T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
"T-Mobile will never change the price you pay," the carrier told users in 2017.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/t-mobile-users-thought-they-had-a-lifetime-price-lock-guess-what-happened-next/Open linkView original on lemmy.zip
Gee, it's almost like we shouldn't let our telecoms slowly merge into one greedy entity with no competition.
These corporations have gone wild. We need to cut them down. Drag out the persons responsible to the gallows.
Well maybe I'm experiencing a happy glitch in the matrix, because I've had free T-Mobile since like October 2021.
Edit: Responding from said free service.
...how?
Still don't know to be honest. Might be a legit real glitch in the matrix. 🤷♂️
Best not poke the bear, then haha
If you don't hear from me within a month, then I'll just find a Walmart..
Shit. You spoke of it. Sorry for your loss.
You would be surprised at how much shit falls through the cracks.
Something doesn't get filed in the right place, a system fucks up somewhere, someone just fails to send the right email. It's not worth the time and effort for most companies to keep that strict of an eye.
But I am curious if there's going to be any ramifications when/if it gets found, outside of the ass chewing in-office and a cancellation of the line.
First they charged more for auto pay if you used a credit card. Now they want to raise each line by $5. Took our lines and went with an MVNO that runs on T-Mobile and Verizon. Saving a lot of money and still great service/data.
I'm guessing lots of people are going to be doing the same thing. Just couldn't leave things be....Oh, and I canceled the included Netflix as well.
I'm guessing they added a clickbait fee?
I’ve had the same T-Mobile family plan since…I actually don’t recall. 2011? $25 per line for 4 phones. It was 2GB of 3G data per month, with a promotional bump to 4GB that they kept extending until it was permanent, then LTE data, then 50GB of LTE before it throttles down. It’s plenty fast, so no real need for 5G speeds, especially since most activity is on our home WiFi.
I love bitching about internet speed but I am glad mobile Internet is not a scam here where I live. Costs me 0.8 cent for every GB approx.
America and Canada look very terrible from my perspective.
Is that $8.192 per TB then?
$0.008 * 1024gb
That seems high? My friend blew through 40ish TB last month but pays $200/mo.
Unfortunately, if you are a mobile data monster it is still expensive since there is no true unlimited plan here.
But most people nowadays only consume Instagram and Tiktok.
Legere was the best thing to happen to that company. They haven't made a good move since he left
I've been on T-Mobile prepaid since at least 2010. I get 10GB of data off contract for $40/mo. If I use above that it gets throttled, but I never do.
My price still hasn't gone up. I am certainly waiting for it.
I buy a new handset every few years. Most times I get one from the EU that has the bands I need for local service.
Is that a good deal anymore? I live in Canada where we typically get dry fucked on cellphone plans. I used to pay $50 for 6 GB, but they keep having deals and I keep switching up my plan. I'm currently paying $35 ($25.50 USD)/mo for 70 GB.
Not sure, tbh. I haven't shopped around, but because I never go over, I'm fine with it. It may not be a good deal at all but I never see the difference.
They need to as inflation exists.