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Just saw a commercial for 10 dollar 4g plan. Anyone know what that plan is? Is it a lower data cap or is it just a "free" sample kind of deal?
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Its going to replace the current 15 dollar plan its 200 mb if you go over it .10 per mb with a 30 dollar overage cap. So if you used a ton you would end up paying 40 in total. So I would start with the unlimated for one month see how much you use. If under 200 mb just do the 10 I don't think its out yet though.
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its out but with 3000 min plan
On t-mobile, new customers receive the 10 dollar 200mb option. Existing customers must switch to the promo version if the even more plans (even if they are on an even more plan currently). This promo plan is the only version available to new customers.
For existing customers I call the 200mb feature the 15 dollar web because that is how much it costs if you don't change to the newer plans.
Switching to the 10 dollar web plans does extend the contract on ALL lines on your account but doesn't affect your upgrade dates.
The best plan in my opinion is the 4g do more 3000 min promo plan for 149.99. 3k minutes, unlimited text for the family, and unlimited 4g web for 2 phones. Additional lines are only 5 bucks to share minutes. I've been off since sunday but I'm pretty sure this 3k plan is still available. On this 3k promo plan unlimited 4g web is only 20 dollars per line including additional lines.
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Also.. This 3k plan does require at least 2 phones to have unlimited data.
Also keep on mind.. This isn't very obvious to even sales reps.. But smartphones like the g2 and the mytouch 4g are considered premium smartphones so they do require the unlimited web in order to receive their rebates. The tag says data plan required but t-mobile's internal says that the unlimited feature is required for rebates. This can be very confusing because you are given the option of the 200mb feature on all phones.
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I called today and switched two of our five lines to the $10/mo 200mb data plan- my G2 and my boyfriend's Vibrant. We don't live in or near a 4G area (or 3G or Edge for that matter) and since we're mostly on wifi, and don't use much cell data, it made sense and saves us $40/mo. If we do go over, its capped $-wise at what we were paying, so no big deal.
Our contract was not extended, and the rep was very helpful.
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You must have already been on the promo version of the even more plan.. How long ago did you start the current plan that you are on? The 10 dollar feature is not offered I the system to previous plans.
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Additional lines are only 5 bucks to share minutes. I've been off since sunday but I'm pretty sure this 3k plan is still available.
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The $5 add a line ended on Tuesday....its back to $10 add a line now. The 4G 3k plan is still up and running though.
Feel free to do whatever you want. My advice is stick with the unlimited data plan. The first time you go over your gonna be really really sorry.
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matthenry87 said:
You must have already been on the promo version of the even more plan.. How long ago did you start the current plan that you are on? The 10 dollar feature is not offered I the system to previous plans.
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we have 5 lines, 750 min even more plan, $15 unlim family texting, unlim data on one line, 200mb on three lines (now) and no data on the last line, family allowances and insurance on three lines.
I plead the case that we don't get 4G or even 3G where we live and use wifi most of the time, which the rep could see from past billing cycles, and it was rather unfair for us to have to pay for something that TMo cannot provide, and that we do not/can not use.
she made the change retro to the beginning of this current billing cycle and was very nice about it.
like I explained before, we have been paying for unlim data on the two lines that were changed, so saving money is a bonus. if we go over, it won't be by much, so no matter what, the bill will always be less than it used to be.
These new plans are to get you off the unl everything and will end up costing you more in the end. Keep up with the two giants and you will see what tmo is doing. Its all compitition. Plans like these are the reason why at&t sit where they are. Number 1 wireless carrier. Vzw has been on at&t's ass for awhile now and with the iphone coming in? Customer base may increase significantly. Give tmo some cool phone and better data and they too can have a good customer base.
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mdayjr said:
These new plans are to get you off the unl everything and will end up costing you more in the end. Keep up with the two giants and you will see what tmo is doing. Its all compitition. Plans like these are the reason why at&t sit where they are. Number 1 wireless carrier. Vzw has been on at&t's ass for awhile now and with the iphone coming in? Customer base may increase significantly. Give tmo some cool phone and better data and they too can have a good customer base.
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How do you figure att is #1? cuz of the iphone? Big red has more users.
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The $5 add a line ended on Tuesday....its back to $10 add a line now. The 4G 3k plan is still up and running though.
