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T-Mobile is rolling out an unlimited nationwide 4G data plan in the U.S. that is truly unlimited, a point worth emphasizing in this day and age of misleading marketing tactics. The wireless carrier that was almost gobbled up by AT&T promises no data caps, no speed limits, and no bill shock -- just "fast, dependable nationwide 4G coverage" for data hungry customers and anyone who would rather not monitor their usage.
"We’re big believers in customer-driven innovation, and our Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan is the answer to customers who are frustrated by the cost, complexity and congested networks of our competitors," said Kevin McLaughlin, vice president, marketing, T-Mobile USA. "Consumers want the freedom of unlimited 4G data. Our bold move to be the only wireless carrier to offer an Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan reinforces our value leadership and capitalizes on the strength of our nationwide 4G network."
T-Mobile's all-you-can consume data buffet will cost $20 per month when added to a Value voice and text plan, or $30 per month when added to a Classic voice and text plan, the latter of which allows customers to purchase a subsidized smartphone. These new plans will roll out on September 5, giving wireless subscribers a compelling alternative to the shared data plans T-Mobile's rivals have fallen in love with in recent times.
Of course there's always a caveat, and in this case, it's that T-Mobile's 4G network is of the HSPA+ variety, not Long Term Evolution (LTE). However, T-Mobile is in the process of building out its 4G LTE network, which should be available next year.
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anusbreath
August 24, 2012 at 1:29am
Oh please T-Mobile... yet another phony (or should i say phone-ee) scam to suck in more victims that you can injest and sheet out like fertilizer.
I've been with these ayholio's for 10 years and they chucking suck. But everyone in the business chucking sucks, so there's nothing you can do but pick an ayholio and eat sheet.
I pay $170 a month for 2 phones... that's a chucking car payment for a lot of people. And I also pay that for cable, almost the exact same amount. So $340/mo for 2 phones and cable... what an insane chucking rip off. Thank gawd I'm a six-figga-nigga or I'd never pay for this chucking garbage.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:27pm
If you are paying $170 for two phones how does that have any relevance to your cable bill other than being the same number? Beyond that, you have proven yourself to be retarded if you are paying $170 for just cable (tv). Either that or you are obfuscating the fact that your "cable" includes other services like home phone and internet. In which case it is far from a ripoff considering the services you are receiving. Also, I am calling BS on you being a "six-figga-nigga". Pics or it didn't happen.
anusbreath
August 25, 2012 at 5:47pm
DirecTV... start with the top package, then add several DVR's, add the state/city/local taxes that are never part of the advertised price and you'll reach $170 without blinking. No i'm not obfuscating... but hilarious you said that because I use Dotfuscator on my .NET apps. You probably think you're some kinda smarty using big words huh. You keep a thesaurus next to your bed and read it every night to learn new big words you might be able to impress a moron with.
You can call B.S. on me being a six-figga-nigga all you want, kick and scream, throw a tantrum, ask why why why, it doesn't change the fact jack. I'm a computer programmer and it's super effing easy to make over $100k if you have any talent at all.. bahh haaa haaa haa haaa.
Oh yes, and lets not forget, some of the dumbest people I ever met are millionaires many times over. You think you can judge someones income/assets by the posts they write. There's almost zero correlation there. Visit Hollywood sometime, or turn on a g.d. television once in a while, you'll see plenty of dumber-than-sheeit multi-millionaires. Can you say "cast of Jersey Shore"
You're welcome.
mellamojay
August 27, 2012 at 4:01pm
LOL. I used the word obfuscating because I have an education. If you think that is a large word then I am sorry for you. How about my favorite word antidisestablishmentarianism? I am well aware of how easy it is to make 6 figures but the term six-figga-nigga sets of the BS radar for anyone with half a brain. BUT, the fact that you use Dotfuscator lends to your credibility if you were a programmer in any major city.
However, Since you are stuck with DirectTV that leads me to believe that you are not in a major city because you would have better options. Not to mention the fact that DTV's best package is only 90 dollars a month for Premier. Unless you have 10 DVRs I still call BS.
Ntldr
August 23, 2012 at 11:09am
Everyone should read their fine print. You have Unlimited Data but after you hit the data cap you have set your speed gets reduced.
Here is a brief excerpt from their data calculator
"Recommended service:Unlimited – Ultra
No overages!
Up to 10 GB of high-speed data/month; speed reduced after 10 GB.
Great plan for enjoying HD entertainment, games, and music."
