  antwanpBeyond FM, Beyond AM, XM Satellite RadioPremium
join:2002-05-14
Cedar Hill, TX | Good Times! Viva competition. I have and love T-Mobile, but I enjoy seeing all the mobile companies in the States fight with one another. The more fighting, the more features/cheaper prices we all see. Now to add a second unlimited line for my fiancee...
-Antwan L.
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 |  SlickEnWPremium
join:2003-01-21
Seattle, WA | Re: Good Times! Yeah, until users are deemed burdon to the state by overusing their "capacity" (read: doing nohting wrong) and invisible caps will rear its ugly head.
This is "ok" for most people but this will just turn into another notch in the big co's belt in terms of what constitutes too much usage | |
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| | robertflPremium
join:2005-10-10
Mary Esther, FL | Re: Good Times! ahh.. were being raped. who would want to pay $100.00 a month + taxes and fees? Especially in this economy?
Gas is at $4.00 a gallon jobs are being thrown to china and people don't have the money.
Just to let all of you know, there IS no competition in the phone industry. Look at the prices there almost the same!
The global elite will probably invade iran soon and then watch what happens to the price of fuel (you think the president controls the country.. think again)
-Rob
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Re: Good Times! No, I'm sorry, there is competition. Just because it's not lowering prices as much as you like doesn't mean that four (maybe five if you have Alltel) major providers and possibly regional or urban carriers isn't competition...
There are reasons for prices being what they are- infrastructure costs are high in wireless, especially since all carriers are beginning to embark on major network upgrades. And the price of gas hits cell-phone companies as well. | |
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| | |  nklbPremium
join:2000-11-17
Ann Arbor, MI
kudos:2 | For someone who can actually USE tons and tons of minutes, this is a good deal. For everyone else, it is expensive.
I personally get along just fine with a 300 minute plan, so I would lose money if I switched to the unlimited plan.
But I have relatives who frequently run their bills up into the $200 range. They would benefit GREATLY from this.
No one is forcing you to ditch your limited minute plan to switch to this one, and that is the great thing about it.
Don't say bad things about the plan just because it doesn't fit YOUR needs, no one is forcing you to use it and it doesn't detract from your pre-existing options.
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join:2005-05-01
Saint Louis, MO Reviews:
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| Re: Good Times! I began T-Mobile with a 300 or 500 minute plan years ago. Kept renewing it and the first time I went over I contacted them and asked if I could upgrade plans and they make it retroactive. They did so without hesitation saving me perhaps $150 on calls I made exceeding my plans limits. Did so again and upgraded to the 1000 minute plan with a similar phone call.
My advice is buy only what you anticipate needing, if you go over(and are willing to renew contracts) then contact them at that time and ask to be upgraded to a larger plan. | |
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| | | Hope they are planning for the influx of new customers. If not then I can see them scaling back on the Unlimited part so not to spend more money for upgrading to support all the blabermouths.  | |
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| it will get better, just don't jump at it yet! Keep in mind, they drag you into a 2 year contract... so those who jump on the earliest unlimited offers aren't getting the best deal. T-Mobile is a distant 3rd to Verizon & AT&T so they had to do something to get free advertising. To tell you the truth, I thought AT&T would have done this first as a promotion with the iphone 3-g coming out soon but t-mobile got there first.
I can't say you heard it here first, but Sprint is going down the tubes. | |
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|  Bahamut XPremium
join:2000-12-09
Fort Worth, TX
1 edit | Re: it will get better, just don't jump at it yet! said by tmc8080:Keep in mind, they drag you into a 2 year contract... Only if your a new sub and want the absolute cheapest price on the equipment, since T-Mobile does offer 1 year contracts with new acts. If you already have service it's just a 1 year extension.
Or if you don't already have service you can also get this as a monthly Flexpay account and have no contract, unlimited service and use it on the entire network. This option (as stated by a post below) just means you have to pay the unsubsidized price of the phone itself (and your first months bill, upfront).
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| | | | Re: it will get better, just don't jump at it yet! FlexPay monthly can not get the unlimited deal. its only FlexPay 1 year. or Post Paid accounts.
I'm a FlexPay Month to Month customer and was told by the local store and several different agents in the TM call centers the same thing. | |
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | NOW - N O W - now if only. . . . . t-mobile would let you SHUT OFF text messaging or go back to free incoming texts so the sub doesn't have to pay for spams!
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| iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| Re: NOW - N O W - now if only. . . . . You don't have to worry about spam texts. You get unlimited texts with your unlimited wireless plan
Also, you can get unlimited on T-Mobile with no contract. Yes, you'll either have to pay unsubsidized prices for the phones (which, all things considered, isn't absolutely horrible...just rather expensive) or bring your own and pay $7 + tax for a SIM, but no need to be roped into a contract on TMo. Viva la FlexPay
Actually noticed the UL family stuff today and covered it on www.unlimitedcellular.info FWIW. $50 per line add-a-line isn't too bad for nationwide unlimited, even if gas is $4 a gallon. If your communications save you 12.5 gallons worth of gas per month, then there you have it I think my $43 a month phone, including insurance, saves 10 gallons worth of gas per month
And yes, there is competition in the cellular space. At least, when you compare it to the regular broadband space where you *might* be covered by both DSL and cable... | |
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| |  So what !
Not for me.
If I used that many minutes to justify it maybe.
IMO the majority of people like the idea of unlimited, whether they need it or not.
Something less you have to worry about. (overage charges)
And for those who use 3000 minutes or more.
Here's your Sign! 
As for me NUTS, crazy. I pay enough already. | |
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| | I wish Sprint offered free texting I don't mind paying $15 for phone web access, but another $15 on top of that for unlimited texting is annoying.  | |
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| stridr69
join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA
2 edits | Re: I wish Sprint offered free texting Um...have you checked out Sprint's 450 "everything" plan?
@$69.00 a month you get unlimited text/audio/video messaging, MORE Sprint TV offerings, 7PM evening times,GPS Nav, unlimited web access, ect. It's the same offering as their $99.00 unlimited plan, but just 450 peak minutes. Helluva deal-blows away Verizon/ATT/T-Mobile offerings big time. | |
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| Re: I wish Sprint offered free texting Can't do that. I do family share plan with parents.
$65 per month plus $20 for two extra lines, 1100 minutes per month, extra $5 for unlimited mobile to mobile, and another $5 for unlimited weeknights starting at 7.
Bill averages $115 for all three of us. | |
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| | Unlimited means nothing If the network is jammed.
For the past year, I've had near-unlimited free service from Tmobile, including the absolutely WORTHLESS "Tmobile @ Home", which can't maintain a call for more than about 10 minutes. (That might be a function of Time Warner, but I don't care.)
The GSM service and coverage have been excellent.
I'm afraid though, that so long as TMO only offers 1000 minutes at the $40 level, and their PAM service costs another $40 for 128Kbps EDGE service, I'll take my chances on Sprint SERO's lesser coverage and poor voice quality at $30 + occasional overages.
I don't need or want a $100/month "unlimited" package.
Let me buy just what I need and no more. | |
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