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Add a line is still 5 on the 3k plan. I have a feeling many of you work for magenta, and if this is true you should know your price plans better.
I've been with tmobile for 5 years
i have a plan of 1000 min / with my faves. and unlimited text message
1000 family plan is 54.99 and unlimited txt is 24.99
i pay about 120~130 a month (4lines)
no data plans or what so ever
i was just wondering if there is anyway to get my plans cheaper, or get data plan cheaper.
please dont troll or flame. i will just ignore it.
im on post-paid(whatever that is)
family unlimited everything 2 lines comes to 150,
third line added for 30/40 bucks
i pay about 195 unlimited everything for all 3 phones
been with tmobile a year and 4 months
I i was googling about it and i found out that tmobile offers preffered android plan which is same as unlimited android plan but cheaper . (20dollars)
It says if youve been with tmobile for more than 2 years you qualify for this plan.
The thing is even though i was with tmobile for 5 years i never had data plans. Will i still be eligible for that plan?
Just thought i would ask first before i waste hours on phone calls with tmobile
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eunkipark92 said:
I i was googling about it and i found out that tmobile offers preffered android plan which is same as unlimited android plan but cheaper . (20dollars)
It says if youve been with tmobile for more than 2 years you qualify for this plan.
The thing is even though i was with tmobile for 5 years i never had data plans. Will i still be eligible for that plan?
Just thought i would ask first before i waste hours on phone calls with tmobile
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Somewhat irrelevant but I would not even waste my time calling. I have gotten ten times further on any given subject in a chat session. Just a friendly recommendation from someone who has been with tmobile since they were voicestream.
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10 years. Ariel communications > voice stream > tmobile
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I've been with Tmobile since the G1 came out, so over 2 years. I have myfaves 300 plan with unlimited texts and data. My bill total is $76
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Somewhat irrelevant but I would not even waste my time calling. I have gotten ten times further on any given subject in a chat session. Just a friendly recommendation from someone who has been with tmobile since they were voicestream.
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I second this motion. The chat reps are way more competent and easier to understand than the callcenter guys.
Been with T-Mobile since 2002 (VoiceStream). Currently have the Even More Plus 500 Talk plan, with unlimited data and text. I pay approx. $68/month including taxes, fees, and the $1.99/month warranty.
Since 02 I think. We pay 100 for two lines unlimited text and web with 1500 minutes. 2 out of 5 people in th
E family plan
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If you have AAA you can save 14%/month. I pay around 65 a month for 1000 min/data/400 texts (T-Mobile customer since 2004).
Also if you use google voice, you can use that for free texting. While GV calls use minutes, texting is free (as long as you have data service).
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10 years. Ariel communications > voice stream > tmobile
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I'll be 10 years on the 25th of May.
I've got 3 lines on a Family plan with 500 anytime mins with unlimited nights and weekends. One line has unlimited texting, and another has unlimited text/android data. Bill is usually ~$130 a month.
Been with t-mobile since jan. Im on the 79.99 1500 minutes, unlimited data (5gb cap) and unlimited text messages.
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eunkipark92 said:
I i was googling about it and i found out that tmobile offers preffered android plan which is same as unlimited android plan but cheaper . (20dollars)
It says if youve been with tmobile for more than 2 years you qualify for this plan.
The thing is even though i was with tmobile for 5 years i never had data plans. Will i still be eligible for that plan?
Just thought i would ask first before i waste hours on phone calls with tmobile
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I just called last year and asked for customer loyalty and got the preferred android unlimited for $20 on each line for my G2 and wife's MT4G, with 2 lines, 750 min, unlimited text and data and hot spot @home ($10 add on for unlimited wi-fi calling) we only pay $120 a month out the door, got locked in on student discount for 15% off monthly bill that they had a few years ago, we've been with T-Mobile since '01 when it was Voicestream.
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I just called last year and asked for customer loyalty and got the preferred android unlimited for $20 on each line for my G2 and wife's MT4G, with 2 lines, 750 min, unlimited text and data and hot spot @home ($10 add on for unlimited wi-fi calling) we only pay $120 a month out the door, got locked in on student discount for 15% off monthly bill that they had a few years ago, we've been with T-Mobile since '01 when it was Voicestream.
