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New T-Mobile Family Plan Offers Four Lines With 10 GB of Data Each at $120
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I've got this as well, but T-Mobile says the free audio streaming is only with the "Simple Choice Plans" which seems to exclude all the lowest cost prepaid plans. Another problem is while the $30 plan has phone/message roaming it doesn't have data roaming and there are too many places I go to which switch to roaming (on AT&T).
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They have to do the constant announcements and gimmicks. It's what keeps them in the news (like here on MacRumors) and allows them to steal customers away from their competitors. People don't generally switch providers unless they see news like this. Much like car insurance companies have started running ads like crazy over the past 10 years, mobile phone companies aren't thought of unless they're in your face. Most will complain about what they're paying but won't actively go and look at other options and switch. Having these type of announcements every month keeps them in the media spotlight and highlights the new offerings.
T-Mobile is still struggling to make it work and certainly could ultimately fail as what they're doing currently doesn't have them very profitable or sustainable. It remains to be seen if this current strategy is the right one.
30 USD for unlimited Talk/Text + 10 GB is pretty good, I'd say. At least here in Germany you won't get anything even close to this.
Kind of like you get gold plated roads with the gas prices over there?
It is not -- it is priced out at 4 people, until Labor Day, since that is how "family plans" are priced out on the other major US carriers. Each additional line is 20 dollars... it's actually the 100 dollars 2-person, 10 gig plan. The 3rd user at $20 makes it 120, and the 4th line is free until Labor Day.
In addition, when a given line uses up its 10 GB, it will be slowed down, but will not charge extra.
I guess it's a bit cheaper than the 5gig plans, but on the other hand, you'll still have to go unlimited for tethering feature, which can be useful in certain situations.
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The price for this promotion really makes the Verizon 10GB offering look bad. They'll have to come up with something better.
I hope Verizon gets more competitive but I don't expect it to happen. Verizon seems to be of the mindset that their customers get what they pay for in terms of coverage therefore they don't need to join the price/features war that T-Mobile is waging. The sad part is that Verizon can continue to play that game because they're right.
Verizon has most of the state of Georgia blanketed in LTE coverage. Their backhaul may be saturated, but I can still pull at least 10 Mbps down on Verizon LTE most places. Meanwhile, outside of Metro Atlanta, T-Mo has LTE coverage within 10 miles of interstates and along some U.S. highways but beyond that, it's either 2G or no service. When you look at it that way, Verizon's 10 Mbps down LTE, while not the 40-80 Mbps you could once get, is much more palatable than T-Mo's either 2G or no service.
Verizon has most of the state of Georgia blanketed in LTE coverage. Their backhaul may be saturated, but I can still pull at least 10 Mbps down on Verizon LTE most places. Meanwhile, outside of Metro Atlanta, T-Mo has LTE coverage within 10 miles of interstates and along some U.S. highways but beyond that, it's either 2G or no service. When you look at it that way, Verizon's 10 Mbps down LTE, while not the 40-80 Mbps you could once get, is much more palatable than T-Mo's either 2G or no service.
But is it worth $240 extra, per month, for 40GB shared? If an individual 10GB isn't enough for you on T-Mo then you can add an extra 10 GB data to your individual plan for $10/mo. Or you could put all 4 phone lines on Unlimited LTE high speed data for $140 LESS, per month, then with VZW's 40GB shared.
Except, with T-Mo if you exceed your individual 10GB -- there is no overage fee charged. You just get throttled. It's $120 /mo, period. At your discretion, you can add an additional individual 10GB for an extra $10/mo.
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Yes, it went from unlimited 4G data to capped 4G data. Still a downgrade for me.
Finland here, i have unlimited talk/text/mms and also real unlimited(no data caps) 4G data all for 24,90euros per month.
It's good here
my wife and I just moved from AT&T to Verizon. They had the 2 lines / 10GB of data for $80/month promotion which I didn't think was too bad for verizon ($110 with $15/line costs added in). Since I didn't get good coverage with AT&T at my office, I made the switch. Plus my wife gets 17% off through her employer, so we pay ~$96 before taxes and phone subsidies. That was better than the T-Mobile promotion of 2 lines of unlimited data for $100 / month (no employer discount). Especially since when I did the T-Mobile test drive, service would almost be non-existent inside most buildings and when you stepped foot outside of any metro area.
I'm jumping all over this tomorrow. The network upgrades are moving along nicely, cheaper prices than the competition, and almost $0 out the door to get a new iPhone every time I'm ready for an upgrade. I don't miss Verizon one bit. I can't wait to get a Band 12 enabled T-Mobile phone....service should improve dramatically. It's already very, very good in the majority of locations I am at.
My wife only gets 6% off with Verizon through her employer. Meanwhile, her employer's AT&T discount is 24%. I wish Verizon would match AT&T's discount but that's not in the cards. I asked a Verizon CSR if they could match it and the rep said they won't match it and he said we wouldn't qualify for any other discounts unless we signed another contract -- which I won't do.
I don't know. But this is a question I've wanted to know for a long time. If I download a 3D movie of my pc (godzilla, 1080P 3D) and put it on my Iphone, then watch it whilst wearing 3D glasses will it be 3D? This is a noobie question. But please just answer!!!
Ha! I just talked a friend who has TMobile to sign up for the 4-for-$100 w/2.5GB per line over the weekend, so I could piggy back my spare Amazon Fire Phone on her TMobile for $10. Since it's a spare and to be used where ATT sucks, I figured I wouldn't need much data, but now this plan is even better! 10GB and mine would be FREE (even though I would still pay my friend $10/mo). Hopefully she can change plans...
Yes it's unlimited, T-Mobile just "slows you down" after your lot at high-speed Internet. With the free music streaming and my mixed-use of Wi-Fi I haven't hit my limit yet to even be slow down.
No kidding...
But, I'd be more happy with 1GB on 1 line for $30/mo, or something like that. I don't really need 10 GBs (1 or 2 is great for now), and I don't need more than 1 phone.