T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activations and upgrades

Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by jerlam on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:32PM (#33439742)

Prepaid plans often nickel-and-dime you for small features, although that is starting to happen on normal postpaid plans too.

For example:

- 5G

- Visual voicemail

- Roaming (esp. international)

- Tethering

- Limited to lower video resolutions

- Spam filtering

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Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by jtbayly on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @01:55PM (#33440162)

But in this case, the question is about ATT prepaid. My understanding is that 5G, tethering, and Visual voicemail are included. Not sure about the others.

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Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by beojan on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @06:21PM (#33443721)

As I understand it 5G is only included on the unlimited data plans.

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Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by strix_varius on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @11:01PM (#33446448)

I have non-unlimited data and 5G.

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Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by strix_varius on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @02:25PM (#33440613)

For AT&T prepaid, I can verify that all of these work as normal (with a post-paid plan) except for international roaming. I haven't traveled internationally since making the switch, so I don't know about that one.

That said, you can always just buy and pop in a prepaid SIM card if you're traveling for extended periods.

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Re:T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activat... by lupire on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @11:43PM (#33446731)

> - 5G

"Luddite", don't need it.

> - Visual voicemail

Built into Android.

> - Roaming (esp. international)

Estoy un gringo.

> - Tethering

Built into Android.

> - Limited to lower video resolutions

My eyes can't see 1080p on a phone screen.

> - Spam filtering

Built into Android.

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