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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by immibis on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @08:57AM (#40657597)
Except you didn't? You paid for all-you-can-eat-on-a-phone, and 5 GB extra. So it's a dormitory with unlimited dining hall, but you can only take one plate a week outside of the dining hall.

For the provider, the point of this design is that there's only a certain amount that people are willing to download on a phone or eat in a dining hall. For the consumer, they don't have to count their data or their servings as long as they follow a simple rule - they get predictable billing.

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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @02:45PM (#40661489)
> So it's a dormitory with unlimited dining hall, but you can only take one plate a week outside of the dining hall.

You see how that's bad, right?

My phone service, a utility, should not be micromanaging me.

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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by doubleg72 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @09:34PM (#40665038)
They aren’t, they manage their spectrum you are agreeing to use.
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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by Dylan16807 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @12:41AM (#40666021)
They should not even know when I'm tethering.
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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by immibis on Thursday June 13, 2024 @06:35AM (#40667951)
That's one point of view, but you just banned unlimited-on-your-phone plans that a lot of people presumably enjoyed. If they change them to simple unlimited plans, you'll be popular. If they only offer limited plans now, you'll be unpopular.
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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by Dylan16807 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @03:45PM (#40673776)
They would never get rid of unlimited. It's marketing gold.
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Re:T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock–gue... by happymellon on Friday June 14, 2024 @01:28AM (#40677766)
No one banned unlimited, you suggested.

We have a number of mobile services in the UK who explicitly offer routers with WiFi slots for replacing your home broadband with unlimited SIMs. I have used them in the past to replace the wired internet when there has been line maintenance that took out the broadband for a couple of days.

4G alone can get you a nice stable 100Mb/s.

You seem to be defending a shitty deal that happening in North America, without any clear reason.

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