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Carrier T-Mobile Family Plan: unlimited talk, text, data* on all 4 lines for $100 a month

Look like Verizon is trying to compete with T-Mobile by offering a cheaper plan to retain customers who want to leave.

From this comment by rebirth:

rebirth said:
All,

Just wanted to let you know that I contacted Verizon today to cancel my plan. I told them I was going with T-Mobile because they had unbeatable price for a much better value proposition. The person I talked to was really nice and tried everything she could to retain me (I was shocked because I was not expecting that from Verizon). I was on a $100 shared plan ($40 for phone and $60 for 2gb) and she said, I can offer you the same service for $60 included everything (phone + 2gb). I asked her what plan was it and she replied it's not advertised yet but that's a plan that is coming up. I ended up going with T-Mobile anyway since I did not care to pay for the early termination fee and I wanted to be out of contract, but I find it quite interesting I was offered this from Verizon. Now, maybe the person I talked to did not know what she was talking about but she seemed to be very knowledgeable to me.
Thought I'll share this with you guys, maybe it can help some of you.
Regardless, T-Mobile has a far better offering today, unless you live in a small town in the middle of nowhere T-Mobile has come a long way.
I see a lot of people still criticizing T-Mo coverage but I think these people might criticize based on early experiences before John Legere era.
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Tmobile USA is a good deal IF the coverage is good for you.

At the end of the day if you get spotty coverage no matter what the price is you will end up hating your cell phone provider.

I loved tmobile's UMA phones in the past. It was awesome making a "local" call back to the USA via wifi when international.

Unfortunately tmobile still has huge gaps of coverage in many of the non urban (outer suburbs also).

My recommendation is try the service for 30 days before switching all together.
 
aneftp said:
Tmobile USA is a good deal IF the coverage is good for you.

At the end of the day if you get spotty coverage no matter what the price is you will end up hating your cell phone provider.

I loved tmobile's UMA phones in the past. It was awesome making a "local" call back to the USA via wifi when international.

Unfortunately tmobile still has huge gaps of coverage in many of the non urban (outer suburbs also).

My recommendation is try the service for 30 days before switching all together.
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I would venture a guess that for about 75% of Americans, T-Mobile coverage is good. For the other 25%, it might be better to go with another provider.

75% of 300 million = 225 million
25% of 300 million = 75 million

But yes, T-Mobile would be a bad choice for any customer if the coverage is bad.
 
What a confusing article....


http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-6452_7...ans-do-buyers-no-favors-smartphones-unlocked/

Mind-numbing mobile plans do buyers no favors (Smartphones Unlocked)

Carriers' actions and reactions have made calculating the true cost of a smartphone more time-consuming than ever before.

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T-Mobile plans are very "simple." Buy the phone upfront or finance it with 24 monthly installments.
Buy the service you want.

T-Mobile_Simple_Choice_Plans-630x206.jpg


It's that simple. And there is significant savings if you have a Family Plan.

I'm surprised that T-mobile doesn't advertise its biggest advantage: its Family Plan for $100 a month for 4 lines.
 
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T-Mobile 2Q of 2013: 1.1 million more subscribers
T-Mobile 3Q of 2014: 1 million more subscribers

They must be doing something right to gain 2.1 million more subscribers in just 6 months.

AT&T recent changes are thank in large part to T-Mobile.
 
T-Mobile 2Q of 2013: 1.1 million more subscribers<br />
T-Mobile 3Q of 2014: 1 million more subscribers<br />
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They must be doing something right to gain 2.1 million more subscribers in just 6 months.<br />
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AT&T recent changes are thank in large part to T-Mobile.
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2.1 million people wanted a better price over better service.

T-mobile is GREAT when it works righf
 
thehustleman said:
2.1 million people wanted a better price over better service.

T-mobile is GREAT when it works righf
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For 220 million Americans, T-Mobile gets great coverage.

But there are some 310 million Americans.

220 / 310 = 70%

The other 30% who live in rural areas and small towns (say 30,000 or less population), T-Mobile might not be the right choice for them.
 
EbookReader said:
What a confusing article....


http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-6452_7...ans-do-buyers-no-favors-smartphones-unlocked/

Mind-numbing mobile plans do buyers no favors (Smartphones Unlocked)

Carriers' actions and reactions have made calculating the true cost of a smartphone more time-consuming than ever before.

---------------

T-Mobile plans are very "simple." Buy the phone upfront or finance it with 24 monthly installments.
Buy the service you want.

Image

It's that simple. And there is significant savings if you have a Family Plan.

I'm surprised that T-mobile doesn't advertise its biggest advantage: its Family Plan for $100 a month for 4 lines.
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Sure $100/4 lines/500mb data sounds like a good deal no phone subsidy

But once people start financing smartphones (and most don't pay off fully).

You will end up paying $180-$200/ month if you end up financing 4 smartphones.

