ScottMo
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-15
Stony Brook, NY
| But its not limited.
If I read this right, once a user hits 10GB, they get throttled back. But they can still use the connection to continue passing data, albeit at a much slower rate. Ipso facto: unlimited. A "limited" plan would be "hit 10GB and we shut you off". A no point does T-Mobile shut you off.
It may not be your interpretation of what "unlimited" means, but its certain AN interpretation that holds up. |
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Pv8man
join:2008-07-24
Hammond, IN
| True scottmo, true
but 24.99 a month for 10GB sounds sorta like a rip off, but then again the new 3g networks are costly to install and operate so I guess the price is about right.
Besides, that's why the G1 has Wi-Fi
So you are not FORCED to use the network to use the phone.
yes, I'm looking at you Blackberry Storm |
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Blackberry Storm
| said by Pv8man  :yes, I'm looking at you Blackberry Storm Hello. |
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL
| reply to ScottMo
I haven't looked at the updated language, but if it is similar to the original wording then I believe time will prove you wrong on this one. The sad part is many different companies already learned the lesson, if you say unlimited then you had better mean unlimited - most chose simply to stop using that word. Degrading or otherwise impairing a customer from using an unlimited service will not go well. |
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SilverSurfer
join:2007-08-19
| reply to ScottMo
said by ScottMo : A "limited" plan would be "hit 10GB and we shut you off". A no point does T-Mobile shut you off. It may not be your interpretation of what "unlimited" means, but its certain AN interpretation that holds up. Holds up where exactly...in your head? In those who agree with you? Anyone who has the money/inclination can just as easily ennumerate a cause of action in a complaint and argue in front of a judge as to whether the intent of unlimited means what a reasonable person thinks it does vs legalese. Read some class action lawsuits sometimes. Doesn't matter what the company buries in legalese in its TOS/AUP, it's still up for a debate in front of a judge, particularly when concepts and definitions are played with fast & loose by corporate marketing departments. |
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AVonGauss
Premium,MVM
join:2007-11-01
Boynton Beach, FL | Agreed - and many have already done just that with other companies. |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | reply to Blackberry Storm
LOL |
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thefoxbox
go fox box go
Premium
join:2004-10-14
Irving, TX | hahahaha.
that's too beautiful.
speaking of storms.
i have one.
it sucks. takes forever to rotate, slow to respond. laggy. reboots randomly. camera pops up randomly. lame. 1/10. |
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thefoxbox
go fox box go
Premium
join:2004-10-14
Irving, TX | reply to Pv8man
even with a blackberry plan w/ vzw it's $15 extra for a data plan to use it with your computer, and it's capped at 5GB per month and is rolled in with my phone browsing.... creepy. |
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ScottMo
Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-15
Stony Brook, NY
| reply to SilverSurfer
"Holds up" to logic and what T-Mobile is presenting.
Look at the graphic in the story - it shows just what you get:
1) Unlimited web access - check, you always get web access all the time hence "unlimited".
2) Unlimited domestic text, picture & IM - check
3) Unlimited personal email -check
At no point does T-Mobile promise unlimited downloads or unlimited bandwidth. It promises "unlimited web + unlimited messages". This isn't "buried in legalese", its right out front in the advertising, right on T-Mobile's site. I'm sorry, I see nothing "fast & loose" about that. |
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