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:35pm
SO much bad info. This was their OLD UNLIMITED DATA PLAN- http://www.pcworld.com/article/261347/tmobile_metropcs_offer_new_unlimited_data_plans_pros_and_cons.html
FROM THE LINK:
T-Mobile’s new plan offers a feature that has been disappearing rapidly: unlimited data. And unlike T-Mobile's existing "unlimited" plan, this new one really is unlimited. T-Mobile had been throttling connection speeds for customers who used what the carrier considered excessive amounts of data. Under the new plan, you can download all you want and your connection speed will never be slowed down.
The T-Mobile site probably hasn't been updated for the new plan. Call a T-Mobile Rep and ask them.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:36pm
This information is wrong. See my previous post or the link:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/261347/tmobile_metropcs_offer_new_unlimited_data_plans_pros_and_cons.html
Zoandar
August 23, 2012 at 8:19am
The old adage about "if something seems to good to be true" is blaring in my head when I read this article. I'll be waiting to see "the other shoe drop". Seems to me this can't be a long term offer, given the histories of cell carrier customer relations.
nsvander
August 22, 2012 at 2:37pm
Funny I have had a truely unlimited plan with them for like 4 or 5 years now, when ever they released the G1. They have tried to get me to switch and I have not.
andrewc513
August 22, 2012 at 2:35pm
Too bad their service is abysmal in some areas. Unlimited data, yea, but at 2G speeds? Nah.
I live in Mississippi, and Verizon has rolled out LTE in both my college town and my hometown, which are pretty much the last places you'd ever expect to see something cool roll out. My hometown is in BFE with nothing going for it at all, and it has LTE. I can hate on Verizon's business practices and prices all day long, but their service is untouchable. It's like an abusive relationship.
Happy
August 23, 2012 at 12:57am
*laughs* wow, you seriously amused me there (I'm not being sarcastic).
anusbreath
August 24, 2012 at 1:41am
I just read the most intelligent post on this whole thread (apart from my own of course). You are correctomundo.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:41pm
Semi Correct at best because if they change the plan you are grandfathered in because of it being a contract. If they change the terms your contract is broken and you can walk away.
satrain18
August 22, 2012 at 10:46am
Another thing is that if you use too much data, they WILL throttle you down to a crawl.
mellamojay
August 22, 2012 at 11:18am
you need to learn how to read "The wireless carrier that was almost gobbled up by AT&T promises no data caps, no speed limits, and no bill shock -- " No speed limits. They are not going to throttle you no matter how much data you use.
anusbreath
August 24, 2012 at 1:36am
Every company with an ounce of lawyer legalese reserves the right to change their terms whenever they want. Its a phony (phone-ee) scam to suck in victims and sheet em out all over the landscape, like in War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. Remember the machines using humans for fertilizer. That's T-Mobile, that's every carrier. They all give you the big F-Jew.
I'd love to grab one of their CEO's, plant his face firmly between my cheeks and rip an ass clapping, bowel belching, crack greezing, sphincter sneeze right on his upper lip, and let that taste settle in for a while... then he'll know what it's like to be a victim of their ayhole practices.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:43pm
That wit and intelligence is amazing... too bad that if they change the terms of the contract you can walk away scott free with a new subsidized phone. At least your name lets everyone know that all you do is spew bull$hit from your mouth.
anusbreath
August 24, 2012 at 10:28pm
Show us your law degree or you don't know wtf you're talking about. There's almost nothing that cannot be gotten around with enough cash and lawyers. Plenty of ironclad prenuptual agreements go up in flames every day because an ayhole lawyer knew how to challenge it. T-Mobile will find a way to make your life a living hell if you try and get out of a contract with them, regardless of the b.s. you're spewing. They have an army of lawyers and you have your thumb up your ash. Get some wit and intelligence you talentless boring hack. Yawn.
mellamojay
August 27, 2012 at 4:08pm
Gratz you are a Moron. Any change in service or fees nullifies your contract. Since you are so retarded lets look at the TOS to prove my point (provided link)
http://www.t-mobile.com/Templates/Popup.aspx?PAsset=Ftr_Ftr_TermsAndConditions&print=trueSection 6.
6. Our Rights to Make Changes. This provision, which describes how changes may be made to your Agreement, is subject to requirements and limitations imposed by applicable law, and will not be enforced to the extent prohibited by law. Your Service is subject to our business policies, practices, and procedures, which we can change without notice. WE CAN CHANGE ANY TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME. YOU MAY CANCEL THE AFFECTED LINE OF SERVICE WITHOUT AN EARLY TERMINATION FEE (if applicable)
go ahead and read that last line where it says that you can cancel without an ETF. Then get over yourself for being retarded. Sucks to be proven wrong over and over again huh?
