T-Mobile announces $100 unlimited LTE family plan

[TopWargamer]

Source: http://www.droid-life.com/2014/12/09/t-mobile-unlimited-family-plan/

 

If you think T-Mobile couldn't get any better, then you're just plain wrong! An unlimited LTE plan through TMo costs $80 a month for an individual line, but with this new plan, you and somebody else can jump on a family plan together and pay only $100 a month and you both get unlimited LTE!

 

As a side note, TMo is bringing back their other $100 family plan that allows for 4 people, each with 2.5GB of data. 

 

These plans will be available starting tomorrow. 

 

As another side note, here's a comparison chart.

[terrytek]

Are you sure unlimited LTE data? I have them ATM and it's limited to 1GB of high speed data, then it gets bottlenecked

[TopWargamer]

Are you sure unlimited LTE data? I have them ATM and it's limited to 1GB of high speed data, then it gets bottlenecked

Technically all of TMo's plans (except for a few) all have unlimited data. Most get 'X' amount of LTE then unlimited reduced speeds after that. 

 

This plan is 100% LTE all the time. 

[Interfectorem]

This is great, I get  3GB of LTE every month, although it is technically unlimited, it gets throttled down to EDGE speeds after that, which is unbearable.

[DudeWazap]

I wonder if I can switch to this plan from my current one... I'll go ask them tomorrow. Since after a couple of GB of data I no longer get LTE speeds I think.

 

 

Wait I just checked and the plan I currently have is also called "Simple Choice", hmm i'll still go tomorrow and ask.

[terrytek]

Technically all of TMo's plans (except for a few) all have unlimited data. Most get 'X' amount of LTE then unlimited reduced speeds after that. 

 

This plan is 100% LTE all the time. 

sooper dooper cool. Now to see if i can switch to this plan.

[Electrostatik]

Pretty great.  T-mobile making fools of the big guys as usual

[EChondo]

Hmm, as a family of 5 currently I guess we'll be calling T-Mobile soon to readjust our current plan

[bobhays]

I currently have 4 lines with 2gb of LTE per line. and then it slows for $100 a month from T-Mobile. Service is good at my home city and at my college, and for that price nothing comes close. Its also month to month so I can cancel whenever I want.

[JAKEBAB]

Why cant this come to australia my home adsl2 is 15mbps down and 800kbps up 500gb cap but on my 4g lte i get 50mbps down and 30mbps up i would disconnect my home internet to use 4g

[Blue fellow]

Wait so the unlimited "family" plan is only for two people? Can you add more people to this plan?

 

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[bobhays]

Wait so the unlimited "family" plan is only for two people? Can you add more people to this plan?

Yes its $40 a month extra per person. The limit is usually 5 lines

[Techhog]

Are you sure unlimited LTE data? I have them ATM and it's limited to 1GB of high speed data, then it gets bottlenecked

Uh, you do know that they have multiple plans, right? For individuals, it's 1GB, 3GB, 5GB, and Unlimited, each $10 more than the last tier. With this new plan, the 5GB plan is obsolete for families of 2-4.

[Spideybro]

Do not forget phone payment plans which can run up to $25 per phone. I have no confirmation of this but you will likely be forced to purchase a new phone from them if you aren't already on their network or have a phone that functions on their network. This $25 in a family of four amounts to an additional $100, putting the bill at $280. 

[Techhog]

Do not forget phone payment plans which can run up to $25 per phone. I have no confirmation of this but you will likely be forced to purchase a new phone from them if you aren't already on their network or have a phone that functions on their network. This $25 in a family of four amounts to an additional $100, putting the bill at $280. 

Wait, so you mean that if someone doesn't have a phone, they'll need to get a phone!?

 

It can actually be higher than $25 btw. Mine is $27.08 per month. It's still cheaper than the competition though, especially if you're a family of super heavy data users and some of you don't need top-of-the-line phones, or if you just buy your phones outright normally anyway.

[Toddwjp]

they only limit data so they can justify more expensive plans with nocaps/more data. i suppose its a little to do with reducing the total bandwidth they have to support at anyone time (due to people not using the network because they hit the cap eg less concurrent users) i think it would be better if they just said everyone gets free unlimited data with a guaranteed minimum speed but with the potential of higher speed and an increase in speed over time as they improve there infrastructure.

[Electrostatik]

Do not forget phone payment plans which can run up to $25 per phone. I have no confirmation of this but you will likely be forced to purchase a new phone from them if you aren't already on their network or have a phone that functions on their network. This $25 in a family of four amounts to an additional $100, putting the bill at $280. 

 

Totally false.  Bring your own GSM phone, they don't care

http://www.t-mobile.com/bring-your-own-phone.html

[Tonylu1595]

Just wait until they throttle you eventually. Same thing happened to sprint.

[Tocsin_786]

Are you sure unlimited LTE data? I have them ATM and it's limited to 1GB of high speed data, then it gets bottlenecked

i have their unlimited plan and pay 80 bucks for it. ive used 10 gigs of data this month and have yet to experience them bottle necks everyone talks about 

[Techhog]

they only limit data so they can justify more expensive plans with nocaps/more data. i suppose its a little to do with reducing the total bandwidth they have to support at anyone time (due to people not using the network because they hit the cap eg less concurrent users) i think it would be better if they just said everyone gets free unlimited data with a guaranteed minimum speed but with the potential of higher speed and an increase in speed over time as they improve there infrastructure.

If you've seen their financials, that would put them out of business within a year. Yes, it's arbitrary. However, that's business. They need money to build out that infrastructure any way you look at it. You can't have your cake and eat it too. I do think that they need a higher throttled speed, though. Right now it's 128Kbps. I think they should double that.

[Toddwjp]

If you've seen their financials, that would put them out of business within a year. Yes, it's arbitrary. However, that's business. They need money to build out that infrastructure any way you look at it. You can't have your cake and eat it too. I do think that they need a higher throttled speed, though. Right now it's 128Kbps. I think they should double that.

 

Thats why i said minimum speed so sort of like how they already do it with fast data and then slower data. that way you dont waste higher speed data on a facebook update. and they only have to give you something like 400Kbps at peak traffic.

[Techhog]

Thats why i said minimum speed so sort of like how they already do it with fast data and then slower data. that way you dont waste higher speed data on a facebook update. and they only have to give you something like 400Kbps at peak traffic.

What you're not understanding is that, by only having one low-cost plan, they'd end up having to reduce their infrastructure. It's just not sustainable to keep prices that low. Hell, people are expecting a bubble to burst with things as they are now. Sometimes, consumer-friendly practices just don't work from a business perspective.

 

Also, I don't get how everyone having 400Kbps during peak hours seems better to you than people having as much data as they want at the speed that they want. I guess I should mention that all data (other than speed tests and some music streaming services, and some random websites according to rumors) count toward the cap, since they can only exclude data based on where it comes from.

[pit5000]

are there limits on data-tethering?

[TopWargamer]

are there limits on data-tethering?

Yes. You can only tether for up to 5GB of data. 

[Snickerzz]

Are you sure unlimited LTE data? I have them ATM and it's limited to 1GB of high speed data, then it gets bottlenecked

even bottleknecked is considered unlimited