Archive | April, 2024

T-Mobile Unveils Two New Home Internet Plans

T-Mobile rolled out two new internet plans today. The new plans are called Home Internet Plus and Away plan. Here’s what you need to know about these new plans: Home Internet Plus Starting Friday, April 26, T-Mobile will be offering the new plan called Home Internet Plus. Through this plan, customers can get an all-in-one premium plan with expanded home Wi-Fi coverage and 24/7 tech support for smart home devices.  This plan costs $70 per month. But … [read full article]

T-Mobile Rolls Out 5G Network Upgrade in Louisiana

T-Mobile has good news to its consumers based in Louisiana. Thanks to the commitment of Governor Jeff Landry, the Un-carrier completed the multi-year 5G network investment totaling over $290 million across the Pelican State. This includes a $50 million network upgrade in the Greater New Orleans area.  T-Mo started improving Ultra Capacity 5G (5G UC) connectivity in the state so that over 1.7 million Louisianans can get access to 5G UC coverage.  In the announcement, Governor Landry … [read full article]

Man Gets $143K Bill After Using Mobile Data Abroad

Despite the numerous warnings not to use cellular data while traveling internationally, there are still some who make a mistake and activate this. This is because they believe they’ll only use their cellular data for a few minutes but end up using a lot of data in that timeframe. This always spells trouble since the charge for international roaming can quickly add up.  One man from Florida recently experienced this with his T-Mobile account. After a vacation … [read full article]

T-Mobile Makes Changes to Its Priority Data Limit on Home Internet Users

T-Mobile has made changes to its Home Internet priority data limit. It was only early this year when the Un-carrier added minor restrictions that deprioritized the data of new users once they went over a certain limit. Unfortunately, the Un-carrier made a change that extends this policy to all other 5G Home Internet users.   It was only a matter of time before T-Mobile extended the priority data limit to other Home Internet users. And today, [read full article]

T-Mobile Shares Other Alternatives to ACP

Congress passed the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) in 2021 as a way to give eligible households a discount on their monthly internet or wireless plan. The program also gave them a one-time discount on a tablet or laptop. Ever since it was passed, the program was able to help around 23 million households. Unfortunately, it’s possible that the program will end soon.  This is the condition that will happen if Congress fails to renew its funding. The … [read full article]

Two Companies Want the FCC to Take Action Against T-Mobile’s 2.5GHz Spectrum

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Last month, T-Mobile finally got to activate its 2.5GHz 5G spectrum that it had long acquired from the FCC. Although T-Mo’s customers have benefited from this, other companies are claiming that they experienced a degradation in services.  Following the complaint filed by fixed wireless service provider Bloosurf, two other companies have stepped up with similar complaints. These companies complained to the FCC that T-Mobile’s 2.5GHz 5G spectrum was interfering with their operations. As a result, they are … [read full article]

Report: T-Mobile Employees Getting Offers for SIM Swap Participation

SIM swapping issues continue to be a problem that many consumers experience everyday. Despite the numerous warnings that carriers send out to their customers, scammers continue to come up with new ways they can victimize people.  Recently, The Mobile Report shared that a bad actor is using employee data from T-Mobile to victimize employees. Several Redditors have reported their experience of receiving texts with a cash offer … [read full article]