Joe The Plummer
August 22, 2012 at 10:32am
You're missing one huge caveat. This is phone only data. You cannot use your phone as a mobile hotspot with this data plan.
mellamojay
August 22, 2012 at 11:20am
WRONG. They have NO way of stopping you from using a wireless hot spot app. http://lifehacker.com/5930656/remains-of-the-day-verizon-is-now-letting-you-use-third+party-tethering-apps
They can not stop you from installing a 3rd party app to allow tethering but are not required to give you one by default on the phone... next time do some research before talking about something you know nothing about... Not to mention most people who would be really interested in this is going to root and put a custom rom on their phone anyway.
I Jedi
August 22, 2012 at 11:33am
While right you are, there's no reason to get shitty with a fellow geek/nerd. We're all learners here. Even I two years ago never heard of the word "tethering."
mellamojay
August 22, 2012 at 12:45pm
telling someone they are wrong is not getting shitty with them. Beyond that, if you are a "learner" you should not go around spouting info on stuff you don't know yet. Also, not sure why you are saying "Even I two years ago never heard of the word "tethering.""
If two years ago you had not heard of the word tethering than you are not a geek/nerd and have no basis of using "Even I" as a qualifier. There needs to be a voting system here for comments so we could downvote the stupid.
Penterax
August 22, 2012 at 8:38pm
Telling them that they are wrong is fine (if they are), telling them "do research before talking about something you know nothing about" is rude. Telling people they "should" know something is also rude and narrow-minded. calling people stupid is rude.
IF you don't want to go around spreading the idea that you are some kind of sneering egotist, then I suggest you find a better way to talk to people.
Your post is the first I'd down-vote, if it were possible here.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:09pm
Telling someone to do research before commenting is not rude its common sense. Putting info out there that is incorrect is rude. Using yourself as a qualifier for geek/nerd status when you are new to tech in that field is rude to those that actually work in the field. There is nothing narrow minded about telling someone that before the qualify themselves as something that they should know the foundation information. The terms geek and nerd have a distinct sub-cultural context that he DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR.
You seem to get have being correct and correcting others confused with an ego. I could care less what people on this site think of me but I have a problem with people spreading false information. This isnt reddit buddy and if downvoting was an option I would not have had to comment in the first place as his retarded response would of been hidden by the mass downvotes.
jaygregz
August 22, 2012 at 3:18pm
Hopefully Mellamojay figures out that you don't have to proclaim that a person is wrong when you prove that a person is wrong. He does have a point though. People could at least read the article before commenting. Also, it is always in everyone's best interest for people to not post comments about something they aren't absolutely sure about. I mean of course plenty of us here know about tethering, custom roms, rooting and jailbreaking but for these "learners" who do read the comments who may be interested in T-mobile as a service, it's best that they don't get their mind all muddied up with false information.
I'm a douche bag for commenting on this. Sometimes the temptation is just too much..
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:10pm
I was not doing it to cause him grief. The wrong was used off the bat so that OTHERS would see what I wrote and find out that the info he provided was incorrect. I fully understand how it comes off but could care less if it saved someone from believing incorrect info.
captainjack
August 22, 2012 at 2:34pm
Oh man it's so shocking to know that i'm not a geek/nerd. All my friends call me a nerd for loving computers but my interest in them only started a year ago. In fact I would say I probably didn't know what tethering was until six months ago. I didn't know the club was so exclusive but ill work harder to earn my place.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:17pm
LOL. Hey guys I am a rocket scientist because I just took Calculus this semester. See how flawed that logic is? You are not a geek/nerd because you have no idea what that truly means. Just because your friends and family call you that means nothing. http://memegenerator.net/instance/25498888
Pyrophorics05
August 22, 2012 at 2:14pm
WRONG. There is something wrong with approaching someone (virtually of physically) and just proclaiming they are wrong. Typically, that is done to incite a heated response, it's in our nature. If you didn't know that, now you do ... learning! :)
There's so much irony to your posts that I debated even commenting. With that, it's ironic the person who knows all the facts doesn't realize that a voting system wouldn't bode well for them.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:21pm
Negative ghostrider. Placing an attention grabbing word in your response to force a reader to see information is called capturing an audience. What you have done is look like a moron who got their psych degree at a community college in Arkansas. You should stop trying to use your Psych 101 class notes on the internet because it shows all of your insecurities. BTW, you should reread the posts because I was not the one who mentioned the downvoting to begin with. Also, do yourself a favor and look up the meaning and definition of irony. That would be a good place to start.
