T-Mobile offers truly unlimited 4G data plans
Great news for those seeking truly unlimited data plans. T-Mobile has announced that starting September 5, it will offer unlimited data plans in the United States. The carrier claims that their unlimited data plans are an industry-first, having no data caps, speed limits or "bill shocks". All sounds like great news, but what's the cost?
New customers can chose to bring their own smartphone or select a new one from T-Mobile's lineup, while existing customers on Classic or Value plans must upgrade to an Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data Plan to benefit from the new unlimited data plans. The Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data Plan costs $30 per month when combined with a Classic voice and text plan and $20 per month along with a Value voice and text plan.
What T-Mobile will offer is a solution for the never ending data caps and throttling issues that users are faced with. It should help smartphone users sleep better at night, as there will be no need to constantly check for the data usage and it also means that searching for a Wi-Fi hotspot in order to perform large downloads should be a thing of the past as well.
Surely the timing isn't coincidental, with iPhone 5's launch imminent and LTE a likely feature addition. T-Mobile doesn't offer nationwide LTE, but its HSPA+ network is capable of 42Mbps. The new plan makes the network without iPhone a more attractive alternative. And if T-Mobile officially gets iPhone 5...
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