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T-Mobile No Longer Offering 'Free Data For Life' Offer For New Tablets (tmonews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the there-ain't-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch dept.

T-Mobile has quietly killed off its "free data for life" offer for new tablets. In a statement provided to TmoNews, T-Mobile said: "When we launched Free Data For Life in 2013, 200MB of high-speed data was a lot. Today, customers want unlimited and we're all in with T-Mobile ONE. Customers who have T-Mobile ONE can add unlimited LTE data on a tablet for just $20 a month with autopay. Nothing changes for current customers with Free Data For Life on a tablet. They can keep it as long as they like." From the report: T-Mobile has updated its Free Data for Life support page to say that the program is no longer available for new activations as of May 7, 2017. The Free Data for Life program was attractive because it let you get a bit of cellular data on your tablet every month, even if you weren't a T-Mobile customer. This was nice for people that were ultra-light tablet data users, and it gave customers of other carriers a taste of T-Mo. The good news is that at least anyone that signed up before May 7 can still get their free data every 30 days, so long as they own their tablet.

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  1. Freedompop Unlimited SIM on ATT by Jhon · · Score: 3, Informative

    For about $0.99 plus shipping you can get a freedompop unlimited SIM. Their customer service sucks but it's effectively 200 MBs every month for free (just remember to cancel all "promotional" services before the first month ends. You can also hit the forums and exchange email addresses with other freedompop customers to become "Freedompop Friends". Each "friend" basically gets you another 50 MB per month up to an additional 500 MB for a total of 700 MB.

    I have one in my iPad mini and it works great.

    FP wont be around as long as ATT -- but I've used their services for a few years now and expect them to be around at least a few more before they go belly up or sell their customers. So, for a buck and a bit more I get 700 MBs data. And I can move the sim to any other device I want whenever I want.