Read on Ars (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...customers-to-give-up-plans-raises-price-by-5/) that AT&T will raise their data plans.
Since I rarely use more than 5GB, I think it's time to stick it to AT&T and go with someone else.
I have a 450 minute + 30GB smartphone plan that previously expired and is month to month now.
I would love to really shove it to them though before I leave ...
Anyone know if it is possible to do a phone upgrade with a 2 year plan extension and then leave when they change the pricing without having to pay the termination fee?
Also: any recommendations for GSM based carriers? I usually use around 2GB-3GB of data and once or twice a year 5-6GB for a month.
450 minutes plus rollover was more than enough talk minutes (though that all seems to be unlimited anyhow).
Texts: maybe 10 per month (or less)
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I'm on a data only plan and I imagine most folks use the N1 for both voice and data, but let's see.
Finite minutes - unlimited data (20% voice and 80% data)
Unlimited Everything.. Though I don't talk much on it. It's the $140/month family plan for 2 phones. At some point, we may scale back to 750 minutes if we simply don't use enough.
family plan with unlimted data and messaging.
Finite minutes, unlimited data
I still have a MyFaves plan and people I call regularly are on it. Those that aren't are T-Mo Mobile to Mobile calls and the conference bridges I am on are T-Mobile bridges anyway so they are Mobile to Mobile as well, so I use over 1500+ minutes a month, and normally about 100 or so of those are ever take out of my anytime minutes. lol!
5% voice, 95% data, mostly Wi-Fi at work and home. Keeps me entertained at the mall while the wife and daughters are shopping.
Namuna said:
I'm on a data only plan and I imagine most folks use the N1 for both voice and data, but let's see.
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is it tru u have to sign a 2 yr for data only plan?
UK plan
I'm on Vodafone UK (awesome 3G network)...I get 750 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited landline calls (so no minutes cut there) and unlimited data (fair usage of 500mb per month, 1gb for iphone users, go figure!) for £30 per month...I guess that's about $50 or so...is that a good deal in the US??
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I'm on Vodafone UK (awesome 3G network)...I get 750 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited landline calls (so no minutes cut there) and unlimited data (fair usage of 500mb per month, 1gb for iphone users, go figure!) for £30 per month...I guess that's about $50 or so...is that a good deal in the US??
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Forgot to add that this cost covers the price of my contracted nokia N97 phone (which I sold for £320 and I'm on an 18 month plan...can upgrade from 15th month)...otherwise a monthly rolling plan like this with 900 minutes will cost me just £20 per month!!!
Well... I had a T-mo loyalty plan ... and bought the nexus unsubsidized. That way I did not have to be limited by that 500 min plan.
My wife and I are on the 1500 minute, unlimited messaging, unlimited data package labeled "Even More Plus". She now has my old G1, so we are an Android Family now.
Worked out a deal with T-mobile's retention department since I've been a good customer for 8 years. They set it up so I paid $279 for the phone, with the 2 year contract for the 500 minute plan... and after the 120 days, they'll put me back on my grandfathered plan which is $74.98 for 1000 minutes, unlim. n/w, and unlim sms and data. So Google won't charge their ETF and I'll be paying less over two years than if I bought the phone unsubd.
Unlimited everything with a private APN for €0/m
But then I work for Vodafone...
Vodafone Australia
$69 cap.. You get $370 worth of calls and 1GB data
I got a crazy T-Mobile deal a couple years back so I get unlimited Messaging for $9.99/Month for the entire family. That costs like $35/mo now. As long as I keep signing contracts I don't lose that $9.99. This also means my unlimited data plans for my N1 and my wifes MT are only $25/mo because we don't need the messaging with them.
I have Fave 5 with Google Voice so I have unlimited Minutes because I have my GV number on my 5.
Win for me.
