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It's funny how a company that invested so much in getting a trustworthy brand crumbles down so fast by the mistake of one person; their CEO.

bisby 11y ago
I had been keeping T-Mobile because I wanted a GSM carrier in the US that wasn't AT&T. I get pretty terrible coverage in my semi-rural area, but I liked their policies. Now I'm less sure what to think.
- freehunter 11y ago
  What phone do you have? If it's a new phone that support band 12 (700 mhz), your semi-rural area may have perfect LTE coverage now. My grandparents just got a new phone and they have data coverage for the first time ever, but I'm on an iPhone 6 that doesn't support band 12, so I don't get data when I'm there.
  - bisby 11y ago
    I'm actually permanently roaming on Iowa Wireless but keeping my T-Mobile account from when I lived elsewhere. I do have LTE right now at work, but visiting the in-laws 15 miles away quickly turns it into a 2g or 0 signal scenario.
rhino369 11y ago
Virtually nobody is going to care about throttling you can turn off yourself. They probably shouldn't have defaulted it on, but 1080p video over LTE is a shitty use of network resources. I'm more pissed off they were advertising free video streaming yet it's only on the more expensive data plan. I burnt through my data allotment at the airport in a single afternoon because I believed the advertising.
- joezydeco 11y ago
  ...but 1080p video over LTE is a shitty use of network resources... Agreed, but if you spend any time in the dens of the cordcutters, this was a key part of their plan. Not saying it was a smart plan, just their plan and why they're so upset now. I totally don't blame TMO for doing what they did to preserve tower time from the hogs, but their execution was pretty lousy.
  - recursive 11y ago
    I thought cordcutters meant you didn't subscribe to cable TV.
    - joezydeco 11y ago
      You're subscribing to pay television, just delivering it over another mode of transport.

bisby 11y ago

I had been keeping T-Mobile because I wanted a GSM carrier in the US that wasn't AT&T. I get pretty terrible coverage in my semi-rural area, but I liked their policies. Now I'm less sure what to think.

freehunter 11y ago
What phone do you have? If it's a new phone that support band 12 (700 mhz), your semi-rural area may have perfect LTE coverage now. My grandparents just got a new phone and they have data coverage for the first time ever, but I'm on an iPhone 6 that doesn't support band 12, so I don't get data when I'm there.
- bisby 11y ago
  I'm actually permanently roaming on Iowa Wireless but keeping my T-Mobile account from when I lived elsewhere. I do have LTE right now at work, but visiting the in-laws 15 miles away quickly turns it into a 2g or 0 signal scenario.

rhino369 11y ago

Virtually nobody is going to care about throttling you can turn off yourself. They probably shouldn't have defaulted it on, but 1080p video over LTE is a shitty use of network resources. I'm more pissed off they were advertising free video streaming yet it's only on the more expensive data plan. I burnt through my data allotment at the airport in a single afternoon because I believed the advertising.

joezydeco 11y ago
...but 1080p video over LTE is a shitty use of network resources... Agreed, but if you spend any time in the dens of the cordcutters, this was a key part of their plan. Not saying it was a smart plan, just their plan and why they're so upset now. I totally don't blame TMO for doing what they did to preserve tower time from the hogs, but their execution was pretty lousy.
- recursive 11y ago
  I thought cordcutters meant you didn't subscribe to cable TV.
  - joezydeco 11y ago
    You're subscribing to pay television, just delivering it over another mode of transport.