TMO New Unlimited Data Program
Aug 18, 2016 | 2:49 pm
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Aug 18, 2016 | 7:10 pm
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I tether quite often. I will stick with the current 6 GB plan. Does that mean tethering will be the same as it has been for me, and not change to the new tethering plan? The T-Mobile lwebsite is not accessible to me. Does anyone know?
Aug 18, 2016 | 7:14 pm
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AFAIK as long as you're on your old(current) plan it should work exactly how it's been working. Only when you change(either by choice or T-Mobile deciding for you) should the behavior change.
Aug 18, 2016 | 9:38 pm
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Will one be able to add lines to an existing "limited data" plan or will that require 
ne of the new plans for either the new line or all lines?
ne of the new plans for either the new line or all lines?
Aug 19, 2016 | 8:49 am
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Maybe for families that use large amounts of data. When I was looking for a family plan, I ended up at Vz, and this only makes it worse. I'm paying $93/mo for 3 lines today ($105 without corp. discount), this would be $140 with TMo (who discontinued corp discounts)
Aug 19, 2016 | 9:01 am
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From WSJ: In the new plan, a family with four phones would pay $160 a month. T-Mobile said its most popular family package previously offered four lines for $120 a month with speeds slowed after six gigabytes of use per device. The new plan will be available Sept. 6. Existing T-Mobile customers can keep their current plans.
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Aug 19, 2016 | 9:52 am
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As best I can tell, save for Fi, this is the cheapest option.
Aug 19, 2016 | 11:03 am
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Ironically AT&T and Verizon now have lower cost base plans than T-Mobile: https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/com...base_postpaid/
Aug 19, 2016 | 11:39 am
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Some other TMob executive was quoted as saying the Simple Choice plans would continue to be available, for new customers too.
Otherwise, they can't have the price of entry be the One plan at $70 a month. They would turn away a lot of customers who would get by fine on 1 or 2 GB of mobile data.
Otherwise, they can't have the price of entry be the One plan at $70 a month. They would turn away a lot of customers who would get by fine on 1 or 2 GB of mobile data.
Aug 19, 2016 | 11:44 am
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They'd never get me to switch with this new sole option.
Glad to hear they're rethinking it.
How on earth could a company decide to move to only one, new, more expensive option in the face of competition?
These guys seem to always push in the other direction: lower fees, more data, data that doesn't count, help with getting out of contracts. This is a complete 180.
Glad to hear they're rethinking it.
How on earth could a company decide to move to only one, new, more expensive option in the face of competition?
These guys seem to always push in the other direction: lower fees, more data, data that doesn't count, help with getting out of contracts. This is a complete 180.
Aug 19, 2016 | 1:11 pm
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Some other TMob executive was quoted as saying the Simple Choice plans would continue to be available, for new customers too.
Otherwise, they can't have the price of entry be the One plan at $70 a month. They would turn away a lot of customers who would get by fine on 1 or 2 GB of mobile data.
Otherwise, they can't have the price of entry be the One plan at $70 a month. They would turn away a lot of customers who would get by fine on 1 or 2 GB of mobile data.
Personally I'm sticking with my 6GB plan because I do use tethering.
Aug 19, 2016 | 1:16 pm
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Here's an article with more info. Apparently they're still reserving the right to get rid of those plans at some undefined point in the future. The article also doesn't explicitly mention the 10GB plan (only the 6 and 2GB ones) but it sounds like that's probably sticking around too.
Personally I'm sticking with my 6GB plan because I do use tethering.
Personally I'm sticking with my 6GB plan because I do use tethering.