I was on a 1000-minute Value Plan (2 lines) with another 16 months left on the contract. They switched me to the unlimited Simple Choice Plan (2 lines) with no fees*. The CSR said I would be saving $20/mo. In reality, I'm only saving just under $9/mo--but savings is savings, so I can't complain.

* - IIRC, I will still have to pay ETF if I choose to leave T-Mobile before the 16 month period, but I'm not planning on going anywhere.

I have four lines and I have ZER:rolleyes: interest in extending any sort of contractual relationship for another two years. I'll give them a ring and see what they say...

The simple choice plan is supposed to be contract free. Sounds like pseudoswede is just fulfilling the term of his original contract, but under the fee structure of the simple choice plan. You shouldn't have to re-up for 2 years with a shift to that plan.

I'm on a dealer plan, so probably won't be eligible for this offer. I'll have to ask my BIL about this.

I am very curious to see where they will draw the line on establishing US residence...

Well, they are also saying, "T-Mobile’s nationwide data is going global starting October 20 for new customers and October 31 for existing customers." http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage.html

I don't want to take my chances and get suck with a large bill. :(

Exactly my thought
 

Yes, I have a box full of SIM cards that expired with credit on them. At twenty cents a minute it will take a long time before I ever amortize that. Not to mention the hours spent in cellphone shops trying to figure things out, waiting for activation, returning to the store, calling CS ...

Hey - does anyone know if this can apply to a data only plan? For example, a Nexus 7 3G tablet?

Just switched my T-Mobile plan. My bill is going from just north of $200 t:cool: about $110. They were nice enough to waive the migration fee, backdate the switch to my last billing cycle and come Oct 20 I'll have free international phone calls ($10 extra/month per line) inexpensive international roaming and free international data.

I found out T-Mobile is rather lenient with the migration fee and made the switch to the Simple Choice plan recently.

Be careful and watch your next bill. They also back-dated the new plan, but they accidentally double-billed me for the data plan. I had to call to get it removed.

I'm a little puzzled by the $.20 text message fee when using Wifi in Simple Global countries...it seems it costs $.20 to send a text to a Simple Global country when in such a country and connecting via Wifi, but that same text would be free if one were connected to the mobile network?

Maybe I'm just reading the FAQ wrong, but it seems odd.
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-9455

This plan was available for biz customers for more than 2 months, i've tried it in many countries, speeds are throttled to about 60 kbps, so it's really nothing. Their 2G claims are a lie. Anything under 200 kbps is nothing. I think people will be more upset thinking they get something, but in the end they need to buy high speed data.

Their sms and voice calls are really a breakthrough though which no other carrier in the world offers. It really shows desperation

I think people will switch to Tmobile before thier trip, and then switch back to VZW or att after realizing how crappy their coverage is. They don't have contracts, so what keeps you back? Bad biz decision for them, but it's good for the consumer, maybe the others will do the same or similar.

That's my reaction too, but I'm happy to take advantage of it while they are still ar:pund. I don't really need or expect to use much data, just enough for some email, BBM, and perhaps whatsapp.

Makes sense. What data related things were you able to accomplish at the throttled speed? On the flip, what data related things were you unable to accomplish? Did google maps work well? What about checking email?

How fast is the old edge speed? That would probably be sufficient for most folks to check email and maybe use skype....

I'll be on the road next month and look forward to trying out on old BB 8820.