AT&T drops push-to-talk pricing to $5, Sprint now odd man out

In conjunction with the release of the rugged Rugby from Samsung, AT&T's celebrating its good fortunes by dropping pricing of its push-to-talk option from $10 to $5 (a 50 percent cut, for the mathematically challenged). That puts its rate in line with Verizon's, while Sprint stays the lone ranger up in the clouds at $10 a month. So, you know, if your conundrum comes down to Rugby versus Boulder -- just make sure monthly PTT pricing doesn't come into play in your decision.

Update: Sprint points out to us that most of their plans actually include Direct Connect bundled in with the pricing. The simply-named "Talk" plans do not, and a $10 bump beyond those bring you to the "Talk/Message/Direct Connect" plans which, as their names imply, include both unlimited messaging and PTT.

[Adam Miarka Posted Sep 17th 2008 6:13AM]

While they're at it, why don't they drop the pricing on texting too!

[kellybrf Posted Sep 17th 2008 11:28AM]

except that sprints ptt is the only one thats worth a damn, and for individual lines that $10 also gets you unlimited messaging

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 17th 2008 6:56PM]

Adam, We did. Unlimited texting on biz talk plans is now $26.00 for the primary line and $6.00 for each additional. Thats a 8.00 drop for the second line and $14.00 drop for lines 3-40. Call me I'll set you up