XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: horatio@horatio.net   
      
   On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:06:25 -0400, PAS wrote:   
      
   > I doubt you'll find a cheaper plan than the one you are already on.  May   
   > I ask how long you've had this plan?   
      
   When I left AT&T, they were forcing people with new plans to have data, and   
   it was when I was still using a Blackberry so, it was about 5 years ago   
   that I left AT&T for T-mobile.   
      
   At that time, I had a $60/month family plan of 4 phones with zero data, and   
   I was fine with that.   
      
   I wish I had kept it, but I travel to Europe so often that I needed the   
   Euro bonuses of the $100/month plan, which was 20 cents a minute in Europe   
   for any call and unlimited data in Europe.   
      
   I've been on *that* $100/month plan for a couple of years now.   
   They no longer offer it, but just today I called T-Mobile and they tried to   
   get me on this plan:   
      
   T-Mobile ONE   
   - automatic payment   
   - $140/month for 4 phones   
   - Unlimited talk & text & data   
   - Some additional Euro goodies (not worth much though)   
      
   So, basically, for $40/month for 4 phones, I can get all 4 on unlimited   
   data where they can "tether" at 3G speeds. When asked what tethering meant   
   to them, they gave me BS so I asked for the second level of support, and   
   what they call "tethering" is actually hot spotting because no cable is   
   involved.   
      
   So, for 4 phones, my choices are:   
   a. $100/month with currently 4GB of data per phone (nominally 2.5 GB)   
   b. $140/month with unlimited data (and unlimited 3G hot spotting)   
      
   Since I'm fine with the 4GB of data (only one person in the group, which   
   includes more than the local family uses any data at all) the $100/month   
   plan for 4 phones is just fine.   
      
   There is no better plan that anyone actually *knows* about, although Rod   
   Speed and nospam (as always) allude coyishly to mysterious non-existent   
   plans, just because they have nothing to offer of any concrete value.   
      
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