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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]

T-Mobile Makes Significant Upgrade to Its Smartphone Equity Program

T-Mobile has made a significant change to its signature program called Smartphone Equality. Through this program, T-Mobile Prepaid and Metro by T-Mobile customers can get a deal on a new device. The program allows them to score the latest smartphone despite their payment method and credit score.  When T-Mo rolled out the program, the best deals were only available to customers who had a high credit score. But with today’s change, T-Mobile is making this accessible to … [read full article]

T-Mobile Subscriber Shares Recent Experience that Nearly Scammed Him

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As always, we continue to remind our readers to not share their verification code with anyone, even if this person explains that they are a T-Mobile representative. This is always the case with scams as they have victimized numerous consumers through this method.  A T-Mobile subscriber shared his recent encounter with a scammer pretending to be a T-Mobile representative. The poster shared he received multiple phone calls … [read full article]

Report: T-Mobile’s T Life App Now Displays Ads

Earlier this year, T-Mobile shut down its T-Mobile Tuesdays app to consolidate the service in its T Life app. T-Mobile referred to this app as a solution for users to have “access to benefits and more ways to connect with what’s important.” Although its T-Mobile Tuesdays reward program did not go away, it has began offering these in its T Life app.  Unfortunately, some users have reported seeing … [read full article]