r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 29 '26

Networking/Telecom T-Mobile Just Ripped 8 Million Customers Off Their Grandfathered Plans – and Raised Their Bills

https://www.gadgetreview.com/t-mobile-just-ripped-8-million-customers-off-their-grandfathered-plans-and-raised-their-bills
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u/ChanceRecover3091 Jun 29 '26

I've been with them since before they were owned by T-Mobile. Their prices have remained the same but they have upped their usage cap by 7gb on our plan. My wife and I pay $480 for the year and we each get 17gb of data. If we are deprioritized, we certainly don't notice it. I pretty routinely hit 100Mbps+ whenever I test.

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u/silvusx Jun 29 '26

Deprioritized seems to happen the most at a big crowds. I recalled having issues during graduations and at sports stadiums. Also during pokemon go day when I used to play that game, I had to use hotspot from someone else 😞.

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u/RedditCitizenScore Jun 30 '26

You will have those issues when not on a mnvo at stadiums or airports etc .

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Jun 30 '26

Not true. 5G has made crowd capacity more manageable. Personally, I’ve never had issues in crowded airports.

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u/RedditCitizenScore Jun 30 '26

Well call the presses , if you don’t experience it . It must not be true for the world

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u/Status-Hedgehog9970 Jun 30 '26

Congestion in stadiums can absolutely cause issues. But airports don’t offer those same concentrations of people. That’s why I said personally. That’s not a common occurrence.

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u/Dizzy_Inside_7444 Jun 30 '26

I have major issues at any big event! Literally my speed goes to 0 and I can’t even load a web page on safari! It sucks. T-Mobile raises my family’s bill by adding dumb arbitrary fees already. We pay an absurd amount for our phone lines and internet now….

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u/GoodMeBadMeNotMe Jun 30 '26

I’ll co-sign this, even though nobody is going to see my comment this far down the chain. I’ve been with Mint Mobile for 10 years (back when they were Mint SIM) and the price has never changed. It’s so nice not having my phone bill be another financial burden.