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T-Mobile Unveils Doubled Data Plans, Free Video Streaming at Un-Carrier X Event
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I don't think that you can do that without a computer or without a jailbreak.
Doesn't Plex just feed videos from your home storage?
Thank you. I had a feeling, but wasn't sure.
And yes, pled works exactly how you described. Would be best if we could opt in with tmo on our personal plex, kodi, etc servers. Maybe that's coming, though I doubt it.
Yes, but that storage is accessible from loccations outside you local network via the iOS app.
Right. I guess it wouldn't be any different having T-Mobile compress a video from your local machine versus something hosted on Netflix, for example. As far as I know, Slingbox would be similar, which T-Mobile does support.
Half the price for half the coverage.
Now only if that response was actually relevant in 2015.
Sorry, but the only people to whom that response is irrelevant are T-Mobile fanboys and John Legere's cheerleaders. While I appreciate the fact that, as a result of Legere's antics, I'm paying a lower monthly bill, T-Mobile simply cannot compete on coverage with the big two. If they could, no antics would be necessary.
Jesus, dude. Just pay the 10 bucks a month for Youtube Red and download legit. You even get a subscription to Play Music included.
LOL are we really going to go this far? Either way you look at it cell plans are still cheaper in the states than Canada (as they always have been) and they're getting more expensive in Canada as time goes. Since someone brought up the exchange rate, you can factor that into the American median wage as well..
Sigh... That post isn't even worth responding further to. Basic business.
Cool, I didn't think about checking reddit. My wife is still on the iPhone 5 and we were trying to wait to see what happens with the rumored 4" iPhone 6/6s/7 or whatever comes down the pipe as she refuses to get a "big phone" like the 6s. From what I understand, the coverage is much better with the latest chips in the 6s that support the 700MHz stuff. I checked online and her iPhone 5 is supported on T-Mobile—we'll just have to get it unlocked—which I don't think will be an issue since her contract expired over a year ago. My 6s is on the iPhone Upgrade Plan, which is unlocked.
It's too bad other carriers don't at least offer this as an option. Normally I don't like them messing with my traffic—but as long as I control the settings I don't mind. It would really help keep my data plan in check, especially when I accidentally tap on a video link in Safari and it queues up a 20 minute video in a few seconds before I can even react. The unfortunate thing is that many apps or regular videos inside Safari don't have any quality control options.
Just for my edification how does Apple's own iPhone Upgrade Program work? I mean, your iPhone 6s is unlocked -- because you bought it outright? Or because your lease / financing is with Apple itself?
If can keep paying Apple for the phone and just switch to any carrier without an ETF that will make this a breeze.
I was just making a statement that when comparing costs of things people need to look at the whole picture. It's not as simple as a conversion rate. I din't mean to get critical, just adding to the discourse. When discussing mean household incomes and adjusting for conversion Canadian mean was still 10% higher. But at the end of the day we all have it bad compared to some of the folks in Europe, and that's the real tragedy.
I went ahead and did some comparisons. Most providers were about $90 CAD (67.75 USD) per month for 5gb and unlimited minutes (didn't give me a statistic for texting). Adjusting for inflation that is really on par with most single line plans on the big US carriers. The Same
Plan on ATT was $75 per month and $70 with T-Mobile. Unsure on family
Plans as those get exponentially cheaper on most shad carriers. The largest difference I saw was an inability to lease and/or otherwise break up handset payments to the degree we get here in the US. We've got that down pat. We've been spending money we don't have for centuries lol.
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The concern is actually data consumption. My son has some favorites that he plays in the back seat of the car. Last month he used up 8 gigs playing the same three videos. $10 a month to store 3 videos is just silly, and I don't care about music. Regardless, I figured out how to download locally thanks to BeSweet. But thank you for the comment nonetheless.
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I travel from Central Jersey up the Turnpike to NYC 5x a week and get super fast LTE on my T-Mobile network. Don't even go there telling me you get EDGE around here. That's a flat out LIE.
Is. Your. Phone. Even. On?
Great news!
Tmobile will eventually get the YouTube on. They are working on it just did not have time.
http://www.tmonews.com/2015/11/t-mobile-sheds-some-light-on-youtubes-absence-from-binge-on/
Tmobile will eventually get the YouTube on. They are working on it just did not have time.
http://www.tmonews.com/2015/11/t-mobile-sheds-some-light-on-youtubes-absence-from-binge-on/
Uhm..... T-mobile -does- offer unlimited data. They never got rid of it.
Technically all their plans are "unlimited" though, right? It's the amount of of fast data you pay for. It's what I loved about the Simple plans. I rarely go over 3gb but when I do close to the end of my cycle, it's nice to know I can still actually use my phone even if it's slower. But with this Binge On - video from those providers never slows no matter what. I mean, anyone hating on this is really digging deep to find something bad to say. Those people aren't even worth responding to. Let's just enjoy the TMO service that continues to get better and better at a faster rate than any of the other carriers!