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T-Mobile Intros Rollover Data, Called Data Stash

Dec 16, 2014, 10:50 AM by Eric M. Zeman

T-Mobile today announced Data Stash, a way for customers to retain unused data from month-to-month. Rather than allow unused data to expire, T-Mobile will let customers keep access to that data for up to a year. For example, customers who have a plan with 5GB of data access per month, but only use 3GB, will see the unused 2GB added to their monthly allotment for the following month for a total of 7GB. Further, to kickstart the whole service, T-Mobile is putting 10GB of data in each customer's "data bank." T-Mobile is requiring a minimum level of service in order to qualify for Data Stash. Data Stash will be available for free to T-Mobile customers with a postpaid Simple Choice plan who have purchased at least 3GB of phone data or 1GB of tablet data per month. T-Mobile said there's no limit to how much data users can collect and store in Data Stash. The company said "you won’t lose data you don't use."

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Brad K

Dec 16, 2014, 4:53 PM

Marketing Gimmick

Just like rollover minutes this sounds a lot better than it is. Sure there are some people out there who are inconstant with how much data is used each month and this would be good for them. But I have done hundreds of account reviews for customers to get an idea of the data they use each month and the vast majority of them are fairly consistent in their usage. So if someone is getting 5 GB of data/month and only uses ~3/month, then why do they need 7 the next month and 9 the next month and 11 the next, etc.

WhySoBluePandaBear

Brad K said:
Just like rollover minutes this sounds a lot better than it is. Sure there are some people out there who are inconstant with how much data is used each month and this would be good for them. But I have done hundreds

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rwalford79

Yes, it is a gimmick - But you can look at this two ways.

1. Families or individuals on a budget, but are using just slightly to moderately under 3GB per month, but well over 1GB may see a benefit now and again, as they can occasionally use a bit m...
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amarryat

Dec 16, 2014, 10:59 AM

Yawn

Sorry, this only applies if you bought extra data. In other words, if you're on the 4 lines for $100 which includes 2.5GB per line per month, you can't rollover your data.

tzsm98

This means if you purchased it you can keep it for a year. This is good. Some months are light data months and other months I use the whole 6GB. Perhaps this mean I won't have to worry about throttling any longer.

acdc1a

Everyone wants something for nothing. I guess you're included. The Data Stash is for people who BUY additional data so they don't lose it.

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gfondeur

Dec 16, 2014, 12:34 PM

wow

This it's really great news, I hope this shake the hole industry and we can see the others following suit.

rwalford79

The only carrier that MAY follow is Sprint, and they may do it in such a convoluted way that it wont be worth it.

Simply they will say that all your data will be roll over data, and call it something stupid like Banked Data or Data Save or somethin...
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