If the recent rumors are true and AT&T does plan to offer iPhone customers a tethering plan for $55 per month, people will have some decisions to make. Tethering or electricity? Tethering or something shiny from QVC? To help you decide, we've compiled an uncomprehensive list of items $55 a month will buy...
You could ride the buses, light rail lines, and historic cable cars of San Francisco to your heart's content with a MUNI Fast Pass, which will be $55 per month starting this July (up from $45, which it's been since I moved here).
A bottle of Bling Bubbly Sparkling White Grape Juice, not counting shipping or tax. Nonalcoholic toasts all around!
The 3.06GHz 24-inch iMac with a 1TB hard drive and 4GB of tasty, tasty RAM (retail value $2,199) can be purchased from Apple.com for payments as low as $50/month with financing from Juniper.
The Nibbler's Bonanza gift box of delicious old-world sausage, Wisconsin cheese, and other treats from Usinger's, the best sausage company in America. (This includes shipping from Milwaukee to me here in California, which requires dry ice and speedy FedEx guys. Godspeed, sausage products!)
A lovely bouquet of tulips from FTD for your wife, mother, or school lunch lady. Flowers every month?! Every woman's dream.
You could watch 200-plus channels of satellite TV, including HD service and a DVR, with the DirecTV Choice Xtra + HD DVR package, just $54.99 per month for the first year.
If you saved that $55/month for the whole year, you'd have $660, which is enough for this fly pair of Jimmy Choo Peep-Toe d'Orsay heels, or one-year Mac|Life subscriptions for you and your 32 best friends. (And even more if you subscribe via Amazon!)
A delicious 750mL bottle of Lapis Reposado Tequila, because one really killer hangover per month builds character.
2 dozen TaylorMade golf balls from Walmart.com, because it's hard to find those suckers in the woods.
A brand-new pair of black Levi's 501 jeans, even if they're not on sale. Get a new pair every month and you'll never have to wash your jeans again. Unless you wear them to a bonfire party. Then they'll smell like smoke.
11 $5 footlongs from Subway. That's two entire workweeks of lunches, plus a bonus sandwich to store in the glove compartment for emergencies!
What would YOU buy?
jivener
June 20, 2009 at 9:19am
Seems like a bargain if you travel more than 2 weeks a month. I have spent ~$45 on WiFi for just a 3 day trip. $10 at the airport, $12 at the hotel for 2 nights, $10 on the return.
DianaW
June 19, 2009 at 11:02pm
We have to be smart-buyers. In times like this, saving money is the best option to deal with emergency situation. Many businesses offer over 50 discounts for those who surpass a half century – in fact, over 50 discounts is what the AARP is all about. Those of us who are wiser in age and most learned scholars in the way of life are deserving of a break. There's also a host of websites, such as seniordiscounts.com, dedicated to helping those graying about the temples to free up some money with discounts, so they don't need a fast cash loan. Seniordiscounts.com has a nationwide database of senior discounts, and joining is cheap. A small membership fee to get a list of over 50 discounts for dirt cheap – you won't need a cash advance – it's worth it.
kevkevallen
June 19, 2009 at 3:29pm
Pocketing the $55 a month and using the $660 for a jump start on the Apple LED Display...
fxrodriguez
June 19, 2009 at 1:33pm
ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR AT&T....THEY CAN GO TO F**** HELL....
fxrodriguez
June 19, 2009 at 1:33pm
ANOTHER NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR AT&T....THEY CAN GO TO F**** HELL....
Jamie
June 19, 2009 at 1:27pm
This rumor has been debunked by AT&T:
http://www.facebook.com/ATT?v=app_7146470109
DLove
June 19, 2009 at 12:51pm
There is no way in hell this can be $55 on TOP of the data plan.
They charge $60 for unlimited data + tethering on the Blackberry, $55 HAS to be the total price. Right?
AT&T....come on now *looks at them sideways*
This is why I'm not upgrading my 3G to the 3G S just yet. I'm waiting to see what kind of crap AT&T tries to pull with this tethering. They've already looked like a monkey's ass so far....and you can tell Apple can't wait to be done with them unless they change...
