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T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike (arstechnica.com)

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T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike::T-Mobile: "We are not raising the price... we are moving you to a newer plan."

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (18 children)

I genuinely don't understand why so many people go with the network brand. AFAIK all of the US networks have MVNO's that operate on their networks at much lower cost. Some of those virtual operators are even owned by the big guys, e.g. Cricket on ATT. My coworkers pay literally hundreds of dollars more per month than is necessary, and what, they get a few Mbps faster data rates? Is that really worth it?

Edit: TIL a lot of people have had a hard time with MVNO's. My experience has been excellent and consistent, but that apparently doesn't generalize.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Problem with MVNOs is that they get swallowed up or go defunct. I don't need my data transferring hands nor do I want to deal with switching cellphone plans. I just need it to work.

They also have terrible options for international data.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've stuck with T-Mobile largely for the international data (plus the grandfathered plan I have) but unless you travel intentionally every month it's likely cheaper to just get an in-country eSIM plan to cover you for traveling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

This is what I did when I visited the UK a few years ago. I paid about $30 and I was covered for the entire trip.

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