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Wow! How much are you paying each month after fees, taxes, etc? I have the same service with AT&T, except I get 700 minutes a month. But I'm paying about $90

Wow! How much are you paying each month after fees, taxes, etc? I have the same service with AT&T, except I get 700 minutes a month. But I'm paying about $90/mo. Your service includes tethering, right?

monkeyfacebag 13y ago
I have the same plan. Tethering is an additional $15/month, for a total of $45. Still a far cry from $90. I use it in Portland and the service is great. (Total after taxes is $48.50)
- sillysaurus 13y ago
  May I ask, how much do you pay each month after taxes and fees? (Assuming you opted for tethering.) Something like $45 + $10 taxes/fees?
  - dmdeller 13y ago
    Normal sales tax only. No other taxes/fees - they're all included in the basic rate. This is generally true of prepaid plans across all US carriers.
  - vadman 13y ago
    T-Mobile prepaid plans are great in that regard. I only pay the New York sales tax on top of the quoted price (8.875% or something). My parents were on AT&T and they were paying close to $15 in mysterious fees + taxes per line, for dumbphone lines without data plans. I convinced them to move to T-Mobile prepaid, seems to work well so far.
- Lewisham 13y ago
  I don't pay T-Mobile for tethering on my Nexus 4 on the $30 plan. It works fine.
  - jerrya 13y ago
    How much do you tether? And to what sort of devices? The problem I have with T-Mobile is their customer service reps are so poorly trained. So depending on who I speak with, I am told I either need to pay the $15 for tethering or not. I pay it as I am a bit afraid to drop it never to have it return. So can you tell me more about how you much you tether, and how often? Or if T-Mobile has ever given you anything official about your tethering being okay?
    - odin1415 13y ago
      I too tether without paying (Nexus 4, to my laptop). I don't usually do it too heavily and until recently hadn't had any trouble from T-Mobile. When I moved into my new apartment I used it more than usual (maybe 2-3 GB over a few days) and they started redirecting my traffic to a "Pay for Tethering" site. It's just user-agent based though so very easy to circumvent. Other than than I have had no issues.
    - Lewisham 13y ago
      Never anything official, and I do it rarely, so it doesn't really change my access pattern. I only tether when I'm in a coffee shop and the wifi there is bad. I'm not the sort of user that streams Netflix via tethering or something, although I know those people exist.
- mtgx 13y ago
  Tethering plans are such robbery in broad daylight. I don't care what their excuse it. You paid for a certain amount of data, you should use it however you want.
dhawalhs 13y ago
If you get a unlocked Nexus 4 from the Play store, then you don't have to pay extra for tethering. 30$ means 30$, there is no additional fees, taxes etc. Thats the benefit of prepaid plans, you know exactly how much you are paying.
- vigneshv_psg 13y ago
  that's not really true, T-Mobile blocks tethering by sniffing HTTP user agent strings too. So if you are tethering to a tablet, then it will work fine. It won't if you are tethering to a laptop (you can spoof the UA string but you will end up receiving all mobile websites on your laptop - which kind of sucks and kills productivity).
  - icook 13y ago
    I'm using my nexus 4 to tether my laptop almost daily with no issues in Seattle.
    - vigneshv_psg 13y ago
      Hmm, Mine is a nexus 4 too. May be it happens because i'm on a plan with contract (even though the device wasn't bought on contract).
  - Dylan16807 13y ago
    Thank goodness for VPNs.
  - wasd 13y ago
    I don't doubt you're wrong but I've been tethering my galaxy nexus with the exact same plan he mentions with no issues what so ever. I sometimes have 2-3 devices connected to my phone.
  - Groxx 13y ago
    re all the other 'not me's here: I had no problem for about two months of almost daily use (train commute), then I started getting my HTTP browser pages redirected to a tethering upsell page. HTTPS still worked, as did e.g. imap, dropbox, skype, etc, but I haven't personally played with it enough to find out if it seems to just be the user agent. The HTTPS-everywhere extension will probably help significantly with this, if you're looking to evade, if that's all they're doing.
Groxx 13y ago
$30. Pay online and there aren't any taxes (yet), and there aren't additional fees because it's prepaid. Additional minutes are 10c and last for 3 months+ depending on how many you buy. It does not include tethering. I'm trying to find a way around it simply on principle, but you can add it for $15/month. (edit: others mention it seems to be based on user-agent sniffing, this backs up what I've seen so far) I'm very happy with it so far. Much cheaper, and a bit better customer service overall than I had with Verizon.
grumps 13y ago
I also use this plan. So far its been great.... However VoIP calling on a Nexus 4 is horrible. I believe this a codec issue? I just end up buying extra credits when I go over. Even with that it's been significant savings.

