T-Mobile Offering Unlimited Data Starting September 5
Speed caps
T-Mobile wasn't making any money off putting people on speed caps, like Verizon/AT&T make on overages. A speed cap is purely designed to protect bandwidth and network performance. I'm interested to know why T-Mobile decided to make this move.
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Probably to entice customers back to their doors. They're less expensive than AT&T and Verizon, and more reliable (IMO) than Sprint. Add in true un-throttled unlimited data, even if for the time being its HSPA+ "4G" (which in my experience the past few months is still FANTASTIC speeds), and they might gain back a lot of customer base.
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Also - once they do shutter their 2G network, they will have unused 850 spectrum, which could go towards a future LTE or HSPA+ network, which could help supplement said network for better speeds.
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Are they closing 2G soon? Thank god! I know they have plans to start rolling out LTE next summer (won't do me much good as I don't think the T-Mobile GS3 supports LTE) but hadn't heard they were finally doing away with their older networks. Thought that was Sprint or AT&T doing that....
Now if only they can get some more coverage they'll become a true competitor. They're great for me living in the city, but as soon as I travel outside any major areas the signal goes to suck :\
Now if only they can get some more coverage they'll become a true competitor. They're great for me living in the city, but as soon as I travel outside any major areas the signal goes to suck :\
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