T-Mobile introduced new prepaid plans on Thursday that start as low as $40 per month and provide “unlimited data,” though it’s not really as unlimited as T-Mobile might have you believe.
There are three new plans including a $40 option with unlimited talk and text in addition to “unlimited data” after you’ve consumed 1GB of 4G LTE data. A $50 plan bumps that available LTE data up to 3GB while a $60 plan provides 5GB of LTE data each month. There’s a bit of a catch with all of those “unlimited” data statements, however.
First, and here’s a big kicker: the 4G LTE data isn’t actually giving you access to T-Mobile’s fastest data speeds, and instead you’re capped at 8Mbps, which seems kind of ridiculous. Second, after you’ve consumed that data then, yes, you’ll technically get unlimited ability to browse the web, but at 128k speeds – which is barely usable.
We’re not quite sure we dig what T-Mobile is doing here, especially with its decision to limit 4G LTE bandwidth. Some other carriers might be more expensive, but at least you’re getting full access to the network.
Press Release:
Expands Choices for Prepaid Customers
“There’s a reason the Un-carrier continues to be #1 in prepaid, and it starts with our willingness to break the rules and give customers better choices,” said John Legere, president and CEO for T-Mobile. “We will never stop eliminating customer pain points. The 1.2 million net new prepaid customers who joined T-Mobile last year already see that value, and we have no plans to stop there.”
In 2014 alone, T-Mobile won more than 1.2 million net customers to its prepaid business widening its lead in the category over the other major national providers, who continued to ignore and lose prepaid customers right and left.
Simply Prepaid is as straightforward as it is affordable:
- $40 / month for unlimited data, talk and text + up to 1GB of 4G LTE
- $50 / month for unlimited data, talk and text + up to 3GB of 4G LTE
- $60 / month for unlimited data, talk and text + up to 5GB of 4G LTE
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