Hey guys, I was just wondering how much you guys pay for the data plan? I heard T-Mobile has an unlimited Android web plan for $20, does that include the HSPA+ network? I also hear some people getting it for $10 saying it's a really crappy phone. Also will the g1 data plan work for the g2's hspa+ network?
Thanks!
As far as I know there are three available data plans.
$10 should be the regular plan for basic phones, not smart phones
$20 should be for the phones that support wifi but have a 5gb limit before throttling
$30 should be the android data plan with the hrsp+ deal and I've heard that you can hit 10gb before tombile considers throttle your speed
That's just based on what I've read on forums and junk.
Thanks for the reply, oh man $30 a month for HSPA+? Looks like I'll just stick with the $20 after a month or two. Thanks!
and if you buy a phone at full price, the cheapest data plan can be $25 (no unlimited text). the cheapest call plan is $29.99.
actually, if you make 2-year contract, the cheapest total plan will be $79.99? month-to-month is $25 cheaper a month over next 24 months. so total 2 year saving will be about $600.
it can cover the full price of phone.
in addition, you can add/drop data plan anytime and they charge daily proportion of $25. if you are usually just home/office where wifi is there on weekdays but going out of town on weekend, you can add data plan online on friday and cut on sunday.
moreover, even if you don't have a data plan, you can access to the internet for $1.99/MB for emergency.
and T-mo has no interest installment. if you buy G2 now, you pay $70+ for first payment + tax, then start paying $25 from january for 19 months.
Thanks for the reply, MassimoM2! Sadly, I can not get the contract as I might switch carriers any time. The emergency $1.99/MB is interesting, I have a g1 without a data plan, and it tells me I will need a data plan to use the internet.
My main plan is to buy it for the full retail price and see whichever is the cheapest way to get internet. Looks like I will get the 24.99 plan since I already have text, thanks!
I'm confused to no end...
I got a message from t-mobile, saying that my flexpay with 500 minutes and 5GB data plan, for which I pay $60 in total, will expire (actual message below). I have an unlocked Nexus One (and a single line) that I don't want to change; I use like 80-100 minutes, 2-3 text messages, and about 5GB of data with it in a month...
Can someone help me?
I don't understand whether I can stay with Flexpay or whether it will actually expire for good (and take the $50 I have $50 my flexaccount too --they're used when you overuse minutes).
Customer reps on 611 refuse to send me any documentation, don't tell me whether my plan will actually get cancelled or not, and pretty much act like they don't know anything and are reading from a script written for existing flexpay customers. (I'll be going to a store, but I don't trust them either. Me being a foreigner doesn't help...)
I'm looking at the options they provide (their plans online), and if I keep my 5GB data plan, everything that they have is more expensive... As in: their $50 "postpaid" plan includes 100MB or so data before getting throttled...
Could anyone suggest what I should do to keep a plan that costs $60 or less without sacrificing my $50 on that stupid flexaccount[1]?
[1] The $50 is leftover from having a long-distance (as in cross-pacific) relationship... Don't do it
[Message from t-mobile:
Response requested: your Flexpay rate plan will expire. Call 611 to update your account & get 1200 bonus minutes. Call 611 for details.]
Help? Please?
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Same problem - Cancellation of T-mobile Flexpay plan
Even I got a call few days ago and recently got a SMS stating that Flexpay plan will expire. Not sure if I can still continue? I dont want to be bound by 24 month contract. Either I might switch to pay as you go plan or switch to another provider.
Let me know if there any updates or work around here!!
Thanks!
AFAIK all flexpay plans WILL expire and you have some options....
1) Enter into a contract and go with the VALUE plans (cheaper monthly charges, NO SUBSIDIZED DEVICES)
2) Enter into a contract and get a regular postpaid plan (higher monthly charges, DEVICES AT SUBSIDIZED PRICES)
3) Pay as you go prepaid plans including a monthly option (I think...kinda like flex-pay)
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
I just got on a contract for a Value plan with two lines and it's quite possibly the most awesome thing ever.
