T-Mobile to offer free unlimited international data, texts

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Post by gabbo » Wed, Oct 09, 2013, 11:50 PM UTC

T-Mobile to offer free unlimited international data, texts
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Post by wandermatt » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:20 AM UTC

List of countries here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2425436,00.asp

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Post by aray » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:29 AM UTC

Has anyone made a coverage map yet? That would be useful (going to be limited by radio coverage/standards/countries/etc)

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Post by r00fus » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:30 AM UTC

Hell yes. It would cost TMO very little to provide this to me, as I travel very infrequently. But I consider it to be a very nice perk indeed.

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Post by leeoniya » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:30 AM UTC

wandermatt wrote: post #2

List of countries here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2425436,00.asp

oops, someone forgot an 'ORDER BY country ASC', or more likely to hit the Sort A->Z key in Excel.

::rageface::

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Post by jordanthoms » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:34 AM UTC

This is _awesome_!

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Post by jsnk » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:35 AM UTC

Does anyone know if 30 dollar prepaid plan (100 minutes. Unlimited data and text) included in this deal?

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Post by quink » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:35 AM UTC

Just in case anyone hasn't noticed this:

> While the data is free, it won't be particularly fast. Customers can expect network speeds at around the same level that they get in the US after they are throttled. Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert said the average speed customers would get would be around 128 kilobits a second.

Think of it more of an extension of the Kindle 3G business model rather than anything else. The maximum one could theoretically suck through that straw, at 24/7, is 40 GB a month.

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Post by gabbo » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:35 AM UTC

jsnk wrote: post #7

Does anyone know if 30 dollar prepaid plan (100 minutes. Unlimited data and text) included in this deal?

Doesn't seem like it:

> New and existing T-Mobile customers who are on a post-paid plan are eligible for the new international plan, which kicks off on October 31

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Post by trimbo » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:36 AM UTC

Noted it is 2G only, but it is a great step forward.