monkeyfacebag 13y ago

I have the same plan. Tethering is an additional $15/month, for a total of $45. Still a far cry from $90. I use it in Portland and the service is great. (Total after taxes is $48.50)

sillysaurus 13y ago
May I ask, how much do you pay each month after taxes and fees? (Assuming you opted for tethering.) Something like $45 + $10 taxes/fees?
- dmdeller 13y ago
  Normal sales tax only. No other taxes/fees - they're all included in the basic rate. This is generally true of prepaid plans across all US carriers.
- vadman 13y ago
  T-Mobile prepaid plans are great in that regard. I only pay the New York sales tax on top of the quoted price (8.875% or something). My parents were on AT&T and they were paying close to $15 in mysterious fees + taxes per line, for dumbphone lines without data plans. I convinced them to move to T-Mobile prepaid, seems to work well so far.
Lewisham 13y ago
I don't pay T-Mobile for tethering on my Nexus 4 on the $30 plan. It works fine.
- jerrya 13y ago
  How much do you tether? And to what sort of devices? The problem I have with T-Mobile is their customer service reps are so poorly trained. So depending on who I speak with, I am told I either need to pay the $15 for tethering or not. I pay it as I am a bit afraid to drop it never to have it return. So can you tell me more about how you much you tether, and how often? Or if T-Mobile has ever given you anything official about your tethering being okay?
  - odin1415 13y ago
    I too tether without paying (Nexus 4, to my laptop). I don't usually do it too heavily and until recently hadn't had any trouble from T-Mobile. When I moved into my new apartment I used it more than usual (maybe 2-3 GB over a few days) and they started redirecting my traffic to a "Pay for Tethering" site. It's just user-agent based though so very easy to circumvent. Other than than I have had no issues.
  - Lewisham 13y ago
    Never anything official, and I do it rarely, so it doesn't really change my access pattern. I only tether when I'm in a coffee shop and the wifi there is bad. I'm not the sort of user that streams Netflix via tethering or something, although I know those people exist.
mtgx 13y ago
Tethering plans are such robbery in broad daylight. I don't care what their excuse it. You paid for a certain amount of data, you should use it however you want.

dhawalhs 13y ago

If you get a unlocked Nexus 4 from the Play store, then you don't have to pay extra for tethering. 30$ means 30$, there is no additional fees, taxes etc. Thats the benefit of prepaid plans, you know exactly how much you are paying.

vigneshv_psg 13y ago
that's not really true, T-Mobile blocks tethering by sniffing HTTP user agent strings too. So if you are tethering to a tablet, then it will work fine. It won't if you are tethering to a laptop (you can spoof the UA string but you will end up receiving all mobile websites on your laptop - which kind of sucks and kills productivity).
- icook 13y ago
  I'm using my nexus 4 to tether my laptop almost daily with no issues in Seattle.
  - vigneshv_psg 13y ago
    Hmm, Mine is a nexus 4 too. May be it happens because i'm on a plan with contract (even though the device wasn't bought on contract).
- Dylan16807 13y ago
  Thank goodness for VPNs.
- wasd 13y ago
  I don't doubt you're wrong but I've been tethering my galaxy nexus with the exact same plan he mentions with no issues what so ever. I sometimes have 2-3 devices connected to my phone.
- Groxx 13y ago
  re all the other 'not me's here: I had no problem for about two months of almost daily use (train commute), then I started getting my HTTP browser pages redirected to a tethering upsell page. HTTPS still worked, as did e.g. imap, dropbox, skype, etc, but I haven't personally played with it enough to find out if it seems to just be the user agent. The HTTPS-everywhere extension will probably help significantly with this, if you're looking to evade, if that's all they're doing.

Groxx 13y ago

$30. Pay online and there aren't any taxes (yet), and there aren't additional fees because it's prepaid. Additional minutes are 10c and last for 3 months+ depending on how many you buy. It does not include tethering. I'm trying to find a way around it simply on principle, but you can add it for $15/month. (edit: others mention it seems to be based on user-agent sniffing, this backs up what I've seen so far) I'm very happy with it so far. Much cheaper, and a bit better customer service overall than I had with Verizon.

grumps 13y ago

I also use this plan. So far its been great.... However VoIP calling on a Nexus 4 is horrible. I believe this a codec issue? I just end up buying extra credits when I go over. Even with that it's been significant savings.