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T-Mobile Offers Verizon Customers Free Year of Hulu to Switch

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T-Mobile has announced a fourth "Un-carrier Unwrapped" holiday promotion that offers Verizon customers 12 months of Hulu's Limited Commercials plan for free, a value of $7.99 per month or $96 annually.

The offer is valid for Verizon customers that switch any phone number to a T-Mobile Simple Choice postpaid plan between December 11 and December 17.

Verizon customers who switch to T-Mobile will receive a text message with a $100 Hulu subscription gift code, enough to pay for more than 12 months of Hulu's Limited Commercials plan.

Verizon customers can combine the offer with T-Mobile's Carrier Freedom promotion, which provides up to $650 towards a balance owing or to pay off early termination fees (ETFs) with an eligible device trade-in.

T-Mobile is also offering Verizon customers that switch up to half off its lineup of financed in-store accessories:
That could mean as much as a $125 discount on the hottest mobile gifts, like the latest smartwatches, UE Boom and JBL Bluetooth speakers, top-of-the-line headphones, Fitbit fitness trackers, Guitar Hero Live for iOS and more.
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This limited time offer is part of T-Mobile's monthlong "Un-carrier Unwrapped" holiday promotion that offered three months of free unlimited LTE data to Simple Choice customers, a $200 bill credit for Sprint customers and $200 off a 128GB iPhone 6s for AT&T customers.

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This is just a horrible deal. I was honestly thinking they would give real incentive for users to switch, but a year of Hulu that some may already have or not even want and 50% off some cheap overpriced accessory? Sprint got the best deal of a $200 bill credit, and ATT was pretty good with $200 off the 128GB iPhone.

T-Mobile needed to give Verizon customers a real reason to ditch a superior network coverage wise. This is not it.
 
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geoff5093 said:
This is just a horrible deal. I was honestly thinking they would give real incentive for users to switch, but a year of Hulu that some may already have or not even want and 50% off some cheap overpriced accessory? Sprint got the best deal of a $200 bill credit, and ATT was pretty good with $200 off the 128GB iPhone. T-Mobile needed to give Verizon customers a real reason to ditch a superior network coverage wise. This is not it.
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Seems a bit of an overreaction, don't you think? It's just a promotion on top of already great existing promotions and comparatively dirt-cheap monthly service fees. Seems to me there is no "horrible deal" going on here; they're simply going to be unable to get everyone to switch, but this will be appealing to plenty of people.
 
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theheadguy said:
Seems a bit of an overreaction, don't you think? It's just a promotion on top of already great existing promotions and comparatively dirt-cheap monthly service fees. Seems to me there is no "horrible deal" going on here; they're simply going to be unable to get everyone to switch, but this will be appealing to plenty of people.
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The "horrible deal" statement was a bit much. But as a Verizon customer who would have kicked the tires a little if the offer would have been closer to what they offered Sprint and AT&T customers I'm saying "meh" and walking away.

Fact is this "deal" was probably calculated on the fact that they knew the likelihood of snagging many Verizon customers is going to be low. Verizon customers usually pay a premium for what they believe to be superior coverage, and don't even sniff too hard at TMO because they're afraid of losing that reliability. I will say that, as much as I hate Verizon on many fronts the only thing that keeps me on their network is the fear of losing signal. Not in the city, but when I go to fringe areas like the mountains. TMO probably knows this, and doesn't see any reason to throw a bunch of money out there for Verizon users to switch.
 
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dannyyankou said:
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Yeah that's not true at all unfortunately. Most of this is due to their "extended range LTE" which in reality is really far fetched. After enabling band 12 they now "cover" completely new towns just due to that upgrade alone, when the entire town is in the fair color on their maps. When you are actually in this area, you usually get no service at all.

theheadguy said:
Seems a bit of an overreaction, don't you think? It's just a promotion on top of already great existing promotions and comparatively dirt-cheap monthly service fees. Seems to me there is no "horrible deal" going on here; they're simply going to be unable to get everyone to switch, but this will be appealing to plenty of people.
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I agree to a point, but I think what really annoys me is that T-Mobile advertised this as being an awesome deal for Verizon customers, and making Verizon the last made it seem like it would be the best deal. Many people waited around for this to just be dissapointed.
 
