Price Hike Coming For Cell Customers In Oklahoma This Year

The news cycle is weird. Just a week after everyone has somewhat forgotten about the cell service outage in Oklahoma and the rest of the country, AT&T has made two very different announcements.

The first was a very public apology and explanation of why their service disappeared for so many that day.

Officially, it was "caused by the application and execution of an incorrect process used (while) expanding (the AT&T) network."

Verizon and T-Mobile users also reported connection issues during the same period, but both companies denied any problems.

To make up for it, AT&T announced that they would be offering a $5 credit to each account affected by the outage as a measure of good faith.

That's the announcement you likely already know about, and AT&T made every effort to ensure everybody heard about their response. They admitted their failure and acted swiftly to correct it.

The quiet announcement.

While it probably chalks up to poor timing above all else, AT&T recently also (very) quietly announced a little bit of a price hike for their customers.

AT&T says that all unlimited plans will see a smidge price increase of about a dollar--but with the bump in price will come a bump in hotspot data from 3GB to 5GB each month--which is practical value for the money if you live in one of the few places the AT&T hotspot service actually functions.

Spoiler: That's not Hollis, Oklahoma...

AT&T isn't alone in the price hikes.

Verizon is also pushing its own price hike on several different service plans too.

Those who are on the following plans will soon see their bills bump up about $4/month.

• 5G Get More
• 5G Play More
• 5G Do More
• 5G Start

It's not just a simple cash-grab though, Verizon says this is the strategy they'll implement to encourage customers to upgrade to the "myPlan" service, of which the price will not change...yet.

What about T-Mobile?

Price increases aren't in store for T-Mobile cellular service customers yet, but the company is in the process of raising home internet pricing. Those who are already locked in won't see the increase, but all new customers will.