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said by T-Mobile :
Roaming charges may apply to use via non-T-Mobile-owned Wi-Fi networks.
So I'd have to pay extra to use free public WiFi hotspots? | |
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| |  djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
kudos:4 | Re: t-mobile restricting domestic roaming No, it's referring to at&t and boingo hotspots. etc.. | |
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| | |  SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
kudos:1
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| Re: t-mobile restricting domestic roaming Really? T-mo would charge you a roaming fee, if you used someone else's wifi network?
Must of the "free" wifi networks around me are AT&T. So If I was at Barnes and Noble, or even the library, I'd have to pay T-mo a roaming fee, because I used the free wifi service?
Heck even the hospital has wifi provided by AT&T.
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| | | | | SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: t-mobile restricting domestic roaming I use an Ipad that is wifi only. I've never had a problem at any wifi hotspot.
What you are suggesting seems to go against the general idea that wireless providers want you to use wifi when ever possible.
As I have never encountered a "pay" wifi hot spot, where would they be found?
Well, ok, I did encounter 2 when I was on a cruise. The ship itself had wifi. 100 bucks for 100 minutes. Then in Mexico there was a small coffee shop that called itself an "internet cafe". It offered wifi access for 20 bucks per 15 minutes.
I don't know how the cafe would have appeared on my wifi, as I left it on the ship. I do know that when I tried to access the ships wifi, safari popped up a page requestion my login information. Information the ship would have given me if I had paid for wifi.
When I hit starbucks, McDonald's, the library, they all have signs for free wifi.
I get a pop up telling me the terms and conditions, I hit agree and hop onto the wifi. To date, I've never had to pay for it.
So if I happen to get a T-mo smart phone and use it's wifi ability and hop on Starbucks free wifi service that is provided by AT&T, I'd have to pay a roaming fee?
I wonder if that is something each company does to the other, as it sounds strange to me, that T-mo would charge you for using your wifi enabled device to hop on a free wifi service provided by someone else.
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| | | | | | | SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: t-mobile restricting domestic roaming Because, IMO, there is no such thing as "free usage" at a pay hot spot.
And you got to understand, I don't own a smart phone, so have never encountered this.
So then I can access AT&T free wifi from my T-mo smart phone [if I had one] for free, no roaming charges at a Starbucks, library, McD's.
So where is the issue?
As it has been my experience that free hot spots are very common.
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join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| Re: t-mobile restricting domestic roaming Then it makes sense. Because in cases like you said, just because the device has wifi doesn't mean you'll have free access. Though the sign in page that pops up as you try to access the wifi network should have a warning, to let you know that you are accessing a "free" wifi hot spot for the customers of so-so phone service.
I don't see why the phone provider would have to warn you before hand, it should be on the wifi network you are accessing shoulders to warn you.
But at least T-mo is warning you.
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| said by FBGuy:I don't care if my plan will jump another $20-30/month but I'm leaving T-Mobile now that they are pulling shit like this.
Read my solution below I stayed but left all at the same time. As there service goes down I figured my monthly rate might as well too.
said by TMOBILE website : You will receive a free usage alert via text message to notify you once you use 80% of your monthly domestic data roaming allotment. You will receive another free usage alert via text message to notify you when you reach 100% of your domestic data roaming allotment.
Great just another series of 80 and 100% gotcha txt messages from your friendly neighborhood Tmobile automated response system as if the 80 and 100% text msg they send you currently that you have reached your data allotment wasn't nefarious enough! | |
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| djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
kudos:4 | With the new at&t 3g roaming coming up, they where bound to do something. Considering i don't get ANY 3g roaming other than i wireless, its better than nothing! | |
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| Re: t-mobile restricting domestic roaming Ill actually agree with you on one point, depending on how many towers ATT opens up to TMO when it comes to roaming I do prefer having true nationwide talk and text where I currently do not via TMOs native network. However I will miss my unlimited Pandora/slacker streaming on long trips through no-mans-land. | |
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| | | |  FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | Re: t-mobile restricting domestic roaming This is a big deal for me b/c the places that I roam are very far from TMO territory. | |
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| tcopePremium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
kudos:1 | said by FBGuy:even my grandfathered unlimited plan is no longer unlimited now because of t-mobile policies.
I don't care if my plan will jump another $20-30/month but I'm leaving T-Mobile now that they are pulling shit like this. As opposed to the other carriers that offer "unlimited" unlimited? Even Sprint is going "limited" and that will increase once their marketing drive looses wind. Truth is, an extreme few will ever be affected by limited data while roaming. But if this is enough to make you think other carriers are better... | |
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|  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | Re: and.. said by 05381257:my Fav 5 went the way of the Dodo.
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Thats because people were abusing it by using google voice in essence having unlimited minutes.
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 SandSharkLong may you runPremium,MVM
join:2000-05-23
Santa Fe, TX
kudos:3 | Rebate quote:
Rebate provide in the form of a VISA card.
Hmm... | |
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| Re: Rebate Oh lord, in the form of a visa gift card, we all know what that means...
. Card may/ will never Show up.
. If it shows up it will carry purchase stipulations such as not valid for credit card transactions on many purchases example, gas purchases.
. Will have an expiration date if not used in a certain time frame.
. Will expire 6 months after first use on top of that!
. Fine print.. no credit will be reissued if card not used in the time frame allowed, or if used by someone not authorized by you , as this is a not a gift card and does not follow gift card rules but a Visa Rebate card.