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Zephead said:
I just called last year and asked for customer loyalty and got the preferred android unlimited for $20 on each line for my G2 and wife's MT4G, with 2 lines, 750 min, unlimited text and data and hot spot @home ($10 add on for unlimited wi-fi calling) we only pay $120 a month out the door, got locked in on student discount for 15% off monthly bill that they had a few years ago, we've been with T-Mobile since '01 when it was Voicestream.
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Man, I sure wish I would have known about student discounts. I have been with tmo for as long as you have, lol. Right now, paying 84.36 per month for 1000 minutes, unlimited text/data without any caps, as far as i know.
I pay 140 for unlimited everything 2 phones and both have the insurance plan. Im on a no contract plan which is cheaper then the other ones. Also i can call up anytime i want to negotiate because i can always leave. I would ask everyone to NEVER sign a contract! Contracts are the enemy.
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29.99 Tmobile Talk and Text (aka VoiceStream Talk and Text)
9 years
Wow. Lol, I've only been with T-Mobile for about 6 months but I have the Even More Plus 750 family plan with two lines and unlimited texting/data on both and the total equipment protection plan on both, and I have to pay $171 after taxes and everything. Y'all guys with these super cheap plans make me jealous, oh well they are a great company and I'm happy with my service
03, 600 anytime, ul n/w, txt and data. With .gov preferred discount I pay 65 a month.
Called customer service complained and got my family unlimited text down from 24.99 to 9.99 and got android plan for 20.
So im basically paying 5 dollars more than what i used to pay and got unlimited android plan.
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I was looking at my account today, and realizing that between my wife and I we use VERY FEW minutes altogether.
The overwhelming majority, and I am talking about 90-95% of our calls are either off-peak or mobile to mobile.
What I am wondering is what is the best way for me to go about lowering this bill. We have 1500 minutes, plus all the unlimited stuff Sprint offers.
I want to keep the unlimited Data, but am not terribly concerned about anything else.
Ideas? Anything at all would be greatly appreciated aside from calling me names and questioning my humanity
I'm not a Sprint employee (soon to be one), but I have found that the 1500 minute plan is the cheapest plan that includes the mobile to mobile talk (I looked into this a few weeks back for myself) and found that there's not really any other options. There is no plan less than 1500 minutes that includes data and text.
http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/sho...Id=pt_shared_tab&flow=AAL&planFamilyType=null
Xiutehcuhtli said:
I was looking at my account today, and realizing that between my wife and I we use VERY FEW minutes altogether.
The overwhelming majority, and I am talking about 90-95% of our calls are either off-peak or mobile to mobile.
What I am wondering is what is the best way for me to go about lowering this bill. We have 1500 minutes, plus all the unlimited stuff Sprint offers.
I want to keep the unlimited Data, but am not terribly concerned about anything else.
Ideas? Anything at all would be greatly appreciated aside from calling me names and questioning my humanity
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If you want to keep data, text messages then you are on the best plan for you two. Trust me.
Yup, I'm with the other guys as well. I'm on the exact same plan for that reason, and we don't come close to using 1500 minutes, even though we don't have a landline.
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If you want to keep data, text messages then you are on the best plan for you two. Trust me.
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Where have been some poser created another account and claims to be you they even have your picture... ^_^
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iSaint said:
Where have been some poser created another account and claims to be you they even have your picture... ^_^
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LoL, and my ban keeps get higher while people like this get to make another account, and still use both, I'm sour
Edit::: on topic sorry, your on the best plan...
Help support ERA and Android4Autism...
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iSaint said:
Where have been some poser created another account and claims to be you they even have your picture... ^_^
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Lol, I know...these moderators are hold to get ahold of. It's like they are never around
Dang. Well, that's good I guess. Just makes me sad because saving money on a bill is like crack to me. After successfully negotiating new prices on anything I just collapse wherever I'm at and fall asleep.
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Xiutehcuhtli said:
Dang. Well, that's good I guess. Just makes me sad because saving money on a bill is like crack to me. After successfully negotiating new prices on anything I just collapse wherever I'm at and fall asleep.
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Me too.
Cd's or tapes?
Xiutehcuhtli said:
I was looking at my account today, and realizing that between my wife and I we use VERY FEW minutes altogether.
The overwhelming majority, and I am talking about 90-95% of our calls are either off-peak or mobile to mobile.
