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T-Mobile Joins the Capped Data Bandwagon

Posted by Unknown on from the progress-means-everyone-gets-less dept.

NicknamesAreStupid writes "It looks like T-Mobile is following the lead of Verizon and AT&T in shifting from unlimited data plans to tiered pricing. It starts with their family plans which may be cheaper than unlimited depending on your family's usage. Was this done for its customers' families or for its future parent, AT&T?"

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  1. They were note unlimited by Mitsoid · · Score: 5, Informative
    Plans were not unlimited to begin with (unless your plan was 6-7+ years old)

    They always had a 5GB Cap, so all this "They are not longer unlimited, they are now 2/5/10GB caps" is misleading -- you're actually getting a middle-man choice now...

    Before most carriers went from 100/200MB to 5GB(aka ""Unlimited""), nothing in the middle. You paid either $15 or $30/month for ~200MB/5GB respectively. At least now the options are more like 200MB/1GB/2GB/5GB/++ with a better price structure.. And I do like that T-Mobile doesn't charge extra for going over.

    But the plans were not really unlimited to begin with.