also uses a fundamentally different technology than AT&T's fiber. T-Mobile Home Internet is fixed wireless - a 5G signal delivered to an indoor router, with speeds that vary based on local 5G network conditions and congestion. It is generally competitive with entry-level fiber for most everyday internet uses (streaming, video calls, light gaming) but does not match fiber's consistency, low latency, and theoretical maximum speeds for high-demand use cases.

Verizon: Fios Bundle Discounts

Verizon offers comparable bundle discounts on its Fios fiber broadband service for wireless subscribers. Like T-Mobile's approach, Verizon's model discounts one service when the customer has the other, rather than creating a single unified product. Verizon also has a home 5G fixed-wireless alternative to Fios in markets where it has not deployed fiber.

Verizon's competitive response to OneConnect is likely to be to match or exceed the bundle discount, as Verizon has significant overlap with AT&T in the markets where AT&T has deployed fiber. Both carriers compete directly for the same customers in many major metropolitan areas.

Cable Operators: Xfinity Mobile and Spectrum Mobile

Cable operators like Comcast (with Xfinity Mobile) and Charter Communications (with Spectrum Mobile) have taken the bundling concept the furthest by making wireless service available only to customers who also subscribe to their home broadband. Both Xfinity Mobile and Spectrum Mobile are wireless services that run primarily on Verizon's network (with supplementary Wi-Fi offloading through their own hotspot networks) and are available exclusively to the respective cable company's broadband customers.

This model is the inverse of AT&T's OneConnect in an important way: cable operators require broadband as a prerequisite for wireless, while AT&T is offering a discount for taking both. The effect is similar (a customer is more likely to have both services from the same provider) but the mechanism differs in ways that affect customer psychology. Being required to have broadband to get wireless feels restrictive; being offered a discount for combining the two feels like a reward.

Xfinity Mobile and Spectrum Mobile are also notable for their pricing: Xfinity Mobile starts at $15 per month per line on a shared data model and $45 per month for a truly unlimited plan. These prices undercut OneConnect on a per-line basis, though the comparison is complicated by the different service quality and network characteristics.

AT&T's Distinctive Approach: "Why Buy It Twice?"

AT&T's executive framing for OneConnect, provided by Jenifer Robertson (EVP and GM for mass markets), distills the bundle's value proposition into a slogan that Pegoraro quotes: "There's only one internet, why buy it twice?" This is a rhetorically clever pitch that positions the separate purchase of wired and wireless internet as irrational redundancy.

The claim has merit as a marketing message. From the customer's perspective, they are paying for internet access - the ability to connect their devices to the internet. Whether that access comes through fiber to the home or through a cellular network is a technical detail that the customer does not need to care about. The idea of paying two separate carriers for two separate internet connections, each with their own billing cycle, customer service department, and fee structure, can reasonably be framed as an inefficiency.

However, the argument also has limits. Wireless and fixed broadband serve genuinely different use cases that make them not simply redundant versions of the same thing. Fixed fiber is the right choice for high-volume data consumption at home (4K streaming, online gaming, working from home, large file transfers). Wireless is the right choice for mobile connectivity when away from home. Most households genuinely need both, and reducing both to "buying the internet twice" somewhat oversimplifies the distinct roles each plays.

AT&T's Fiber Footprint: Where OneConnect Is Actually Available

OneConnect's value proposition depends on AT&T having fiber service available in a customer's area. Unlike wireless service, which covers most of the United States through AT&T's extensive cellular network, AT&T's fiber broadband is limited to the markets where the company has deployed fiber to the premises.

AT&T's Fiber Expansion

AT&T has been aggressively expanding its fiber footprint through a multi-year infrastructure investment programme. The carrier has targeted major metropolitan areas and their suburbs, with deployments in markets including Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, and many others. However, AT&T's fiber remains unavailable in significant portions of the country, particularly rural areas, smaller markets, and regions where AT&T's legacy network infrastructure predates the fiber era.

For customers in AT&T fiber markets, OneConnect is a concrete and immediately available offer. For customers outside those markets, OneConnect is irrelevant regardless of how attractive the pricing is. Checking fiber availability at a specific address is a prerequisite step before evaluating OneConnect.

The Role of Fiber vs. 5G Home Internet

A notable absence from the OneConnect announcement is any mention of AT&T's home internet options that use 5G fixed wireless rather than fiber. AT&T has been deploying home internet services in markets where fiber is not available, using 5G cellular technology to deliver broadband to home routers. Whether OneConnect pricing and features extend to 5G home internet subscribers, or whether the bundle is fiber-only, was not specified in the announcement covered by Pegoraro.

This matters because a customer who wants to bundle their AT&T wireless with AT&T home internet but lives outside the fiber footprint needs to know whether the bundle applies to their situation. The $90 tax-inclusive price for 1Gbps fiber + wireless is compelling; a similar bundle for 5G home internet + wireless at a competitive price would extend that value to a wider customer base.

What Consumers Should Do: Practical Guidance for Evaluating OneConnect

Given the combination of genuine value and unresolved questions in the OneConnect announcement, the right approach for consumers is to investigate specific details before committing.

Confirm Fiber Availability

The first step is to verify that AT&T fiber is available at the specific address. AT&T's website allows address-specific availability checks. A bundle that depends on fiber is irrelevant without fiber service at the home.