Im sticking with Tmobile, just not there rate plans I went to Wallyworld Mobile and now have unlimited everything under my brothers plan for $35 a month using My TMO G2X. I prefer my 5Gb of 3G vs. the 2GB of 4G for $60. | |
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| Re: Rebate said by djdanska:My last visa rebate card from t-mobile expired around 5 years from today, with no fee, etc..
Do you mean expired or expires?, big difference as one means "that was five years ago".
We are talking about today visa card issued starting 2012. I received one from them last year 2011 and it was only valid for 1yr , also 1 year after first use they began to charge a monthly maintenance fee. I also received a Visa one from samsung end of last year for a bluetooth ear piece I purchased and it is only vaild for 6 mths. period.
said by Tmobiles website : REBATE CARDS WILL BE MAILED TO YOUR CURRENT T-MOBILE BILLING ADDRESS IN U.S. DOLLARS ONLY. REBATE CARDS NOT USED BY THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THE FRONT OF THE CARD BECOME INVALID AND RELIEVE T-MOBILE OF ANY FURTHER OBLIGATION OR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THE REBATE.
»www.tmobilerebates.com/termsgeneric.asp
This in line 13 of terms and conditions.. remember not all offers are equivalent and/ or superior to the offers that proceeded them. | |
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| | axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | Grocery store is the most convenient place to use these. Choose the credit card option. Pay the rest of the bill as usual, grocery stores are very good at taking 2 forms of payment. | |
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| | | said by SandShark: quote:
Rebate provide in the form of a VISA card.
Hmm... "Hmmm..." indeed.
Recently having been the "victims" of a pre-paid-card rebate (they can be very difficult to use), my wife became curious as to why these things were gaining in popularity, so she did a little digging. As usual: Follow the money. What she found was that the reason they're becoming popular is because the issuer of the rebate gets a kick-back in the form of part of the fee the card issuer charges the vendor for the card's use.
Many places my wife tried to use the last rebate card refused to accept it.
Henceforth we'll probably pass on deals if part of the decision would be based on a rebate and that rebate is via a pre-paid card. | |
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| | rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL | Re: Rebate Here's the way I do it with those cards, to turn them into cash. I have what's called a FSA, where money is deducted from my paycheck to be used for medical related expenses. I get my prescriptions filled at Wal Mart since they are actually cheaper than my crappy drug coverage at work. (News flash, they sell Lilly insulin, co-branded with a "Reli-On" logo for $25 per bottle, vs $90 for the same non reli-on bottle at the grocery store.) Anyway, they take the prepaid cards, including Amex. I swipe whatever ones I have, send the receipt in and get a check from the insurance company. | |
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| Re: Rebate That surely is one way to get your money back in cold hard cash. I have another method I use the Visa card( or any rebate credit card or voucher) to just purchase another Items that is free after rebate, I just continue the cycle the way I look at it is I only spent money on the postage stamp. | |
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| | | |  FutureMonKeep your Mitts off RMoneyPremium,ExMod 2002-05
join:2000-10-05
Seaside, CA | Re: Rebate Just pay your cellular bill using the rebate card and then pocket the cash you would have spent paying the bill from your bank account.
Problem solved. Sheesh!
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| | | | | SandSharkLong may you runPremium,MVM
join:2000-05-23
Santa Fe, TX
kudos:3 | Re: Rebate How about T-Mobile just gives the phones away like the advertisement says they are doing without all the fine print?
Sheesh! | |
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| | | | | dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | said by FutureMon:Just pay your cellular bill using the rebate card and then pocket the cash you would have spent paying the bill from your bank account.
Problem solved. Sheesh!
I'm pretty sure theres a fine print item stating card can't be used to pay down your cell bill else there would be option for bill credits.
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| | | | | | djdanskaRudie32Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
kudos:4 | Re: Rebate Nope, ive done it every time i got one of them. | |
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| | | | | | FutureMonKeep your Mitts off RMoneyPremium,ExMod 2002-05
join:2000-10-05
Seaside, CA | At least with Verizon - you CAN opt for a billing credit. At least they allowed me to do it that way last time.
I was supposed to get two rebate cards; they applied them towards my bill instead.
This is slightly different than using the visa to pay your bill online but I can't see why they would prevent it.
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|  algPassionately apatheticPremium
join:2001-04-10
Houston, TX
kudos:3 | said by SandShark: quote:
Rebate provide in the form of a VISA card.
Hmm... I pay the card back to myself using Square. There is a fee taken out by Square but it's worth it to be done with the gift card in about 45 seconds.
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veronicaPremium
join:2009-12-30
Danbury, CT | This is anything but free This is the antithesis of free. A required 2 year commitment? Rebate in the form of a Visa card after mail in rebate?
Karl, this isn't free, the title is misleading. | |
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| rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL | Re: This is anything but free Hence the quotes around the word free. It's not like a semi from Motorola full of phones pulls up to TMo and they say "oh, you don't have to pay for these." If the phone is "free", the service is overpriced. | |
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| | | | Re: This is anything but free Can you get the exact same deals now online? Or would you have to wait until Saturday to see the same pricing online? I clicked on the link for a mytouch slide 4G but only got a $199 after rebate as the final price. Trying to help a friend upgrade to a smartphone. She's w/ T-Mo now but out of contract.
Thanks. | |
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tcopePremium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
kudos:1 | Upgrades Seems to me that TM is dumping as many phones that they won't be upgrading to 4.0. Something to consider before signing up. | |
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join:2001-09-22
Westminster, MD | unimpressed Coverage map says I might get whopping 2G data speeds, I'll pass on this.
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