I Jedi
August 22, 2012 at 12:49pm
I can see that you are quite upset about being the only one around here who knows anything.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:47pm
It's hard being correct all the time but I make do. It is just unfortunate that the people around here that actually know anything never bother to post but the trolls are in full effect. Like your post as an example brings nothing to the conversation but show how you are a window licker. If you want to talk smack do it with something new. Jedi really... in your screen name? just wow.
mellamojay
August 22, 2012 at 12:47pm
good old double post bug of Max PC. You would think this would of been fixed by now.
DR_JDUBZ
August 22, 2012 at 11:38am
LOL you must be a time traveling nerd, NEXT TIME STAY IN YOUR OWN TIMELINE AND NOT POLUTE OURS!!!
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:48pm
Has the Downs Syndrome with a splash of tourettes affected your family much?
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 12:51pm
good old double post bug of Max PC. You would think this would of been fixed by now.
gatorXXX
August 22, 2012 at 4:18pm
Basically he's saying "shut up!" but in a nice way.
Besides, Joe The Plummer is correct. You CAN'T use tethering (mobile hotspot) with this plan....legally. Saying and posting, a link to an app that makes your phone tether without paying for it constitutes theft. Period. End of story. So being rude, obnoxious, and promoting theft to posters here is unquestionably un-ethical.
Also to note in the link you posted:
"Unfortunately for customers of AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, which also charge fees on some plans to use the handset as a hotspot, the FCC’s consent decree was based on Verizon’s purchase of 700 MHz spectrum that came with a mandate that Verizon let other devices and applications run on that spectrum."
If YOU had read the entire article and LEARNED...it specifically says VERIZON. VZW has to let people with tiered data plans use 3rd party apps to tether...for free. The other 3 carriers are SOL.
http://gigaom.com/mobile/fcc-tells-verizon-you-cant-block-tethering-apps-verizon-settles-for-1-25m/So before belittling other posters for NOT reading the article, I suggest you do some learnin' yourself because Joe The Plummer was talking about this particular T-MOBILE plan...and the link you posted only deals with verizon.
Thank you and have a great day!
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 1:08pm
No he is incoherently babbling. I have addressed your points elsewhere but will quickly do it again here to save you the trouble. You do not have any clue what you are talking about. In order:
1. Mobile hot CAN be used but you have to pay for it to abide by the TOS. I never made any argument about anything being paid or not... you made the ASSUMPTION I was referring to just going against the TOS.
2. You are a moron and have no idea what the term legally means. Breaking the TOS is not ILLEGAL. Go ahead and read this:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2012/04/10/10-10038.pdfI should know better... you wont read it and will just blindly reply so let me sum up what that document means. The UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ruled that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act 'does not extend to violations of use restrictions,' and therefore violating terms of service and corporate use policies is not a federal crime. This is the same reason that breaking a TOS in video games like World of Warcraft by botting does not result in criminal charges.
3. Beyond all of this, both of you are referencing the OLD Unlimited data plan. The new plan does not have these restrictions (http://www.pcworld.com/article/261347/tmobile_metropcs_offer_new_unlimited_data_plans_pros_and_cons.html)
Now that you have made yourself look like a complete fool, go ahead and apologize or don't respond due to the shame you have brought on yourself.
Joe The Plummer
August 22, 2012 at 4:51pm
Wow. I just got back from work and decided to check out the new articles, saw there were 23 comments on the article I commented on. Didn't think there would be much chatter on this. Then see some person who knows nothing about anything apparently mocking my post which was 100% accurate. Thank you Gator for setting it straight.
CNET and PC World both reported that you can not use mobile hotspot with the plan. It wasn't mentioned in this post or in the link and thought it was important for people here to be aware. Yes you could root it or sideload an app that will allow you to do it, but as you correctly pointed out you would be violating your agreement with T-Mobile.
mellamojay
August 24, 2012 at 1:10pm
LOL nope just proved him and you wrong. I also proved to him that I never mentioned anything about having to pay for tethering just that you do have it as an option. Don't reply anymore... It is too much fun proving how stupid you all are.
gatorXXX
August 24, 2012 at 2:51pm
HAHAHAHAHA. You didn't prove a thing. Except that you no how to spew bile out of your mouth.
mellamojay
August 27, 2012 at 4:11pm
Its ok. We understand that you are slow and do not understand what being proven wrong means.. go back to your corner and we can call you for diner when its ready.