Most att/verizon customers get 15-25% discounts also. I pay $210/month with 4 smartphone unlimited data lines/text and rollover with any mobile and 10 landlines (essentially unlimited minutes) with ATT. That's $210 total bill including taxes.

My brother with verizon has 4 lines pays around $225 all taxes included.

That's tmobile $100/4 lines and 500mb data no subsidy and less coverage doesn't sound that tempting for many verizon and att 4-5 line customers.
 
EbookReader said:
For 220 million Americans, T-Mobile gets great coverage.

But there are some 310 million Americans.

220 / 310 = 70%

The other 30% who live in rural areas and small towns (say 30,000 or less population), T-Mobile might not be the right choice for them.
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You can't make a blanket statement like this. If 70% of the US get good TMobile coverage, then why is it so terrible in the Northeast? CT barely has HSPA. Boston is a spotty mess.
 
I get amazing 4g/lte speeds but it would be nice if tmobile would include unlimited 4g/lte on all lines included in the price or unlimited hotspot so that I can cancel my home internet service.
 
EbookReader said:
For 220 million Americans, T-Mobile gets great coverage.

But there are some 310 million Americans.

220 / 310 = 70%

The other 30% who live in rural areas and small towns (say 30,000 or less population), T-Mobile might not be the right choice for them.
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That's what they say.

I'm in Atlanta, t-mobile claims to have a very strong network here, but I get more dropped calls than sprint and it hardly if at all works indoors.

I'm always having to use wifi calling.

Not even talking about how data connections drop out at random

If this is a "strong network" I'd hate to see a weak one
 
Paito said:
I get amazing 4g/lte speeds but it would be nice if tmobile would include unlimited 4g/lte on all lines included in the price or unlimited hotspot so that I can cancel my home internet service.
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Carriers aren't in business to replace your home internet. I'm glad they don't allow unlimited tethering.
 
CEmajr said:
Imagine how slow your network speeds would be if people could use hundreds of GBs of data by replacing their home internet with cellular data. It's common sense really. That's the reason carriers don't allow it.
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Nah they don't allow it because they can make more money pushing people towards streaming and hitting you with overages than they would giving you unlimited.

T-mobile has faster 4g than Verizon sprint, and just as fast as AT&fee, but they stoll have unlimited
 
CEmajr said:
Carriers aren't in business to replace your home internet. I'm glad they don't allow unlimited tethering.
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I agree 100%. A phone data connection was never intended to be a replacement for one's home internet.

The people that abuse that are exactly the reason why unlimited data is going away. Some people are just too cheap, so they do this

Not to mention, I've noticed on some TMo and Sprint threads that people actually brag about the amount of data they waste and abuse. Ridiculous.

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thehustleman said:
Nah they don't allow it because they can make more money pushing people towards streaming and hitting you with overages than they would giving you unlimited.

T-mobile has faster 4g than Verizon sprint, and just as fast as AT&fee, but they stoll have unlimited
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That is ridiculous.

Unlimited never actually means unlimited. Every carrier has made it clear that they can kick you off due to their ToS if you abuse the network.

and yes, 20gb a month, torrenting, streaming Netflix non-stop, tethering to your laptop/Xbox because you're too cheap to get real internet at home constitutes abuse of the network.
 
AutoUnion39 said:
I agree 100%. A phone data connection was never intended to be a replacement for one's home internet.

The people that abuse that are exactly the reason why unlimited data is going away. Some people are just too cheap, so they do this

Not to mention, I've noticed on some TMo and Sprint threads that people actually brag about the amount of data they waste and abuse. Ridiculous.

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That is ridiculous.

Unlimited never actually means unlimited. Every carrier has made it clear that they can kick you off due to their ToS if you abuse the network.

and yes, 20gb a month, torrenting, streaming Netflix non-stop, tethering to your laptop/Xbox because you're too cheap to get real internet at home constitutes abuse of the network.
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It isn't about being cheap it's about what's FASTER.

I'm not on an unlimited plan, I'm on 2.5 gigs and never go over but I don't judge how the next man uses his data.

Mobile data in many cases is actually FASTER than home internet.
 
thehustleman said:
Mobile data in many cases is actually FASTER than home internet.
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Then you need to stop being cheap and pony up for a higher speed tier from your broadband provider.

Mobile data was NEVER a replacement for home internet. Have you noticed why MiFis, etc aren't sold with unlimited plans on ANY carrier anymore? There's a reason for that.
 
AutoUnion39 said:
Then you need to stop being cheap and pony up for a higher speed tier from your broadband provider.

Mobile data was NEVER a replacement for home internet. Have you noticed why MiFis, etc aren't sold with unlimited plans on ANY carrier anymore? There's a reason for that.
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The reason is it isn't as profitable.

And it isn't about me, my home internet os faster than mobile, but in many cases this just isn't the case.

FCC should force them to bring back unlimited
 
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