What I am wondering is what is the best way for me to go about lowering this bill. We have 1500 minutes, plus all the unlimited stuff Sprint offers.
I want to keep the unlimited Data, but am not terribly concerned about anything else.
Ideas? Anything at all would be greatly appreciated aside from calling me names and questioning my humanity
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I work for Sprint corporate and I hate to say it, but the $129.99 Shared Everything Data Plan 1500 Minute one is the lowest plan you may have if you have one or more smartphones or one of the 3 Samsung Instinct Series devices on your wireless account with us. If you don't already have an NVP discount on it, you may wish to stop by one of our retail stores to inquire on how you may qualify for one of these discounts.
wireless.praying.mantis said:
I work for Sprint corporate and I hate to say it, but the $129.99 Shared Everything Data Plan 1500 Minute one is the lowest plan you may have if you have one or more smartphones or one of the 3 Samsung Instinct Series devices on your wireless account with us. If you don't already have an NVP discount on it, you may wish to stop by one of our retail stores to inquire on how you may qualify for one of these discounts.
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From another Sprint employee, this is true. You'd be surprised how many ways you can get a discount. AAA membership, student id, credit unions... Pretty easy. Had a girl come in that worked for a local restaurant chain that got 15 % off. You never know.
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I have a 15% discount for my last work. $147 total for the 1500 shared. And some of you has seen in the usage part that now it shows 999.999 remaning instead unlimited?
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abhaxus said:
From another Sprint employee, this is true. You'd be surprised how many ways you can get a discount. AAA membership, student id, credit unions... Pretty easy. Had a girl come in that worked for a local restaurant chain that got 15 % off. You never know.
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Whosdaman helped me get my AAA membership discount, any other person I called at sprint were like no I have to work for AAA to get the discount.
I save 13 dollars every month,its not much but helps
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I got a 25% discount through work but it took 90 days to process.
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Ok...I have a question ... my roommate works for Citibank and I found out she gets 27% off with sprint....so here's what I wanna do..
I saw that there's a 700 minute family plan for 70 bucks a month....but its just basic phone service... then I saw that getting a "pro data pack" is just 30 dollars more....so I'm gonna try and ***** my way out of my contract...give her my epic to activate with her new account and I can get a e4gt....$70 family plan + 30$ pro data pack + $20 (2 4g phones) and still have all the data and messaging we need for around $120 after taxes.....
Does my plan sound good??? Or is there some hiccup I'm gonna run into??
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So, is there anyway to get an employee discount w/out having to agree to a two-year renewal?
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Ok...I have a question ... my roommate works for Citibank and I found out she gets 27% off with sprint....so here's what I wanna do..
I saw that there's a 700 minute family plan for 70 bucks a month....but its just basic phone service... then I saw that getting a "pro data pack" is just 30 dollars more....so I'm gonna try and ***** my way out of my contract...give her my epic to activate with her new account and I can get a e4gt....$70 family plan + 30$ pro data pack + $20 (2 4g phones) and still have all the data and messaging we need for around $120 after taxes.....
Does my plan sound good??? Or is there some hiccup I'm gonna run into??
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the 30 dollars for data is "per line" i believe. not the whole plan for 30 bucks.
I need to look into this..... its offered with family plans so I'm gonna cross my fingers and see if this works between classes Tuesday
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So, is there anyway to get an employee discount w/out having to agree to a two-year renewal?
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Yeah, you can get any corporate discount without having to sign a new contract. You should be able to do it through your employer (or where ever you get your discount from) and it will take effect without a new contract.
All else fails...call Sprint and have them work it out.
I've got a Citibank discount of 27% off, but it's only on the main line and my bill is still $178/month on 1500 minute shared. (I have 4 lines total.)
So I usually buy my phones full retail anyway and I use a lot of data. We all know how T-Mobile $70 plan has unlimited everything other than data, 5gb. I dropped by T-Mobile store and their new plan, has unlimited data! Same price, before 15% discount! Problem? Contract... I have 14 days to cancel and just go month to month, but lose unlimited data... What do you guys think?
I've had monthly 4g before and loved speeds, the fact that it wasn't unlimited though...
