T-Mobile Is Forcibly Moving Those on Older Plans to Some of Its Newer Ones in November. Key takeaway: You can Opt-out but have to call T-Mobile Customer Care to do so. My Magenta to Go5G basic plan would cost $240 more annually for the added additional bonus of…extra hotspot data. That’s it.
Thanks for posting - the short of it is that you can start contacting support October 17th to opt out and the change goes into effect November 14th.
I switched to Verizon over t mobile getting greedy.
My bill is actually lower.
I have 7 lines with T-Mobile (3 of which are free). With that plus the discounts on TMHI and YouTube TV, I think I’m stuck here financially for the time being.
I’ve found T-Mobile to be pretty good for the last decade but I won’t argue points or simp as to why because they’re all miserable corporations scamming us for data. I imagine it all comes down to varying mileage personally. One thing I’ll say is that switching companies will always lead to a cheaper bill due to introductory rates. For instance: I have to boomerang between AT&T, MetroNet, and Spectrum to keep my ISP rate low.
I had them for years but after they merged with Sprint, they have run into money issues. It is why everything has gone up.
Is that for real?? Last time I checked (a couple years ago), Verizon would be 50-75% more than my T-Mobile plan. I have no allegiance to any company but I have my whole family on my plan so I’d need a good reason to switch
IN the past that is what I saw but when I switched I saved some cash.
In Oregon, T-Mobile sucks. Verizon is much better. I was expecting to pay more but ended up saving.
It all varies on plan, number of lines, etc.
I’ll have to look into it then. All the major carriers have great service out here so it comes down to the price for me
Which is funny because I switched from Verizon to T-mobile because Verizon was getting greedy. My bill is substantially lower and my service is much better.
… those on Simple Choice will be moved to either Magenta or Essentials Select, those on Magenta or One will move to Go5G and those on Magenta 55 Plus will be migrated to Go5G 55 Plus.
So … some users on one plan are going to be moved to a plan which other users are also going to be moved from? They’re not eliminating the Magenta plan, they’re just raising prices.
Yeah, the wording is weird. Also, T-mo claims, “we’re moving a small number who were on older rate plans” but I was under the impression that a majority of users were on the Magenta-branded plans, which have been the sole consumer-facing options for at least 3-4 years now.
I have their super cheapest plan that’s like $20/month.
Do I need to do anything? I live overseas and do not need a us number for another other than 2factor stuff for banks.
When the text message goes out you’ll need to call them and inform them you’ll like to keep your current plan.
Honestly this will probably be what makes me transition to Visible. I’m currently on a $100 for two lines Magenta Max plan. I know I can opt out this time, but the grandfathered pricing is the only reason I’m still with them.
Careful with Visible. They’ve had weird issues in the past (affected me personally) where calling just randomly stops.
https://community.visible.com/t5/Need-help/Can-t-make-calls/m-p/24275
I’d suggest US Mobile if you wanna choose between T-Mobile or Verizon. They can use either/or pending on your SIM card. I pay $90 after tax for 2 lines. Both unlimited everything and 1 with 50GB hotspot and limited international.
I’ve been using Visible as a second SIM for the last year and I haven’t had any trouble. We were RVing so I was bouncing between T-Mobile and Visible depending on who has the better coverage.
Edit: and I can easily find people reporting the same issue on US Mobile
https://www.reddit.com/r/USMobile/comments/xya1rt/cant_make_outgoing_calls_this_number_has/