• JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    i keep hearing about this price hike but my bill hasn’t changed since 2008.

    I still have the T-Mobile G1 phone plan.

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      2 months ago

      I still have the T-Mobile G1 phone plan.

      Man that was a great phone.

      My plan isn’t quite that old, but it’s getting up there. They recently increased my price by a few dollars per line. Then they tried to get me to move to a current plan, which turned out to be 20% higher price for less return. I had to try not to burst out laughing at the poor guy’s face.

      I’ve been with TMo for more than 20 years–they’re the only carrier I’ve ever used–but if my price goes up again I’m jumping ship.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        Loved my HTC Dream (G1)

        It got slow after a year, then I put a custom ROM on it and it was a brand new phone.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah I kept a tmo plan for a stupid amount of time. Eventually MVNO plans were just cheaper, so i switched. Why does anyone want to stay on some legacy plan anyway? Were any of them any good? This is what I would get for very low usage on tmobile now:

      https://www.ebay.com/itm/133196831828

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        2 months ago

        Before eSIM, tmobile global data and text in 150 countries was the dream for my 5x trips a year. Now I just pop into the Eu and pick up a prepaid month European esim and spend €20+€15 additional month vs the $200 a year I was spending. Italy even has a deal in the summer now for €15 for 30 days.

        • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          2 months ago

          That’s why I spent 2k to import an iPhone from Canada instead of buying one locally. I travel to Costa Rica often and I keep my tmobile esim for most other tasks, but I can pick up a sim for $5 and that will last me most of my trip as long as I’m smart with my data usage.