I get:
1000 shared minutes
unlimited SMS
2GB of data per line
... for $95 + tax/fees/etc, per month. For two lines.
I had to buy the phones outright, sure, but the overall savings is significantly greater than had I gone on a "standard" contract with the device subsidy. Two lines on a standard contract, same 1000 shared minutes and SMS and data, would have cost $35 more per month (+ tax/fees/etc).
Before I was on an individual Even More Plus plan (which has been phased out, just like Flexpay) and paid $70 + tax every month, and my partner was on a Flexpay plan and paid $75 + tax every month. Of course, those plans had 5GB data, but we weren't actually using the 5GB--the 2GB option hadn't been created yet, and even when it was first formed, it wasn't any cheaper.
Now, seriously, we're getting cell service almost as cheap as a regional carrier with better devices and better service.
After I saw that thread about canceling my line without eft I called CS to see if they have any cheaper plans and it turns out that despite everyone saying "I'm gonna start a new contract with waay better pricing" or switching to prepaid cause its much cheaper its not.. At all lol
I was just curious to see what everyone else's plan consists of and how much you pay.
I have 3 lines: unlimited talk & text on all three then unlimited net on 2 and 200mb on the last.
Bill comes to 238 roughly.
Edit: basically there's not much reason to cancel unless you have a line not being used or really want to change carriers for any reason
Right now I have
3000 min shared (which we hardly put a dent in lol)
Unlimited txt
Unlimited data (5gb)
And I pay roughly $150 every month
I have 3 lines with 1000 mins shared
Unlimited texting on all lines
And 2gb "unlimited" which i hardly use
I pay 85 a month
I have two lines. 1000 minutes shared.
Unlimited texting
2GB data on one line and 5GB on the other.
I'm paying $95
I've been with TMobile since 03.
Swyped From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
Virtuous Inquisition 3.0
Unlimited talk, text, data w/tethering, no data cap = $50
I've been with TMo since AT&T bought out Cingular. My plan is really old.
I got the Nexus 4 yesterday and I was looking at T-Mobile plans and the ones that caught my eye was the Monthly 4G or the Value Plan what do you guys think the plans look really I was going to go with the $70 Monthly 4G or the 500 Minutes + Unlimited Text + Data Value Plan for $60. The only difference is one is a two year agreement and no throttling but the monthly does throttling after 5GB of 4G. Please let me know what you guys think. It would be really helpful for me
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I got the Nexus 4 yesterday and I was looking at T-Mobile plans and the ones that caught my eye was the Monthly 4G or the Value Plan what do you guys think the plans look really I was going to go with the $70 Monthly 4G or the 500 Minutes + Unlimited Text + Data Value Plan for $60. The only difference is one is a two year agreement and no throttling but the monthly does throttling after 5GB of 4G. Please let me know what you guys think. It would be really helpful for me
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i'd go with the month to month first. Then if you think you will use more data and you are getting throttled, move to the contract plan. Doubt you'll use over 5GB tho
Say No To Contracts! I went prepaid with the $30 /month unlimited 4G data (5 Gb) /unlimited txt/ 100 minutes. I've got my son on it too. We never used the whole 5 Gb and usually have minutes left over. At 0.10 cents a minute, I can afford to run over once in a while. Works great! This is also frequently called the tmobile walmart plan. Google it.
One of the best things about the Nexus is that it's unlocked and unsubsidized. Why enter into a two year contract when you don't have to?
To me, the Nexus is more about a movement than a cellphone. A movement towards open networks, open devices and consumer freedom to move between networks as you so please. Given this, I'm not sure why you'd want to lock yourself in to a carrier for two years. If you do, make sure you pick up a phone they have with high resell value and get some of your money back that way.
Don't forget all the regulatory taxes and fees on the Value plan.
That having been said, I use the Value plan, for one simple reason: family plan discounts. For individual users, it's hard for me to recommend the postpaid plans, but when you have something like three lines, the Value plans begin to really pay off.