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Oh crap. There goes my unlimited tethering.

by plusbryan 16y ago

tptacek 16y ago
In fairness, the likelihood of you keeping unlimited tethering on DT's T-Mobile was already pretty low.
- tesseract 16y ago
  Personally I don't care too much whether my tethering is unlimited or not. I do care whether my provider tries to charge separately for tethering as if it is somehow different from using the same amount of data on the phone itself.
epall 16y ago
And for only $6/month! Best iPhone plan ever.
dazzla 16y ago
I'm really going to miss T-Mobile policy's like unlimited tethering and cheaper plans with no contract. This is a real shame. Maybe its time to get a contract to be grandfarthered in? A T-Mobile contract on the larger AT&T network may not be so bad. Edit: I forgot to mention the no fee for tethering or hotspot. I use that enough for it to be very helpful but not to pay an additional fee.
- mgcross 16y ago
  Have you checked out Simple Mobile (http://www.mysimplemobile.com http://www.mysimplemobile.com )? Cheap, but the CS gets horrible marks.
- mgcross 16y ago
  Have you checked out Simple Mobile (http://www.mysimplemobile.com http://www.mysimplemobile.com )? Cheap, but the CS gets horrible marks.
X-Istence 16y ago
I am certainly going to miss my awesome contract free plan I have right now. 500 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data (including tethering!) for $60. So far AT&T still doesn't have anything that comes close, their closest would come to around $80-90.
- deleted 16y ago
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drzaiusapelord 16y ago
Yep, there goes my PDAnet tethering. There goes the unsubsidized phone pricing for those of us who buy our own phones. There goes the $49 data-only plan. There goes the HSPA+ roll out since AT&T will probably stop this and just move to LTE. Here comes added congestion from iphone users. Here comes a price increase (customers end up paying for most mergers in the end), etc. Hopefully by the time the deal goes through Verizon will have a full LTE roll-out and decent Android-based phones to take advantage of it. I'm a little surprised this move is going to even take place. In markets with only a few providers, cell phone prices and caps are terrible. Take Canada for an example. Now the US will follow in Canada's footsteps. I think the industry is set on killing competitive pricing. The dream of the mobile providers is to convince everyone that a $100-$150 monthly bill with 2+ year lock-ins is normal. Mobile data should be a commodity, not a premium service.

Oh crap. There goes my unlimited tethering.

tptacek 16y ago

In fairness, the likelihood of you keeping unlimited tethering on DT's T-Mobile was already pretty low.

tesseract 16y ago
Personally I don't care too much whether my tethering is unlimited or not. I do care whether my provider tries to charge separately for tethering as if it is somehow different from using the same amount of data on the phone itself.

epall 16y ago

And for only $6/month! Best iPhone plan ever.

dazzla 16y ago

I'm really going to miss T-Mobile policy's like unlimited tethering and cheaper plans with no contract. This is a real shame. Maybe its time to get a contract to be grandfarthered in? A T-Mobile contract on the larger AT&T network may not be so bad. Edit: I forgot to mention the no fee for tethering or hotspot. I use that enough for it to be very helpful but not to pay an additional fee.

mgcross 16y ago
Have you checked out Simple Mobile (http://www.mysimplemobile.com http://www.mysimplemobile.com )? Cheap, but the CS gets horrible marks.
mgcross 16y ago
Have you checked out Simple Mobile (http://www.mysimplemobile.com http://www.mysimplemobile.com )? Cheap, but the CS gets horrible marks.

X-Istence 16y ago

I am certainly going to miss my awesome contract free plan I have right now. 500 minutes, unlimited text, unlimited data (including tethering!) for $60. So far AT&T still doesn't have anything that comes close, their closest would come to around $80-90.

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drzaiusapelord 16y ago

Yep, there goes my PDAnet tethering. There goes the unsubsidized phone pricing for those of us who buy our own phones. There goes the $49 data-only plan. There goes the HSPA+ roll out since AT&T will probably stop this and just move to LTE. Here comes added congestion from iphone users. Here comes a price increase (customers end up paying for most mergers in the end), etc. Hopefully by the time the deal goes through Verizon will have a full LTE roll-out and decent Android-based phones to take advantage of it. I'm a little surprised this move is going to even take place. In markets with only a few providers, cell phone prices and caps are terrible. Take Canada for an example. Now the US will follow in Canada's footsteps. I think the industry is set on killing competitive pricing. The dream of the mobile providers is to convince everyone that a $100-$150 monthly bill with 2+ year lock-ins is normal. Mobile data should be a commodity, not a premium service.