T-Mobile: Finally made the jump...

[Almeuit]

As JHBThree has already pointed out, there was an unlimited plan that was offered by T-Mobile that was the same was the one that is offered today. I used the four-year timeframe because it was offered before I joined T-Mobile 3.5 years ago. The unlimited data plan that was throttled at 5GB outright came in summer of 2011.

What I pointed out contradicts what you two say. Why would top sites like NBC report T-Mobile removing the speed throttle if they already did? Makes no sense.... That'd be like them writing an article about Ford now selling trucks..

Pull up actual evidence. You're saying you had it.. I show you the date they changed that.. And it's before your claim. Just doesn't add up or make sense.

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[JHBThree]

I don't think so.. Part of the "uncarrier" plan was to change to truly unlimited data. Since the unlimited before had the 5 GB throttle limit like the 500MB/2.5 GB plans of today.

Either that or I'm mistaken.. Was pretty sure that's how it was because I was with Sprint for 1 year and wanted to go to T-Mobile but always saw that 5 GB throttle at the bottom of the commercials.. Now it doesn't.

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Nope. They were offering it. I know because I had it.


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[slik6996]

Who cares they have unlimited now! Haja

 

[Almeuit]

Nope. They were offering it. I know because I had it.


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Sorry the articles say otherwise .

But it's okay you guys are free to say whatever.. I just won't believe it since the evidence is obvious.

Either way it's unlimited now and I have yet to be throttled or anything even after using tons of data. I love the service and the price. I am just hoping this Sprint merger hoopla doesn't actually happen.

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[21stNow]

What I pointed out contradicts what you two say. Why would top sites like NBC report T-Mobile removing the speed throttle if they already did? Makes no sense.... That'd be like them writing an article about Ford now selling trucks..

Pull up actual evidence. You're saying you had it.. I show you the date they changed that.. And it's before your claim. Just doesn't add up or make sense.

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I don't quite understand what you are looking for. In 2010, T-Mobile had unlimited data with no advertised throttle cap, but one in the terms and conditions. In 2011, T-Mobile had unlimited data with an advertised throttle cap. In 2013, T-Mobile offered unlimited data with no advertised throttle cap, but one in the terms and conditions.

NBC posts stories to generate clicks. It is accurate to say that they removed the throttle point on their unlimited data plans, because they did per the timeline that I posted above. However, T-Mobile grandfathered the data plans for existing customers, so I still have the same plan that I had in 2010. For me, I never had a definite throttle and I won't as long as I can keep my grandfathered plan.

If the Chrysler group decides to re-brand the Ram series as Dodge again, NBC would be correct in posting that Dodge is now selling Ram trucks, because they had stopped selling them in the recent past under the Dodge brand name.

 

[Almeuit]

I don't quite understand what you are looking for. In 2010, T-Mobile had unlimited data with no advertised throttle cap, but one in the terms and conditions. In 2011, T-Mobile had unlimited data with an advertised throttle cap. In 2013, T-Mobile offered unlimited data with no advertised throttle cap, but one in the terms and conditions.

NBC posts stories to generate clicks. It is accurate to say that they removed the throttle point on their unlimited data plans, because they did per the timeline that I posted above. However, T-Mobile grandfathered the data plans for existing customers, so I still have the same plan that I had in 2010. For me, I never had a definite throttle and I won't as long as I can keep my grandfathered plan.

If the Chrysler group decides to re-brand the Ram series as Dodge again, NBC would be correct in posting that Dodge is now selling Ram trucks, because they had stopped selling them in the recent past under the Dodge brand name.

Reread the article. They didn't do it for clicks.. Hence I linked another article as well. In August 2012 there are many articles talking about the throttle being removed in September 2012 for unlimited plans.

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[JHBThree]

Sorry the articles say otherwise .

But it's okay you guys are free to say whatever.. I just won't believe it since the evidence is obvious.

Either way it's unlimited now and I have yet to be throttled or anything even after using tons of data. I love the service and the price. I am just hoping this Sprint merger hoopla doesn't actually happen.

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The plan without throttling was $89.99, which, at the time, cost exactly the same as Verizon with worse coverage and speeds.

You can believe whatever you want, even though it appears you just are interested in being argumentative . I owned a t-mobile phone at that time and paid the bill. I know what I had, and it was unthrottled, unlimited data.


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[21stNow]

Reread the article. They didn't do it for clicks.. Hence I linked another article as well. In August 2012 there are many articles talking about the throttle being removed in September 2012 for unlimited plans.

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Throttling being removed in 2012 from plans that were offered in 2011 doesn't negate that there were unlimited plans with no throttling offered in 2010. What are you not understanding here?

 

[21stNow]

Here is the text from the relevant section of the terms and conditions dated July 18, 2010:

10. * Data Plans and Other Features. You will be charged for data usage on a pay per use basis unless you are required to maintain a data plan (?Data Plan?) as part of your Service, or as otherwise provided by your Rate Plan or prepaid data pass. Permissible and Prohibited Uses: Your Data Plan is intended for Web browsing, messaging, and similar activities on your Device and not on any other equipment. Unless explicitly permitted by your Data Plan, other uses, including for example, using your Device as a modem or tethering your Device to a personal computer or other hardware, are not permitted. Other examples of prohibited uses can be found in Section 17. Protective Measures: To provide a good experience for the majority of our customers and minimize capacity issues and degradation in network performance, we may take measures including temporarily reducing data throughput for a subset of customers who use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth. If your total usage exceeds 5GB (amount is subject to change without notice; please check T-Mobile?s T&Cs on Cell Phones | 4G Phones | iPhone and Android Phones | T-Mobile for updates) during a billing cycle, we may reduce your data speed for the remainder of that billing cycle. If you use your Data Plan in a manner that could interfere with other customers? service, affect our ability to allocate network capacity among customers, or degrade service quality for other customers, we may suspend, terminate, or restrict your data session, or switch you to a more appropriate Data Plan.