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Get the $30 plan, use WiFi as much as possible and get SIPDroid
air2k57 said:
So I usually buy my phones full retail anyway and I use a lot of data. We all know how T-Mobile $70 plan has unlimited everything other than data, 5gb. I dropped by T-Mobile store and their new plan, has unlimited data! Same price, before 15% discount! Problem? Contract... I have 14 days to cancel and just go month to month, but lose unlimited data... What do you guys think?
I've had monthly 4g before and loved speeds, the fact that it wasn't unlimited though...
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Yeah, the Value Plan? I was considering that too, maybe the 500 minute plan with unlimited data for $60 too depending on how much you talk on your phone.
So far I ordered the prepaid sim and going to activate the $30 plan, if I don't like it I can just go to the Value Plan.
One very bad thing about T-Mobile is that any changes you make to your plan, it renews/resets the contract to the current date.
Be very careful with T-Mobile contracts.
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Yes I don't like the idea of a contract,specially since I didn't even get a phone through them...
I was considering $30 a month plan, problem is... I also free lance, at times I use a phone a lot while on the go and VoIP is too unreliable for that in this area. There are spots with very poor T-Mobile data coverage here. So I'm stuck with either unlimited +5gb, or unlimited + contract.
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Its all up to ur usage....
Do u really need unlimited??? On average I use about 1 GB. And a while back when I tried to use as much data as a I can...I only maxed at out about 3 GB. (Bascially Pandora every time I listen to music...which is about 2-3 hours a day total???)
If you tether a lot then its very worth it.
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Do you really use more than 5gb? I think that would REALLY be a challenge for anyone. Keep in mind that unlimited account are generally always monitored for tethering (especially if Tmobile does have a tethering add-on)
I consider myself a very heavy user as I charge my GSM GN 3-4 times a day, cause I always have something running on it (streaming) . The only exception to bring up, is that I use WIFI when I'm home. I've never passed the 3gb mark
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Do you really use more than 5gb? I think that would REALLY be a challenge for anyone. Keep in mind that unlimited account are generally always monitored for tethering (especially if Tmobile does have a tethering add-on)
I consider myself a very heavy user as I charge my GSM GN 3-4 times a day, cause I always have something running on it (streaming) . The only exception to bring up, is that I use WIFI when I'm home. I've never passed the 3gb mark
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I've had my Nexus 4 for about a day and I've already racked up about 1GB pretty easily. I'd recommend one of their value plans. For 69.99 you get truly unlimited, no 5GB throttle point. They require a 2 year contract but if you're sticking with T-Mobile for a while that doesn't really matter. Canceling the contract early is $200 ETF. Without it you'd spend $89.99 for the same plan, so it seems pretty worth it to me. Attached a screenshot of my 1 day usage...
Be a small business owner like me and pay $55 a month for 1000 minutes, unlimited text/4G with no throttling
thrab said:
I've had my Nexus 4 for about a day and I've already racked up about 1GB pretty easily. I'd recommend one of their value plans. For 69.99 you get truly unlimited, no 5GB throttle point. They require a 2 year contract but if you're sticking with T-Mobile for a while that doesn't really matter. Canceling the contract early is $200 ETF. Without it you'd spend $89.99 for the same plan, so it seems pretty worth it to me. Attached a screenshot of my 1 day usage...
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You're probably in the minority here. I'm pretty sure most people aren't spending a majority of their day watching TwitchTV on 4G and tethering....and WiFi is not that hard to come by these days (home/work).
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Do you really use more than 5gb? I think that would REALLY be a challenge for anyone. Keep in mind that unlimited account are generally always monitored for tethering (especially if Tmobile does have a tethering add-on)
I consider myself a very heavy user as I charge my GSM GN 3-4 times a day, cause I always have something running on it (streaming) . The only exception to bring up, is that I use WIFI when I'm home. I've never passed the 3gb mark
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All accounts are monitored for tethering. It isn't hard to use more than 5GB.. Hell ROMs are 200mb each, some of the newer games are up to a GB , plus streaming spotify it's really rather easy for some of us.
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All accounts are monitored for tethering. It isn't hard to use more than 5GB.. Hell ROMs are 200mb each, some of the newer games are up to a GB , plus streaming spotify it's really rather easy for some of us.
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You have to remember though... if you are going to download a large file, are you going to use WiFi, which is way faster than HSPA+, or are you actually going to download a 200mb ROM over data?
