Mobile customers have become quite accustomed to the gradual increase in pricing for mobile plans. Not only have the advertised prices for postpaid services increased significantly over the past few years, but operators have even started charging customers for infrastructure hikes without any warning other than a little notice in the bill. cost. Typically, bigger plan changes are announced more publicly, but that doesn’t seem to always be the case, at least not for AT&T-backed FirstNet.

Reddit user CustomerNo6626 pointed out that the bottom of their bill states that their FirstLine plan will “increase in price by $3 per month starting January 15, 2025.” Other customers have since confirmed that they, too, have seen growth.

While I realize it’s only a $3 increase, it’s a sizable increase compared to the $0.20 to $0.40 fee increases that are typically added to bills this way. At least I think increases over $1 should be announced through a variety of efforts including text messages and emails. It does look dodgy to add a bill increase as a small concept in the usual multi-page bill.

To be fair, even with the price increase from $45 to $48, if you’re a first responder who needs reliable service and truly priority data, FirstNet’s quality of service is hard to beat. The bigger problem is that everyone keeps raising their bills without much warning, hoping people won’t notice. This is something I personally think needs to stop.