I resent the PEOPLE in here acting like 55 is ancient when it's still pretty damn young
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New 'T-Mobile Unlimited 55+' Plan for Older Adults Offers 2 Lines for $60 a Month
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Quality coverage and speed need improvement. Price is excellent
Too many dropped calls or no service issues
Why two lines and not one line for $30 ?
Also, when did you become a senior at age 55
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True, I dropped T-Mobile over a year ago since they were not usable in the areas I wanted to make calls.
Also, when did you become a senior at age 55
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True, I dropped T-Mobile over a year ago since they were not usable in the areas I wanted to make calls.
Proof? I am in my 60's and use up to 70 gigs a month. Everyone I know use a lot of data, my mother is in the group that doesn't.
We were using computers in the 70's, dial up bbs before the internet, celks since bag phones, etc. We are the group
In since the beginning of tech.
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Exactly. Speaking as someone in their 60's that uses as much as 70 gigs a month.
This is a great deal, especially with all taxes and fees included!
I immediately texted it to my in-laws and brother!
There is nothing negative that can be said about T-Mobile and their constant effort to challenge the industry and offer deals!
At a very minimum, I wish all carriers and even Comcast would give an out the door pricing on their plans. I hate all the stupid fees and the associated crazy titles.
I immediately texted it to my in-laws and brother!
There is nothing negative that can be said about T-Mobile and their constant effort to challenge the industry and offer deals!
At a very minimum, I wish all carriers and even Comcast would give an out the door pricing on their plans. I hate all the stupid fees and the associated crazy titles.
You're right about offers and deals but obviously it's all about marketing for Legere. But what your paying though is what you're getting for the most of population. If there's a negative to say about T-Mobile its because of their coverage. If you can live with that and or in the area with good coverage and never leave that place or travel. Then by any means stay with them and saves you money too.
Not sure what you're on about. I'm not talking about credit cards. I'm talking about debit cards and auto withdrawals from bank accounts. Once they have your money via a debit card, it's difficult to fight to get it back. The money is in limbo until the issue is resolved. That can be a bad situation for some folks.
This T-Mobile program requires signing up for auto-pay via a debit card or auto-withdrawal from a bank account. Credit cards are not allowed.
If it's not an issue for you, then great.
It’s a growing market. Snag it while it’s hot. They’re also less likely to switch once you have them.
I just turned 51. I don't resent it. I think it's payback for when I was 18 and this guy in my freshman math class who was 26 asked me out on a date and I went home and complained to my mom that "This 'really OLD GUY' was hitting on me." I couldn't understand why she nearly fell out of her chair laughing. She was worried it was one of the elderly professors.
I have a kid who just graduated from elementary school, so I still have a foot in the door with the young whipper snappers.
My daughter has a good friend in her class whose mom is almost young enough to be my daughter, if I had been a teen mom, that is.
I'm over 55 and I thinks this plan is a really good deal. Are you over 55, Westside guy?
[doublepost=1502212178][/doublepost]in my opinion, this is a great deal. I'm over 55 and I use my phone a lot - at home and away
The plan does not require you to have auto pay set up you just get a $5 per line discount if you do, and you can use a credit, debit or bank account number for auto pay. T-Mobile never uses the word senior they use 55+ you can imply what ever you want from that but they never actually used the word senior the article might have but not T-Mobile.
The plan is two lines max, only the primary account holder has to be over 55. The unlimited 3g tethering is standerd on all T-Mobile one plans, you can get the 1+ feature for unlimited LTE tethering if you want.
The comments here crack me up, like people 55+ use less data because they are technologically challenged. Um, who do you think created all the tech we now use? Some twentsomething that just graduated? The younger generations always think they invented tech and sex....
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I really haven't had any issues with T-Mobile. Except with my 7 plus but that's a different story. There are some rural areas where I've got no service but they are slowly decreasing in frequency.
The article implies that you need to have Autopay with a debit card or bank account to get the $60/mo price.
I also said (in an earlier post) that I don't think it's worth the $5/mo discount for signing up via a debit card. But that's just my opinion.
My mom thinks she uses a bunch of data too because she texts 24\7... yet she uses about 0.2 gb per month. People always think texting a lot and listening to Pandora all day = lots of data usage. Not accurate.
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http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insigh...po_FJamDGUZo9PxgklkEjE&afflt_uid_2=AFFLT_ID_2
Facts are your friends. Maybe YOU and those YOU know use a lot of data, but FACTS don't support your FEELINGS.
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I speak based on facts, not your version of reality. Sorry....
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insigh...po_FJamDGUZo9PxgklkEjE&afflt_uid_2=AFFLT_ID_2
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http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insigh...po_FJamDGUZo9PxgklkEjE&afflt_uid_2=AFFLT_ID_2
Facts trump your perception of reality. Absolutely there are people in the demo who use lots of data.. and those people are more likely to be on MacRumors and sites like it. However FACTS and REALITY are that your observation is a feeling, not a reality. Many people aren't in the group, but MOST people are.
I know lots of people in my circle who are vegetarian, but reality says MOST people eat meat. Just because I feel like I am surrounded by vegetarians, that doesn't mean that most people are vegetarians no matter how much I FEEL like it.
I'm on about some baggy pants millenial making ignorant comments.
"Good luck to the seniors who have issues and don't have consumer protection because they're using a debit card/bank account instead of a credit card."
1. You can do sutopay with a credit card (I do) so your original condescending post implied we are too stupid do do so.
2. Even going by your remark in this latest post you seem to think we would be affected more than younger people. Condescending and ignorant since we pioneered credit cards, computers, mobile phones, pauing online, etc. You are guilty of unformed mouthing off at the very least.
Maybe you should be more concerned with who will set up normal accounts for millenials due to extreme laziness and self entitlement.
Yo see, we can all make stereotypical, idiotic comments.
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So accordinng to your graph nobody needs more than 4 gigs of data? I know of nobody neilsen asked, proves nothing. Just makes you feel like you know something. It doesn't proove that seniors need unlimited any less than anyone else.
Millenials average 3 gigs, which means there are large amounts of all groups that, that use very little. Doesn't mean there are not a significant number in each group that use high levels. In an average a difference of a gig and a half means very little. If you proved anything it was that there is not a huge difference.
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