Here is the text from the relevant section of the terms and conditions dated October 20, 2013:

11. * Data Plans and Other Features. You will be charged for data usage on a pay per use basis unless you are required to maintain a data plan (?Data Plan?) as part of your Service, or as otherwise provided by your Rate Plan or prepaid data pass. Permissible and Prohibited Uses: Your Data Plan is intended for Web browsing, messaging, and similar activities on your Device and not on any other equipment. Unless explicitly permitted by your Data Plan, other uses, including for example, using your Device as a modem or tethering your Device to a personal computer or other hardware, are not permitted. Other examples of prohibited uses can be found in Section 18. Protective Measures: To provide a good experience for the majority of our customers and minimize capacity issues and degradation in network performance, we may take measures including temporarily reducing data throughput for a subset of customers who use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth. In addition, if your total usage exceeds 5GB (amount is subject to change without notice; please check T-Mobile?s T&Cs on Cell Phones | 4G Phones | iPhone and Android Phones | T-Mobile for updates) during a billing cycle, we may reduce your data speed for the remainder of that billing cycle. If you use your Data Plan in a manner that could interfere with other customers? service, affect our ability to allocate network capacity among customers, or degrade service quality for other customers, we may suspend, terminate, or restrict your data session, or switch you to a more appropriate Data Plan. We also manage our network to facilitate the proper functioning of services that require consistent high speeds, such as video calling, which may, particularly at times and in areas of network congestion, result in reduced speeds for other services. Additionally, we may implement other network management practices, such as caching less data, using less capacity, and sizing video more appropriately for a Device to transmit data files more efficiently. These practices are agnostic to the content itself and to the websites that provide it. While we avoid changing text, image, and video files in the compression process when practical, the process may impact the appearance of files as displayed on your Device.

I highlighted the sentences in bold text that show that the terms and conditions were the same as far as throttling is concerned.

The terms and conditions didn't make any significant changes for service started in 2011, either. The changes were in the pricing and advertising of the plans.

 

[Almeuit]

Again saying you may throttle and saying you will are different.
Also JB not argumentative.. Simply saying back it up with evidence like I did my post.

If people post news articles or say things are happening others ask where is the proof / source. That's all I'm doing.. Provided mine.. Yours? Well.. We see how that's working .

As I said either way it's now unlimited and unthrottled so.. All is well.

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[knotquiteawake]

Curious if they can tell if you have tethered your device and how.

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[Almeuit]

Curious if they can tell if you have tethered your device and how.

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Yes. By packet inspection.. They can see the data is meant for another device so that means something must be tethered.

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[zkSharks]

Debate is fine, but let's stay away from statements devaluing others' opinions. If they continue, infractions will be handed out as appropriate. I've rolled things back a few posts...

 

[Troy the Creator]

Getting my nexus 5 on tmo today

Selling my s4 and using that money to pay for the etf. Easier than paying the etf now and waiting 8 weeks to ger reimbursed

Cant wait

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[jrvtecaccord]

I just made the switch from AT&T to T-Mobile as well, seems like the signal is better than a couple of years ago in the DFW area when I tried T-Mobile. I had to switch as AT&T was getting just too expensive for data, go over a couple of GB's and it adds up, yes they have options to monitor and disable.

Switch my family plan of three lines over and pay ~ $120 less a month for unlimited high speed data on all lines. Oh and the Nexus 5 has exceed my expectations, coming from a Note 3.

 

[21stNow]

Again saying you may throttle and saying you will are different.
Also JB not argumentative.. Simply saying back it up with evidence like I did my post.

If people post news articles or say things are happening others ask where is the proof / source. That's all I'm doing.. Provided mine.. Yours? Well.. We see how that's working .

As I said either way it's now unlimited and unthrottled so.. All is well.

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Both the 2010 unlimited data plan and the 2013 unlimited data plan had the language that T-Mobile may throttle, not that they would. The 2011 unlimited data plans said that they would throttle. What are you not understanding about this?

 

[Almeuit]

Both the 2010 unlimited data plan and the 2013 unlimited data plan had the language that T-Mobile may throttle, not that they would. The 2011 unlimited data plans said that they would throttle. What are you not understanding about this?

It's all good and settled.. No need to worry about it anymore .

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[hdtechmachinist]

I finally jumped too, from Verizon to T-Mobile.
I don't travel like I used to (career change), so I don't have to worry about being caught out in the country w/ no signal.
Got tired of the lagging a$$ droid phones. Now w/ a blazing fast Nexus 5.
Very satisfied w/ everything so far.
I get to upgrade every 6 months but I don't know if I'll be ready to give this N5 up in 6 months. Come oooooonn N6

 

[slik6996]

I'm going to wait till summer time to switch from att give them some time to better there network.

 

[dkhmwilliams]

I'm going to wait till summer time to switch from att give them some time to better there network.

Better their network how?


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