Get Wireless Specifications in Writing

The most important unknown in the OneConnect value proposition is the wireless plan specification. Before signing up, consumers should ask AT&T customer service or a sales representative to provide in writing: the amount of priority data per line before possible deprioritisation, the amount of mobile hotspot data and the speed after the high-speed allocation is exhausted, any video streaming quality limits, and the international roaming options and costs. Comparing these specifications to AT&T's standalone plans and competitors' plans will determine whether the wireless included in OneConnect is genuinely competitive or a stripped-down version that sacrifices quality for the lower bundle price.

Evaluate the BYOD Situation

Customers currently on carrier installment plans should calculate what it would cost to pay off their current phones and whether that cost, amortised over a year or more of bundle savings, makes the switch financially worthwhile. For customers with fully paid-off phones, the BYOD requirement is simply a checkbox to verify (is the phone unlocked? AT&T can tell you).

Consider Timing

AT&T spokesperson Murray's description of OneConnect as "a work in progress" that will receive "enhancements in stages" suggests that the product may improve over time. Early adopters will be beta testing a product that its creator acknowledges is not yet complete. Waiting a few months for the wireless specifications to be fully defined and the service to stabilise may result in a clearer, better-understood product. The pricing may also change once the "testing and refining" phase is complete.

The Broader Picture: What OneConnect Tells Us About the Telecom Industry

The OneConnect launch is a single product announcement, but it reflects broader trends in how the US telecom industry is evolving that are worth noting.

The Race to Bundle Everything

The bundling strategy that AT&T is pursuing with OneConnect is part of a wider industry trend toward converged connectivity products that combine wired and wireless services. This trend is driven by the maturation of both the wireless and fixed broadband markets, where subscriber growth in the United States is limited because most households already have these services. In a market where growth comes primarily from taking customers from competitors, creating switching costs through bundling is a more sustainable strategy than competing on individual service features alone.

The "superapp" or "superservice" model - where a single provider captures multiple high-value services from a customer - increases customer lifetime value, reduces churn, and makes the provider more difficult to displace. AT&T is not unique in pursuing this; it is late to explicitly marketing it as a distinct product (as Pegoraro notes, competitors can credibly argue that AT&T is late to the bundling concept), but the packaging of it as OneConnect with a clear value proposition is a marketing approach that the carrier may execute more effectively than piecemeal bundle discounts.

The Shift Away from Device Subsidies

The BYOD requirement in OneConnect reflects a broader trend in the industry away from the heavily subsidised device model that dominated US wireless for the first two decades of the smartphone era. The subsidy model - where carriers absorbed the cost of expensive smartphones into long-term service contracts or installment plans in exchange for customer lock-in - is being complemented by BYOD-friendly approaches as the market matures.

Consumers who buy unlocked phones from manufacturers or retailers gain flexibility; carriers that attract and retain customers through service quality and value rather than device financing have a more sustainable competitive position. The OneConnect approach is consistent with this evolution: AT&T is betting that the bundle value is a strong enough retention mechanism without the added friction of device financing lock-in.

Conclusion: Promising Discount, Unresolved Details

AT&T OneConnect offers a genuinely attractive financial proposition: a significant discount on combined fiber and wireless service, with all taxes and fees included in the stated price, for customers in AT&T fiber markets who are willing to use an unlocked device. The $90 tax-inclusive price for 1Gbps fiber plus one phone line is likely to be materially cheaper than what most AT&T fiber and wireless customers currently pay for equivalent separate services.

The bundling strategy also reflects a more consumer-friendly anti-churn approach than the device lock-in model that has dominated US wireless: AT&T is trying to give customers a reason to stay rather than making it expensive to leave. For consumers, an unlocked phone is genuinely better than a locked one, and the BYOD requirement inadvertently promotes this consumer-friendly outcome.

The significant caveat, as Rob Pegoraro identifies, is the unspecified wireless plan quality. A bundle that pairs excellent fiber broadband with a stripped-down wireless plan is not necessarily a good deal if the wireless component is inferior to what a standalone plan at the same price would provide. Until AT&T specifies the priority data allocation, hotspot limits, and throttling policies for the OneConnect wireless plan, consumers cannot fully evaluate the bundle's value.

AT&T's characterisation of the wireless component as "a work in progress" being "tested and refined" is an unusual admission for a commercially launched product. It suggests consumers should approach OneConnect with interest tempered by patience - watching for the completion of the wireless specifications before committing, and ensuring they understand exactly what they are getting in the wireless component of the $90 bundle before signing up.

"There's only one internet, why buy it twice?"

- Jenifer Robertson, EVP and GM for AT&T Mass Markets, on the OneConnect value proposition

Summary AT&T OneConnect Key Facts: Plans: Individual $90/mo (1Gbps + 1 phone + 3 data devices) / Duo $120/mo (2 phones + 6 data devices) / Family $225/mo (up to 10 phones + 10 data devices) -- All prices: Tax and fee inclusive -- BYOD required: No AT&T phone financing; bring unlocked device -- Wireless quality: UNSPECIFIED - priority data, hotspot, throttling policy all undisclosed -- International roaming: NOT included -- Comparison: Individual saves ~$30-54/mo vs. standalone AT&T fiber + Value 2.0 wireless -- AT&T status: "Testing and refining" wireless component -- Recommendation: Confirm fiber availability, get wireless specs in writing before signing up

What to Ask AT&T Before Signing Up Key Questions: 1. How much priority data per line before deprioritisation? -- 2. How much mobile hotspot data, and at what speed after limit? -- 3. Are there video streaming quality caps? -- 4. What are the international roaming options and costs? -- 5. Is my current address in the fiber service area? -- 6. When will the wireless plan specifications be finalised?

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