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geoff5093 said:
Yeah that's not true at all unfortunately. Most of this is due to their "extended range LTE" which in reality is really far fetched. After enabling band 12 they now "cover" completely new towns just due to that upgrade alone, when the entire town is in the fair color on their maps. When you are actually in this area, you usually get no service at all.
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Actually, almost all of the areas that have only recently gotten native T-Mobile service is on a band other than band 12. ND, SD and areas in rural Texas are just a few examples.
 
Being an AT&T subscriber I'd much rather have this than the AT&T promotion.... I'm not in the market for a new iPhone and I certainly don't need a 128GB iPhone. If it were $200 off any iPhone or even something like a $100 credit towards your next smartphone purchase (allowing you to upgrade sometime in the future), I'd much prefer that. At least a free Hulu subscription would give me SOMETHING instead of the AT&T promotion that I wouldn't use.

Yes, the sprint one is the best.
 
rdlink said:
The "horrible deal" statement was a bit much. But as a Verizon customer who would have kicked the tires a little if the offer would have been closer to what they offered Sprint and AT&T customers I'm saying "meh" and walking away.

Fact is this "deal" was probably calculated on the fact that they knew the likelihood of snagging many Verizon customers is going to be low. Verizon customers usually pay a premium for what they believe to be superior coverage, and don't even sniff too hard at TMO because they're afraid of losing that reliability. I will say that, as much as I hate Verizon on many fronts the only thing that keeps me on their network is the fear of losing signal. Not in the city, but when I go to fringe areas like the mountains. TMO probably knows this, and doesn't see any reason to throw a bunch of money out there for Verizon users to switch.
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You are correct on your last point. A buddy of mine works on the go, driving between cities (so mountains) and such. I know he would never switch. However, for regular folks it's possible to switch. Maybe T-Mobile is targeting those other group. I'm still on Verizon because I have a sweet deal and the fact that T-Mobile 700 is not in my area.
 
The best present they could give me is doubling their existing towers (not just converting old ones).

dannyyankou said:
Well, they are
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You actually believe the coverage maps supplied by the carriers ? Where I need the coverage, the T-Mobile map indicates that I should have good coverage and I have none.
 
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Currently on Verizon but tried Tmobile via Samsung Ultimate Test Drive and it's just as good in the areas I frequent but Hulu offer wouldn't push be off the fence. Something like a free flagship phone is more convincing.
 
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It would take a gift of two Victoria's Secret Angels on 24 hour standby to get me to switch to evil Verizon
 
I got excited as I read the title, "T-mobile offers Verizon customers free year of.." But then read Hulu.

T-mobile, please. That's basically saying "join us, we have cookies."
 
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dannyyankou said:
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That zoomed out view is false advertising. Once you zoom in on their interactive map, large sections that show up as completely magenta on the zoomed out view start to turn white (no coverage) or another slightly different shade of magenta to indicate non-LTE service.
 
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After seeing the first two incentives, I figured they saved the best for last for the Verizon customers! After all, our plans are usually the most expensive so they should want us. I can buy extra data and get away with a cheaper plan. But Hulu? Guess they don't really want us. What a weird choice. I was really close to switching too. Oh well, maybe next year.
 
Just another T-Mobile marketing gimmick.

Verizon customers aren't stupid enough to switch because they get a year of Hulu. That's trading in a Mercedes for a Kia and getting a few pennies in your pocket. Terrible. T-Mobile can't match AT&T/Verizon for overall network coverage/reliability.
 
rdlink said:
the likelihood of snagging many Verizon customers is going to be low. Verizon customers usually pay a premium for what they believe to be superior coverage, and don't even sniff too hard at TMO because they're afraid of losing that reliability..
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For what it's worth, the porting ratios of Verizon to T-Mobile are pretty strong, meaning a lot more people are switching FROM Verizon than TO Verizon. As for "premium", really? More rural coverage, yes, for sure. But T-Mobile wins in JD Power and Consumer Reports. In my book, if you are a rural person, go Verizon, if you're live in a major city, travel internationally, and/oruse a lot of data T-Mobile is a clear winner.
 
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