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T-Mobile Unveils Doubled Data Plans, Free Video Streaming at Un-Carrier X Event
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You have to consider that videos will now use up 1/3 maybe even 1/4 of the bandwidth that they used to because of the new compression. This is pretty genius. Not to mention that most people that weren't streaming movies are not about to start. The increase in streaming is greatly offset by the reduction in bandwidth
There's most likely no spying required. Its just a networking protocol. Similar to how your email comes through one port while web data comes through another. Video goes though one port (A), followed by general data through another port (B). So now they say, any data running through port A won't don't count against your limit.
It's probably just on a more complex scale with each provider having a dedicated port. Businesses do it all the time at enterprise level companies. I know this because I work in IT.
Seeing as T-Mobile is making a net profit, while providing all of these benefits to their customers, while adding and expanding LTE coverage, and going to the FCC auction for even more coverage -- it's pretty safe to say ATT and VZW are egregiously charging their customers for service.
so.... what then. The open technical requirements that any video provider can meet to allow streaming through their network including tmobile's own competitors? The double tethering data?
For now, I can only go by what has been reported. But 24 streaming services are on board, apparently. I can't even name ten, off the top of my head. Myu guess is that the terms are relatively, if not completely, favorable for the content provider if so many have already joined.
Risk free one month trial now. You will need o do a credit check, but pick a phone, pick a plan, and use it for up to a month. Dump it if you don't like it. This is what we did and utlimately decided it was worth switching.
Part of that net profit is because new users are flocking to TMO constantly. At some point TMO will hit a wall, I would guess, and being in the black might not be a reality without change.
This isn't to say others aren't bending over their customers. They are. Absolutely. But I don't see plans like this lasting forever. They've already increased their truly unlimited LTE plans in price from where they once were. At some points these plans will go the same way.
Their tactic, right now, seems to be gaining an enormous userbase (ie increasing monthly revenue constantly) in order to invest a large chunk of that into their network in order to draw even more customers. Great for customers right now, but they aren't doing this for the good of humanity. The CEO is Legere, noth Mother Theresa!
Is there a way to do this on ios devices without jailbreak? I am referring to directly on iOS devices. Not a download on PC and sync.
Just thought I would reply to this again. The link below will lead to a link to email TMO about getting your own service covered. Unfortunately there is no public data available, but for those who want to dig deeper, you may find answers there. I am sure someone somewhere will get this information public at some point if it's as easy as shooting an email to TMO.
http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/binge...dQhJ6z-Jrz5WSd5HN7akrxoCymHw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
You folks also have a much higher minimum wage than we do. Minimum wage, or mean wage, in a country is the best way to compare costs of products and services. The US, sadly, is at the bottom fo the barrel on minimum wage for first world countries. First world problems, or something like that.
Interesting point about this, however: even though YouTube doesn't get the unlimited streaming feature, the Binge On feature from T-Mobile makes all of your video streamed over cellular stream at 480p (streaming over wifi is not affected). You can turn the Binge On feature off in your account, but you also lose the unlimited video streaming of Netflix and all the rest if you do so.
Point being, YouTube isn't unlimited, but it'll feel to users as though their data is going down much slower. I'm sure this'll irritate some people who care a lot about how good the tiny little pixels on their video look, but I like this idea. It helps T-Mobile handle network traffic, it gives customers more video streaming, and really, who cares if your phone is streaming at 480p? The screen is so small anyway that you can't really tell.
I guess this will be noticeable if you're using your phone as a hotspot to stream video, but if you get unlimited Netflix out of the deal, no matter where you go, I certainly won't complain. Smart move on T-Mobile's part. I could be biased as an employee
but still.
You obviously don't know what you're talking about. But then again you have a weird pedo bear avatar.
Judging by some of the replies, seems as if some peeps are stuck in 2 year plans elsewhere and majorly butt hurt. I have TMo it's fantastic.
They did. But it's kind of a wash unless you want to get a new phone from them. They give you most of the money in the form of Bill credits. So you still have to pay out of
Pocket to your previous carrier to pay your contract.
There are sites that can spit out video download links from a YouTube URL. Then use a file downloader app to download the video file. I think ProTube (from Cydia) can be sideloaded onto non-jailbroken devices. I'll try it today.
You're really complaining about being offered free video streaming? There's the door.
But this can be done directly from an iOS device without a pic/Mac acting as a middle man?
The part about YouTube downloader websites? Yeah. The part about sideloading apps? No.
I was aware of no sideloading. What I am looking for is a way to download youtube videos without a jailbreak. I realize I can do this on PC and then just sync videos. I was hoping there was a way to do this directly from the device.
I am interestng in loading videos for my son "semi on the fly". But if it takes jailbreaking, syncing with a PC (I already do this for trips), etc. it doesn't help me much.
As I said before, there are website that will spit out a direct download link for YouTube videos. Simply take that link, put it into a free file downloader app from the App Store, and you have your saved video file for offline playback.
Excellent. Thank you for the tips! I went ahead and used a website called video grabby as well as an app called turbodl. Worked great, the only caveat being that the files need to be played within the turbodl app. Are you aware of a way to move the files, or otherwise get them to be recognized, by the Preondtslled video app?