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T-Mobile Just Ripped 8 Million Customers Off Their Grandfathered Plans – and Raised Their Bills (www.gadgetreview.com)
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“T‑Mobile will never change the price you pay for your T‑Mobile ONE plan.” That was the promise. The Un-contract. The whole reason millions of customers picked the magenta team over Verizon and AT&T in the first place. Now T-Mobile is retiring legacy 3G and 4G-era plans — Magenta, ONE, Simple Choice — and automatically moving customers onto “modern” 5G plans at higher monthly costs. Billing changes hit mid-July for the current wave. The company that swore it would never surprise you with a rate hike just sent the notification.

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[–] 13 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I dunno anyone still using the big 3 telcos, not much value over the MVNOs unless you're really the type that wants to bundle Disney+ or something.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Every time I’ve tried one of MVNOs I’ve got shit service at my work. I’m affected by this new price hike from T-Mobile so I’m going to try one again but not expecting great results.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    telcos

    Are we Australians rubbing off on the international English lexicon? I don't know how to feel about this haha

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    That's definitely not new slang. In the US at least.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    TIL then I guess. If I imagine someone saying this in a US accent, I just can't picture it haha

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I’ve never heard of ”telco” as a US citizen in my 40s. I’ve heard “telecom” but not “telco”.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Switched to an MVNO and have been quite happy with it. Cut bill by almost 2/3.

    MVNOs do have a lower data priority than the parent network, but IME this hasn't made much difference. I don't tend to stream a lot of video on my phone though, so it might be a concern if you need fast data.

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