T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike
arstechnica.com
T-Mobile: "We are not raising the price... we are moving you to a newer plan."
  • aelwero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    In the late 90’s, alltel offered a “no fuss” unlimited everything plan at a time when everyone else was cha-chinging the hell out of over the limit calls and texts. It cost a bit more than others, but I didn’t have to worry about the teenager sending 15k texts in a month and getting a bill that cost more than a car (not me, but true story).

    Verizon bought them, and I get a letter saying welcome to Verizon. Figured it would be this kinda bullshit, but nah… They honored that alltel plan for almost 6 years, even while giving us free phones for two year contracts, they kept the text/minutes unlimited plan id originally gotten through alltel, and I ultimately only changed it because they eventually came up with the share plans and that was cheaper.

    Didn’t think much of Verizon back then, but they proved me wrong :)

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    T-Mobile is moving people to newer, more expensive plans starting with the November bill cycle unless customers call the company to opt out, according to multiple reports.

    The forced migration surfaced on Reddit two days ago and was confirmed by The Mobile Report, which published portions of leaked documents indicating how the plan changes will be implemented.

    T-Mobile also confirmed the change to CNET, telling the news site that “there will be an increase of approximately $10 per line with the migration.”

    T-Mobile’s current plans range from $60 to $100 a month for a single line or $5 more if you don’t enroll in the AutoPay discount.

    T-Mobile recently started requiring a debit card or linked bank account to get the AutoPay discount, which may be concerning to users because of the company’s history of data breaches and leaks.

    T-Mobile was once a smaller wireless company fighting behemoths AT&T and Verizon but is now one of three major national carriers after acquiring Sprint in 2020.

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