“T-Mobile will never change the price you pay,” the carrier told users in 2017.
Well maybe I’m experiencing a happy glitch in the matrix, because I’ve had free T-Mobile since like October 2021.
T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next
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over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 4 months ago
…how?
over_clox@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Still don’t know to be honest. Might be a legit real glitch in the matrix. 🤷♂️
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 4 months ago
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.
extrahazmat@lemm.ee 4 months ago
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.
KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m guessing they added a clickbait fee?
Barx@hexbear.net 4 months ago
Monopoly capitalists did the most monopoly capitalist thing ever, journalists are surprised.
marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
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.
Zeroxxx@lemmy.id 4 months ago
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.
AlecSadler@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.
alphapuggle@programming.dev 4 months ago
Legere was the best thing to happen to that company. They haven’t made a good move since he left
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
They need to as inflation exists.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
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.
TrudeauCastroson@hexbear.net 4 months ago
That seems like a pretty bad deal actually, you can probably find a better 4g or even 5g plan in the US for that.
Prepaid companies in Canada (who generally have worse pricing than the US because all the cell companies have agreements with each other) have 20-40gb/month for that price (depending on the limited time sales), but not unlimited w/ throttling like you have.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
I’m not sure what you mean RE 4g/5g. I just replaced my phone with a 5g handset and get 5g coverage with it. I had 4g with my last handset.
Are you saying the 20-40GB plans have overage charges? I’d rather be throttled if that is the case.
BillMurray@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
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.
AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Gee, it’s almost like we shouldn’t let our telecoms slowly merge into one greedy entity with no competition.
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 4 months ago
These corporations have gone wild. We need to cut them down. Drag out the persons responsible to the gallows.