If 2 GB is Excessive, Why is AT&T Selling 3 GB Mobile Data Plans? ⇥

Kevin Fitchard:

But AT&T just overhauled its plan pricing. It’s newest mid-tier plan charges customers $30 for 3 GB. Why is AT&T inviting new customers to consume a full gigabyte more of data while telling older customers – who pay the exact same monthly fee – that 2 GB of data is excessive?

Via M.G. Siegler, who quips “great question”.

Sometimes I look at the phone carrier situation in Canada and compare it to the carriers in Europe and Japan, and it depresses me. Then I look at the carrier situation in the US and realise that it could be worse.