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Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @12:57PM (#33439037)
The exchange for those lower prices is lower priority. This is a good post (assuming it is true):

https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/tn4733/qci_leve...

Basically, pay more and you get a higher probability of higher quality connection. Whether or not the difference in cost is worth the difference (real or perceived) in quality of connection is of course, unknown.

Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by nimajneb on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:28PM (#33439650)
So Google Fi isn't considered a MVNO by T-Mobile?
Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:36PM (#33439808)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fi

>Google Fi ... is an MVNO telecommunications service by Google that provides telephone calls, SMS, and mobile broadband using cellular networks and Wi-Fi. Google Fi uses networks operated by T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular.

Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by aendruk on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:15AM (#33446913)
> by T-Mobile
Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by lotsofpulp on Thursday November 03, 2022 @08:08AM (#33449797)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_virtual_network_operato...

> A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers.

T-Mobile owns the wireless network infrastructure, so an MVNO cannot be “by T-Mobile”, in any meaningful sense.

Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by aendruk on Thursday November 03, 2022 @10:51AM (#33451887)
> considered […] by T-Mobile

i.e. as opposed to consideration by you, me, or Wikipedia articles