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arich said:
Be a small business owner like me and pay $55 a month for 1000 minutes, unlimited text/4G with no throttling
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That sounds like a good plan.
F0rgiven said:
You're probably in the minority here. I'm pretty sure most people aren't spending a majority of their day watching TwitchTV on 4G and tethering....and WiFi is not that hard to come by these days (home/work).
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Was only maybe a bit over an hour of Twitch (720p stream) while in the car and about 30 minutes tethering while I VPN'd into work on the go. OP had already stated he used a lot of data and is likely to hit the 5GB cap. So while you say "most people", the OP is not most people.
My apologies as this isnt really device specific although I do use a Note 3 with ATT. I have had a family plan for at least 8 years now, and have always been on unlimited plan for my line (Im the acct holder). Yesterday I logged into my account to see that it was now a '10gb Family Shared Plan'. I call them up and they can't tell me why or how this changed but will be looking into it.
Ironically last month was the first time I surpassed the 5gb throttle limit. Its almost as though they are purposely downgrading my plan.
Anyways not too happy about this and hopefully its a relatively smooth transition back. Just annoyed this 'randomly' happened. Has anyone else experienced something like this lately?
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My apologies as this isnt really device specific although I do use a Note 3 with ATT. I have had a family plan for at least 8 years now, and have always been on unlimited plan for my line (Im the acct holder). Yesterday I logged into my account to see that it was now a '10gb Family Shared Plan'. I call them up and they can't tell me why or how this changed but will be looking into it.
Ironically last month was the first time I surpassed the 5gb throttle limit. Its almost as though they are purposely downgrading my plan.
Anyways not too happy about this and hopefully its a relatively smooth transition back. Just annoyed this 'randomly' happened. Has anyone else experienced something like this lately?
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Have you been tethering? I've heard of it happening when excessive tethering was used without a tethering plan. I was warned once. I dont risk it anymore. I love my family unlimited too much.
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Have you been tethering? I've heard of it happening when excessive tethering was used without a tethering plan. I was warned once. I dont risk it anymore. I love my family unlimited too much.
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No, never tether. I only used 5 gigs last month because I got a new car with bluetooth (yeh, welcome to the 21st century right! lol) and stream for 2 hours a day since i commute a lot. I probably used just over 5gigs though as I got the text notifying me of my usage just days before the end of the billing cycle.
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No, never tether. I only used 5 gigs last month because I got a new car with bluetooth (yeh, welcome to the 21st century right! lol) and stream for 2 hours a day since i commute a lot. I probably used just over 5gigs though as I got the text notifying me of my usage just days before the end of the billing cycle.
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That is unusual then. Hopefully it was a mistake. I've gone over 5gb a few times. My daughter did 12gb once. I mean it's unlimited. Right?
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theorioles33 said:
That is unusual then. Hopefully it was a mistake. I've gone over 5gb a few times. My daughter did 12gb once. I mean it's unlimited. Right?
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Sprint was "unlimited" too though Look where that got me
Does the 10gb plan include tethering? I might switch if it does, I have unlimited but hardly ever go over 1gb...
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Does the 10gb plan include tethering? I might switch if it does, I have unlimited but hardly ever go over 1gb...
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It does and it's actually cheaper per month.
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Actually everyone on family share plan with 10 or more gig data automatically got switched over, I had mine changed to it and the lady told me everyone would be switched over automatically. I'm sure they will switch u back, but we're probably hoping people would be willing to sacrifice unlimited for cheaper overall.
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Here's a few things to note.
Unlimited is not called Unlimited anymore. It's called Unlimited access, but will be throttled at 3gb.
If you tether, you will be notified by text that you will be switched to a tethering plan the next month. (had this happen lol)
AT&T can switch you of unlimited anytime they like, read the fine print contact.
On a side note, I was on unlimted until they keep throttling me. Coming off that slow unlimited access made life better for me.
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I still don't understand why people on ATT are trying to cling on to their Unlimited data. The people on Verizon have good enough reasons to (Verizon doesn't throttle or get pissy if you consume 10s of gigs per month, for now anyway). But on ATT your Unlimited plans are basically pointless at this point. After 3-4GB, your data essentially becomes useless after the throttle. For all intents and purposes, you can't tether. And it's actually cheaper to get access to more high-speed data every month on the newer plans. They literally made switching over to limited data a much better deal (or made keeping Unlimited a worse one, depending on how you look at it).
