T-Mobile Offers Family Unlimited Plan
Jun 4, 2008, 11:12 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Beginning today, T-Mobile is offering a new unlimited family plan for subscribers. The initial line is required to subscribe to T-Mobile's $99 unlimited everything plan. After that, each additional line added to the account will cost just $49 per month, but will still have unlimited national voice minutes, SMS, MMS and IM.
source: T-Mobile
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For $99 + $49 2nd line, I would expect..
Unlimited data to be in there as well... not just IM/SMS/MMS/TXT
Here's the full text of the press release sent to us by T-Mobile. Data isn't mentioned anywhere:
Continuing its efforts to give families the freedom to stay connected on their terms, T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced a new unlimited family plan that mee...
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Continuing its efforts to give families the freedom to stay connected on their terms, T-Mobile USA, Inc. announced a new unlimited family plan that mee...
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Why would you expect that?
Everyone else is still charging $99.99 per line, and Sprint is the only one that offers unlimited data included for that price.
Even if you have 2 smartphones on T-Mobile it is still going to come out to $10 less per...
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Everyone else is still charging $99.99 per line, and Sprint is the only one that offers unlimited data included for that price.
Even if you have 2 smartphones on T-Mobile it is still going to come out to $10 less per...
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$149 a month to talk on the phone?????
Are you serious?
Who needs to talk that much?
Even 1500 minutes is a lot of hours with a phone glued to your ear....like 25 hours???
Only those who use a phone for business need this plan
Who needs to talk that much?
Even 1500 minutes is a lot of hours with a phone glued to your ear....like 25 hours???
Only those who use a phone for business need this plan
I've seen teenagers that talk 5,000 minutes a month. unlimited is perfect for them.
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Seems crazy but.... The family share is $149. So if you have 2 lines AND no land line this would work great. Especially if you have your own business or trying to start one. My scenario exactly. Family myfavs works ok but then you have those that call...
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look at the ARPU
data will never be included on secondary lines at $49 a pop. unless VZW or AT&T do it first.
But 5 lines under T-Mobile's play is $300 a month in revenue divided by 5 lines = $60 a month. Very high ARPU.
it's all about the total ticket with the carriers, not the sum of the parts.
But 5 lines under T-Mobile's play is $300 a month in revenue divided by 5 lines = $60 a month. Very high ARPU.
it's all about the total ticket with the carriers, not the sum of the parts.
