There is a way out for AT&T U-verse customers stuck dealing with the company’s arbitrary 250GB monthly usage cap — sign up with U-verse reseller DSL Extreme for the same Internet access with no usage caps whatsoever.
Today, DSL Extreme announced the introduction of trueSTREAM in 21 states serviced by AT&T’s U-verse fiber to the neighborhood system. Much like Earthlink’s reseller agreement with Time Warner Cable, customers can transparently switch between the two providers and receive essentially the same service at a different price point.
The biggest selling point of trueSTREAM is that it has absolutely no usage limits.
DSL Extreme has signed a contract with AT&T to offer the service in states including California, Texas, Illinois, and Florida, among many others.
Customers don’t need to have a phone line to subscribe. They will need to lease a wireless gateway router ($6.50/mo) from DSL Extreme and the rate plans are similar to AT&T’s own U-verse broadband offerings:
- Value ($17.95/mo) 768/384kbps
- Plus ($22.95/mo) 1.5Mbps/384kbps
- Pro ($27.95/mo) 3Mbps/512kbps
- Elite ($32.95/mo) 6Mbps/768kbps
- Max ($37.95/mo) 12/1Mbps
- Max Plus ($42.95/mo) 18/1.5Mbps
- Max Turbo ($52.95/mo) 24/3Mbps
- Power ($62.95/mo) 45/6Mbps
- Power Plus ($92.95/mo) 75/8Mbps
Professional installation is now free of charge and an optional one-year contract delivers other extras, such as a static IP address. A Supplier Surcharge Recovery fee of $2.88 per month applies. Customers can pre-qualify on the company’s website.
The coverage area of trueSTREAM will extend the company’s reach overnight to 30 million potential customer locations, growing to nearly 60 million by 2015.