Just switched mine, got 10gb, tethering included and actually cheaper.
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nawh..not so much
hoping my crocodile mouth don't get my humming bird @SS in trouble
Yeah I gave up my unlimited long time ago. 10GB shared data is more than enough.
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Keeping unlimited.
The catch is that if you go on the shared minutes planes, your phones are no longer subsidized... So if you upgrade your phones every two years, the cost ends up being the same, if not greater when paying monthly for the phones. This in my calculations is about a wash in terms of cost, however you do not get to keep your phones at the end. These are great plans if you byop however.
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The catch is that if you go on the shared minutes planes, your phones are no longer subsidized... So if you upgrade your phones every two years, the cost ends up being the same, if not greater when paying monthly for the phones. This in my calculations is about a wash in terms of cost, however you do not get to keep your phones at the end. These are great plans if you byop however.
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You keep your phone, just pay the remainder off. 9 out of 10 times phone has scratches, which means no giving it to therm. The thing is, you might pay the same amount in the long run (I won't because I'm saving $120 per month which equals $1440 in a year, at end of year I only owe $248 left on phone. Which leaves me with $1192 in savings.) Then I get another upgrade, which is every 12 months instead of 24. Plus no upgrade or activation fees. So tell me where this is a bad deal for me at all?
Oh and by the way its not shared minutes, in fact is unlimited talk and text.
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You keep your phone, just pay the remainder off. 9 out of 10 times phone has scratches, which means no giving it to therm. The thing is, you might pay the same amount in the long run (I won't because I'm saving $120 per month which equals $1440 in a year, at end of year I only owe $248 left on phone. Which leaves me with $1192 in savings.) Then I get another upgrade, which is every 12 months instead of 24. Plus no upgrade or activation fees. So tell me where this is a bad deal for me at all?
Oh and by the way its not shared minutes, in fact is unlimited talk and text.
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It sounds like a better deal for you for sure. The way i'm set up to switch to next save me only $20/month before taxes. I have four lines so I get 2 upgrades a year. So I pay 240 more per year plus about 200 for each phone. This equals 640 a year with two phones. If the average phone on next is 30 a month, then there is the wash. My minutes are not unlimited, but on all lines mobile to mobile is unlimited and I rarely use more than 300. Plus they roll over so I have lots banked. Texting is also unlimited. Plus I can sell the phones at the end (I never do, though, and have 8 phones to sell or get rid of of you include the 2 phones each of my two children have to play on).
I guess how good of a deal next is depends on how good of a deal you had before. ...
They're absolute garbage. I had a 1GB family plan (you know, wifi everywhere and I never even pass that 1GB at all), so.i called them up to see why my bill was a little high then this girl was telling me that she has a better plan for me. 2GB for $5 less. I was like "hell yeah. Switch up now". Next bill was $15 over. LOL
Called them up again and downgraded back to my ole 1GB. I don't know why the lying. Do they really think people are that stupid? If you ever call them, first thing you wanna do is ask the employee about their ID number. Just say " I'd like your ID number". They can't say no. They'll get in trouble. So when an employee screws you over you just call them and ask for a manager and tell them about the employee that did it and give them the number to identify him/her. Other than that names don't work.
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I gave up my unlimited plan for the 10gig plan a month ago, I added my dad's phone to the data and we are saving $80 a month now over the old plan and no more throttle or tethering is gtg without root. I'm actually pleased.
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Att almost had me, I was about to let go of my unlimited data, I wasn't gonna save much since I wabted the 20 gb shareplan, but then I found out about the scam, I have 5 lines, sounded good to only pay 15 for each additional but how about when my mother in law wants to update for some 50 dollar renovate contract new smartphone, she never gets the most expensive, the point is that If I later want to upgrade for the best cheap offer new phone then it rises 25 for each line so instead of 228 that I pay I will end up paying 328, or if I get the next for every account, lets see at least 27 a month for 5 lines, wow arround 360, now how in hell thats gonna save me money.
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oh and I alone use arround 12gb a month.
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Because when you threaten to leave they knock it right to the $15, seen it happen a lot already.
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