T-Mobile Will Skip Overage Charges, Throttle Data
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Apr 26, 2010, 8:19 PM by Philip Berne
updated Apr 26, 2010, 9:48 PM
Updated: Corrected overage data pricing
T-Mobile today announced changes to its pricing structure for users on its webConnect data plans. Previously, T-Mobile offered a 5GB monthly plan, and users paid a per/megabyte fee for going over that cap. Now, T-Mobile will stop charging the extra fee and will instead slow down users' data connections after they hit the 5GB limit. Subscribers using T-Mobile's 200MB monthly plan will still pay the data overage fee, but this fee has been reduced by half, so now users will pay $0.10/MB instead of $0.20/MB. For a limited time, T-Mobile is also offering discounts for new contracts or additional data lines on an existing contract.
source: T-Mobile
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To bad T-Mobile sucks...
otherwise the major players might go along with this...
Too bad you're a troll 😲
Sweet!
Now I can live my dream of driving a van around with an inverter and a Cisco with a GSM WIC to get online when wardriving fails :-P
not sure I like this
This way the people who most need fast data will be the very ones least able to use it. Tiered pricing would be better than this. Although I suppose it's better than an overage. But on an "unlimited" plan it kinda sucks.
Do you have Clear where you live? True wireless broadband, that is truly unlimited.
Because truly unlimited is going away...and overage charges can be HUGE if you are reckless with data. A few streaming movies and BAM...Some folks get bills in hundreds and thousands of dollars because of data overages. When they slow down they can st...
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The original plan was never unlimited - it had a 5GB cap, at which point you incurred overage charges of $0.20/mb. Personally, I feel throttling the account is a much, much better option.
which is why they are throttling. This is a MUCH better alternative than overages. Believe me, if you need fast data you DO NOT WANT them to give you the options of overages. It would be cheaper for you to buy 2 aircards and swap once you got to th...
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Actually...
The data was dropped from $.20 to $.10
5gb Plan
· New! No domestic overage charges.
· New! Speed may be slowed after 5GB of use (Resets at beginning of next bill cycle).
· Includes: Unlimited T-Mobile HotSpot Access, pay-per-use SM, domestic roaming barred, international data usage and roaming available but not included.
NEW- Web Connect 200MB Plans
· NEW! Overage charges decreased to $0.10 per MB
· Includes: Unlimited T-Mobile HotSpot Access, pay-per-use SM, domestic roaming barred, international data usage and roaming available but not included.
......per internal tmobile memo...
-AK
I was thinking the same thing when i saw the .05
It's semi-unlimited now
Of course you may be throttled after 5GB, but it depends on your usage scheme. If you always go over 2x, then you're likely get slowed down, but if you go over momentary (like once every few months), you should be OK.
However, my suggestion is 10GB, but $40 with qualified calling plan, this not bad at all; moreover, if you bring in your device (Option iCON 452) or buy USB stick in full price, you won't be bound by contract.
Too bad there's no mifi unit with AWS support this time, or it'll be great news for iPad users.
Good job, T-Mo
Way to copy Cricket. Not that it's a bad thing, I just think it's funny that none of the Big 4 American carriers came up with it first.
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