Guys look towards the heavens and find T-Mobile :) Metros plan for EVERYTHING is $60 (not $50) + $10 for BES = $70 TMo recently launched a $50 unlimited talk plan. So $50 for Unlimited talk + $20 for unlimited Data (non 3G) = $70 for unlimited everything on a national carrier. Now if youre on a 3G phone its just about $10-$15 higher; unlimited data+400 messages=$25 or unlimited data + unlimited messages=$35. Unfortunately this current new plan is only for "loyal" TMo customers (22+months of service)... but thats gonna change soon if this catches on. AND... if you port your number over to TMo theyll give you a $135 credit. soooooo... whats the big deal for Metro?
there is no credit for porting a number over to T-mo. The $135 credit is for an existing customer to port over an ADDITIONAL number, not simply for new customers.
The big deal is that you dont need to already have been with T-Mobile for 22 months in order to get it thats the point. Im sick of people comparing an current customer incentive driven plan to plans that you can get as a new customer. When its available to ALL then Tmobiles plan will be relevant.
MetroPCS's most expensive plan is $50: $50 (Unlimited voice, unlimited text, unlimited data) + $10 (BES) = $60
As others have already pointed out, your comparison is meaningless because T-Mobile's $50 unlimited plan isn't available to new customers and is being marketed as a limited-time promotion. Furthermore, do you really think that T-Mobile would even be experimenting with this at all without the competition from MetroPCS and Cricket? Setting all that aside though, let's go with your comparison anyway (except we'll do it accurately this time).
Let's stop pretending that $25 per month isn't a significant difference. And again, the T-Mobile plan is only possible if you have been with them for almost two years and if you meet their selection criteria.
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Guys look towards the heavens and find T-Mobile :)
Metros plan for EVERYTHING is $60 (not $50) + $10 for BES = $70
TMo recently launched a $50 unlimited talk plan.
So $50 for Unlimited talk + $20 for unlimited Data (non 3G) = $70 for unlimited everything on a national carrier.
Now if youre on a 3G phone its just about $10-$15 higher; unlimited data+400 messages=$25 or unlimited data + unlimited messages=$35.
Unfortunately this current new plan is only for "loyal" TMo customers (22+months of service)... but thats gonna change soon if this catches on. AND... if you port your number over to TMo theyll give you a $135 credit.
soooooo... whats the big deal for Metro?
What's the big deal? No credit check and no contract!
there is no credit for porting a number over to T-mo. The $135 credit is for an existing customer to port over an ADDITIONAL number, not simply for new customers.
The big deal is that you dont need to already have been with T-Mobile for 22 months in order to get it thats the point. Im sick of people comparing an current customer incentive driven plan to plans that you can get as a new customer. When its available to ALL then Tmobiles plan will be relevant.
MetroPCS's most expensive plan is $50:
$50 (Unlimited voice, unlimited text, unlimited data) + $10 (BES) = $60
As others have already pointed out, your comparison is meaningless because T-Mobile's $50 unlimited plan isn't available to new customers and is being marketed as a limited-time promotion. Furthermore, do you really think that T-Mobile would even be experimenting with this at all without the competition from MetroPCS and Cricket? Setting all that aside though, let's go with your comparison anyway (except we'll do it accurately this time).
T-Mobile:
$50 (Unlimited Loyalty voice, unlimited text) + $35 (BES, unlimited data, unlimited text) = $85
Let's stop pretending that $25 per month isn't a significant difference. And again, the T-Mobile plan is only possible if you have been with them for almost two years and if you meet their selection criteria.