{"id":2961,"date":"2014-08-27T15:55:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T20:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2014-08-27T15:55:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T20:55:07","slug":"t-mobile-usa-changes-their-pay-as-you-go-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/08\/27\/t-mobile-usa-changes-their-pay-as-you-go-plans","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile USA changes their pay-as-you-go plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve had a T-Mobile USA prepaid number for quite some time. It was a brilliant service \u2013 you turn on unlimited calls &amp; data (200MB at high speeds, and then it goes down to 2G speeds) when you\u2019re in town for a mere USD$3\/day. If you can live with 2G speeds, it cost USD$2\/day. And when you didn\u2019t use it, you just went into a mode that would charge you upon usage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All this was and still is changeable online on your T-Mobile account. A bonus: add $100 credit, and you\u2019ve got validity for 365 days.<\/p>\n<p>Now, they\u2019ve decided that the moment you go to one of those $2-3 plans, you can\u2019t go back to the old \u201cidle\u201d mode. Now you\u2019re charged a minimum of USD$3\/month just to keep your number alive &amp; active. So that\u2019s $36\/year to keep your number alive.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t mind the extra charge, but I think its quite dishonest to change existing customers to this. A lot of people praise T-Mobile, but even they falter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20T-Mobile%20USA%20changes%20their%20pay-as-you-go%20plans&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2014%2F08%2F27%2Ft-mobile-usa-changes-their-pay-as-you-go-plans&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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