Because water, electricity and gas are finite resources?
Data is powered by all of these.
Because water, electricity and gas are finite resources?
It's the same thing Sprint does. They lower the video quality and try to charge you to get the quality you should be getting anyways. Sleazy.
Because water, electricity and gas are finite resources?
Because when you drink water you've consumed a limited resource. Data is not a limited resource. Once capacity is built out there really is no difference on how much you use. If you use 100 TB it doesn't mean there won't be any for anyone else. You're just limited by transfer speeds. Any other measurement is a superficial way to gouge you.
No, it's not like any other,
We don't require broadband to survive, these others, yes.
The key here is "family of four". I can't see that $70 a month for a single phone is going to be a big draw for a one-off phone user.
So now they're pretty much forcing you to buy the unlimited plan even if you don't need it
Yes it should! I pay for water by the gallon. I pay for electricity by the kilowatt hour. I pay for gas by the gallon. Why should internet, which is like any other utility, be any different? Why not pay per unit used?
Paying per unit incentivizes users and service providers to be efficient. I will try to connect to WiFi whenever possible, and apps like Spotify can compete on data usage (i.e., imagine Spotify advertising same sound quality as Apple Music but uses 25% less data)
Paying for "unlimited" incentivizes waste from both customers and service providers. Why bother compressing the images - customer won't care.
4. You shouldn't have to pay for what you don't use.
The key here is "family of four". I can't see that $70 a month for a single phone is going to be a big draw for a one-off phone user.
The coverage is the kicker for me. They are getting better, but even though I live in a big city, their coverage is still not as good as ATT or Verizon.
The key here is "family of four". I can't see that $70 a month for a single phone is going to be a big draw for a one-off phone user.
Please note that this includes unlimited everything. It's not a bad deal.
The coverage is the kicker for me. They are getting better, but even though I live in a big city, their coverage is still not as good as ATT or Verizon.
Yes it should! I pay for water by the gallon. I pay for electricity by the kilowatt hour. I pay for gas by the gallon. Why should internet, which is like any other utility, be any different? Why not pay per unit used?
Paying per unit incentivizes users and service providers to be efficient. I will try to connect to WiFi whenever possible, and apps like Spotify can compete on data usage (i.e., imagine Spotify advertising same sound quality as Apple Music but uses 25% less data)
Paying for "unlimited" incentivizes waste from both customers and service providers. Why bother compressing the images - customer won't care.
I've been on T-Moblie for almost a year now. Overall their coverage has been about as good as my ATT, but most of my use is in major metropolitan areas. Call quality is fine. The free data abroad is great, and the price is nearly 1/2 of what ATT charged. YMMV.
I suspect this new plan will put even more pressure on the other carriers to offer more competitive pricing.
Because when you drink water you've consumed a limited resource. Data is not a limited resource. Once capacity is built out there really is no difference on how much you use. If you use 100 TB it doesn't mean there won't be any for anyone else. You're just limited by transfer speeds. Any other measurement is a superficial way to gouge you.
Switched to TMo 2 years ago, was very skeptical due to past experiences with them and at the time being on the overpriced VZZ... never looked back. Data is as fast where I live (Salt Lake City, UT) and reception is just as good as VZZ and I save a lot of $$$ per year.
While TMo may not be the best for you, they are changing things up and that is a plus for ALL consumers, not just consumers that are on Tmo.
Well since sound quality is directly proportional to compression rate (and because of that, file size) you can't deliver 256kbps audio and use any less than 256 kb per second.imagine Spotify advertising same sound quality as Apple Music but uses 25% less data
T-Mobile is really giving the industry a kick where it counts. I paid for 6GB of data per month for 8 years and maybe used 0.2% of that, but it was too risky to change plans and then be hit by overage fees should I need the data, so I continued paying.... and paying... for what I barely used.