T-Mobile Simple Choice Plans

[BrianG]

I stopped reading shortly after the beginning of the third paragraph. No offense to you or your writing skills, but I just loathe cell phone plans of any kind. The last thing I want to do before making a call is wondering if I should wait until the weekend, or after X o'clock, or whatever. I pay significantly more than $50/mo for two lines, but have a plan where the limits are well high enough that I do not worry about overages. Maybe I'm too simple, but I feel cell plans shouldn't resemble the complexity of IRS tax forms.

My only other gripe about cell companies in general (other than their convoluted plan structures) is their tethering policy. Why should I pay extra for tethering as long as I don't go over my plan limits? There's just some times where content is more conveniently consumed on a 7"+ tablet vs a 4"-5" phone screen. I think data is data and you should be allowed to use it wherever and however you want as long as you stay in plan limits.

[bdebde]

Originally Posted by BrianG

I stopped reading shortly after the beginning of the third paragraph. No offense to you or your writing skills, but I just loathe cell phone plans of any kind. The last thing I want to do before making a call is wondering if I should wait until the weekend, or after X o'clock, or whatever. I pay significantly more than $50/mo for two lines, but have a plan where the limits are well high enough that I do not worry about overages. Maybe I'm too simple, but I feel cell plans shouldn't resemble the complexity of IRS tax forms.

My only other gripe about cell companies in general (other than their convoluted plan structures) is their tethering policy. Why should I pay extra for tethering as long as I don't go over my plan limits? There's just some times where content is more conveniently consumed on a 7"+ tablet vs a 4"-5" phone screen. I think data is data and you should be allowed to use it wherever and however you want as long as you stay in plan limits.

I agree with the tethering... not only should they allow it on any data plan... they should encourage it... go over your limit and they can charge per MB at the highway robbery rates!

[brijar]

Haha sorry, I'm rather long winded on certain subjects.
I guess it's worth it to most people for the peace of mind of not having to worry about going over your plan. I just like to get the best deal that I can. I love the concept of having unlimited voice, texts, and data, but if I only use 300 minutes a month (overestimating at 10 minutes per day) and several thousand texts, it seems like a waste to pay for unlimited minutes and data too.

Some of those legacy plans are pretty good! Before companies realized the value of data services.

Tethering is a great feature, but I guess it slows the data network down if lots of people are doing it. I don't know how often people get caught for tethering with a rooted Android, but I think that's the way I'd go if I had a data plan and needed to tether. From what I can tell, Sprint will only terminate your contract (good way to get out of one early?) if you use excessive amounts of data (>100GB per month).

Anyway, I'm thinking about trying Ting for a while. They charge you for what you use each month. And I can bring my Sprint EVO LTE and won't have to get a new phone. No contract so I can switch if it isn't working for me as well.

Anyone else have any reasonably cheap plan for one or two phones?