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T-Mobile ONE Unlimited Plan Gains HD Video and 10GB High-Speed Hotspot Data to One-Up Verizon

MacBH928 said:
Why would anyone signup with Verizon if T-Mobile matches everything and for significantly less?
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T-Mobile still covers significantly less areas than Verizon. When they boost about covering 99% the people Verizon covers, that's because of cities. Their square mileage coverage is significantly less.

So to answer your question, some people want coverage outside of cities and highways.
 
I didn't go through each response, but was anyone able to determine if we have to enable HD video on our account each day? That's a huge PITA if that is the fact. I'm hoping that we just have to use the app to change to HD video and be done with it.

Not that I watch a ton of video on cellular data, but regardless I will be switching the feature on come Friday.
 
Glad to see competition is doing good things.

Am I the only one that thinks it's deceptive to advertise "UNLIMITED" and have data caps/prioritisation/throttling?
 
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LessO2 said:
It boils down to whether you trust giant, faceless, jingoistic publicly-traded companies. And when there are arbitrary, "clear as mud" metrics being dispensed from them, it makes sense to assume the worst.
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Well, I was with you until "jingoistic." I don't think you know what that word means and are just parroting common words heard at a street protest. The main 4 cell companies are anything but jingoistic. They are the epitome of secular except when it comes to their respective bottom line. That is all they cheer and beat the drum for.
 
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I love how everyone is so excited about this "cheap" "unlimited" plan. In DK a truly unlimited 4G data plan (incl. free speech and text) without any additional fees is less than 20 USD...
 
bidwalj said:
I would switch to Verizon and dump att but my iPhone 7 plus won't work with their network. Not worth the hassle to rebuy a new phone and take a loss on the att iPhone. I guess I'll wait until the next iPhone to make a change
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Same exact issue here lol. Not worth taking a loss on my ATT 7 plus. Although Verizon would be better, I'm hoping ATT unlimited follows through with some tethering. That is all I need now.
 
Im thinking of switching to TM. Im not sure what all this "opting in for HD video" is all about. Could someone please explain how it works?
 
Ugh, I'd be saving $60+/month with my 2 AT&T grandfathered unlimited plans. I think I might do the switch this weekend. Thank goodness I have unlocked phones.
 
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elemenohme said:
I just changed my Verizon plan today for one iPhone 7 from the 12 GB (XL plan) to Unlimited. The unlimited plan costs $65 plus $40 for the "line access fee" plus taxes. I'll save $15 a month.

Where does the $20 "device fee" mentioned in the article come from?
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It seems like you're in a contract so for you the device fee would be $40. If you had a device payment or weren't in a contract the device fee would be $20.
 
Sefstah said:
Im thinking of switching to TM. Im not sure what all this "opting in for HD video" is all about. Could someone please explain how it works?
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If today I wanted to watch something in HD on the network, I log into the app and buy an HD pass either for the day or the month.

The question we all have right now, once we get it free on Friday, do we have to activate the HD function in the app each time we want HD streaming.
 
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ejfontenot said:
If today I wanted to watch something in HD on the network, I log into the app and buy an HD pass either for the day or the month.

The question we all have right now, once we get it free on Friday, do we have to activate the HD function in the app each time we want HD streaming.
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Got it. Thanks for your reply. Seems like a hassle for sure. I will standby and wait to hear how this plays out.
 
> was limited to 2G speeds

Does anyone know how this works? Does it actually use 2G for this, or does it somehow limit the speed on whatever connection you already have?

It seems the US is finally getting the sorts of plans I wish I had here in Canada. Five years ago that statement was reversed.
 
Yah, then you have to add $15+ for a decent (you don't BOD).
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SoN1NjA said:
AT&T really needs to step up their game

They're the most expensive, don't offer tethering, you have to have a TV sub, and no HD video (right?)

Wtf
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I have AT&T 6GB plan with an iPhone 7. They are the 2nd cheapest (next to Sprint). Tmobile and VZW are almost $15 more. I can also tether at no extra charge...
 
Chupa Chupa said:
So I wonder if AT&T is still on "GO" for it's $5 increase on grandfathered plans next month. $5 more plus no tethering it's making it hard not to switch. Still usure if this is VZW us baiting people to switch then will cancel the plan when 5G comes out and push everyone on expensive data bucket plans.

If ATT had not already said those of us that were grandfathered were for life it would be a no brainer.

BTW anyone know if you bring your unlocked world phone to VZW if you still have to pay an activation fee with this plan? When I bought my phone ATT did not charge me an activation fee since I just switch out the SIM.
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Currently have 2 lines grandfathered with ATT. $5 increase and still no tethering is a bummer. Never hit the threshold to be throttled. We currently are paying $160 after taxes (we get a corporate discount). Moving to T Mobile will save $60/month. I think it might be time to jump ship.
 
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mstrmke said:
Yah, then you have to add $15+ for a decent (you don't BOD).
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I have AT&T 6GB plan with an iPhone 7. They are the 2nd cheapest (next to Sprint). Tmobile and VZW are almost $15 more. I can also tether at no extra charge...
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I am with ATT on a 6GB plan and our monthly cost (we have a 15-20% corporate discount) is $125. T-Mobile looks to be $100 (or $92 with a corporate discount). Just curious what you are paying...you can message me if you don't want to post it here.

Thanks
 
T-Mobile coverage is miserable. I travel with a co-worker all the time who has T-Mobile and they always have issues while I have none with At&t. You get what you pay for.

Just waiting for at&t to respond....
 
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Maury said:
> was limited to 2G speeds

Does anyone know how this works? Does it actually use 2G for this, or does it somehow limit the speed on whatever connection you already have?

It seems the US is finally getting the sorts of plans I wish I had here in Canada. Five years ago that statement was reversed.
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They throttle it on the network side. So you still connect to the LTE network but your network speeds are throttled.
 
I have enjoyed my TMO service but the Verizon plan is tempting. If I wasn't getting a discount that brings my total bill to $60.38/month on the Simply Unlimited plan, I'd consider switching. I would have liked to see TMO offering some better roaming LTE data passes though. 2G for free is sufficient for the most part though.
 
Chupa Chupa said:
Well, I was with you until "jingoistic." I don't think you know what that word means and are just parroting common words heard at a street protest. The main 4 cell companies are anything but jingoistic. They are the epitome of secular except when it comes to their respective bottom line. That is all they cheer and beat the drum for.
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To one their own. I'm still going to have a comfortable night of sleep tonight.
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Anijake said:
No longer have to renew day pass. https://arstechnica.com/information...-of-its-most-annoying-limitation-on-hd-video/
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That may get me to switch over to T-Mo.
 
What some people tend to forget is that the U.S. suffers from being first/best with a land-line telephone system spanning the entire country.
We were so heavily invested in copper wire infrastructure, guaranteeing phone service even to the lone farmer living in the middle of nowhere, many miles from the nearest town (and covering over 3,000 miles from coast to coast), that when cellular became a "thing", it was a slow, costly transition here.

In many other countries, there really wasn't a big, established infrastructure like that to contend with, so cellular was rolled out pretty rapidly and generously.


MartinJe said:
I love how everyone is so excited about this "cheap" "unlimited" plan. In DK a truly unlimited 4G data plan (incl. free speech and text) without any additional fees is less than 20 USD...
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