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I love tiered data plans, even though I never thought I would. Here's why. I've been on T-Mobile for years, which has always just had a single data plan - $30-

by jneal 15y ago

I love tiered data plans, even though I never thought I would. Here's why. I've been on T-Mobile for years, which has always just had a single data plan - $30-$35 a month for unlimited data and text messages. I thought this was a good deal, but once they started offering tiered data plans I immediately switched. I now get unlimited txts / 2GB of data for only $20 - almost half the original cost. My phone does Wifi - and almost everywhere I go has wifi - so I constantly use my phone on wifi and rarely consume data using my plan. The tiered plan saves me money.

ydant 15y ago
That only works when the tiered plans are cheaper than the unlimited plans. In Verizon's case, at least, they are not. If I wasn't being grandfathered in, I'd be going from Unlimited to 2GB and paying exactly the same price. I'd be perfectly fine with tiered if the prices were reasonable and, as you suggest, cheaper if you use less data. That doesn't seem to be the case in reality.