T-Mobile to offer Unlimited 4G plans starting September 5
While other carriers have started offering pooled data plans, T-Mobile is doing a little something different. Late last night (or early this morning) T-Mobile announced that they will be soon offering unlimited 4G data plans for new and existing subscribers. Set to begin on September …
Verizon to end “grandfathered” unlimited data plans this summer
As consumers move from 3G to 4G LTE devices, Verizon will migrate consumers away from the unlimited data plan.
AT&T: About that 2GB data throttling…
AT&T wants you to know that they do not have any plans in place to throttle data users once they cross a 2GB threshold. Speaking in an phone interview with the New York Times, AT&T’s Mark Siegel advises that only the heaviest of users are …
Virgin Mobile to implement ‘data speed reduction’ (throttling) on March 23
Speeds will drop down to 256kbps for anyone who exceeds 2.5GB in a month.
Sprint debuts five new “Warning” commercials [VIDEO]
Sprint has just released a set of five new commercials, each only fifteen seconds long. Centered around the same “Warning” theme, they essentially tout the same service – unlimited data. As we’re reminded in the following ads, you’re not getting unlimited data if you’re using …
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AT&T Confirms Plans to Throttle Data Effective October 1
You can’t say you didn’t see this one coming. AT&T has confirmed their plans to throttle data speeds for their heaviest users come October 1st. The good news here is that it doesn’t affect everyone, only the top 5% users. Why? Because they clog the …
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Opera Tells Us How to Conserve Data in a Post-Unlimited Era
With Verizon having done away with unlimited data plans and Sprint toeing the waters, consumers are being forced to keep a close eye on their cell phone bills in way they are not yet familiar. For many users, tracking data is just not as easy …
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Virgin Mobile Latest to Hang Up on Unlimited Data
Virgin Mobile has become the latest company to say good-bye to unlimited data plans. Effective February 15th, users on the pre-paid network will find their normal data transfer capped at 5GB with any overages resulting in much slower speeds. It’s essentially the same model that T-Mobile employs and, really, should be no problem for a majority of users.
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