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Eh, for the longest time their "unlimited data" was a sham. I was paying something like $50 for 2GB of high speed data, and "unlimited" data. Except after the
by BoorishBears 7y ago
Eh, for the longest time their "unlimited data" was a sham.
I was paying something like $50 for 2GB of high speed data, and "unlimited" data.
Except after the 2GB it was literally unusable, no matter the time of day or location. Even plain email would stop working, and webpages would never load.
A lot of unlimited plans will deprioritze you (slowing you down) after a limit, but usually that limit is higher, and even when you are deprioritized, it still remains useful most of the time.
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You can downvote all you want, they were running this scam well after the era of per MB overage fees.
In fact they’re still running this scam if you don’t manual switch to their more expensive “One” plan.
- Someone1234 7y agoConsidering that before this egregious overage charges were the norm, that's a huge improvement. I'll acknowledge they market it a little misleadingly. But I'm a big fan of anything that removes bill-shock which was a fairly normal problem before T-Mobile got into the market (both for local data overages and international data usage).
- BoorishBears 7y agoWhen I switched to them the alternative I had been using was not egregious overages, it was a hard cap with slightly more data. I actually should have switched back but didn’t feel it was worth it the effort at the time. Last month I cancelled and switched to Visible, which is an MVNO with unlimited data for 25$, there are similarly competitive networks out there now
- slivanes 7y agoFor one line, Visible is $25 only for first month, $40 all other months.
- BoorishBears 7y agoGo and read the copy again: https://www.visible.com/party-pay https://www.visible.com/party-pay > Yes, Party Pay is available to all active Visible members. Real (or chosen) families, roommates, frenemies, or total strangers just looking for some sweet savings. I didn't have to look for 4 people, their subreddit has hundreds of links you can join for 4 people.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoMy family has remained on the Verizon data cap plans. They cost vastly less than their newer "unlimited" brethren... and never slow down my data speeds. If anything was a colossal travesty, it was Legere bringing "unlimited" data back from the dead.
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- 1123581321 7y agoThe capped data plans charge $15/GB for overages. They are expensive for anyone who uses more than minimal data and forgets to stay on WiFi.
- ocdtrekkie 7y agoI use about a gig of data a month. I don't know why anyone should be using much more than that. I don't stream video off wifi.
- 1123581321 7y agoThat is unusual. The average cellular data use is 5-10GB for unlimited and 1.5-2 for limited plans. Both average 15-20GB for data+wifi so the limited plan users are just being more careful about being connected. I can’t say what people should do, but they use their phones to watch video, do video chats, play games, upload and backup photos, etc.
- tathougies 7y agoI used well past my 2GB of T-mobile unlimited most months and never really noticed a slow down. Of course, my main use is email and reading which is not very bandwidth heavy anyway. I imagine most people are like me.
- jshevek 7y agoI agree with you, but please know that commenting on downvotes is likely to bring downvotes from people who otherwise wouldn't. One of the site rules discourages commenting on votes.