i agree 100%... i've been a tmo customer since they bought out Voicestream when i was with them.. about 12 years ago!! (anyone remember that?)... well in the early days, i could get UNLIMITED internet (lets be fair, it was pretty much WAP only then... ) for $4.99/month (sms was a la carte though... ) so it was really cool when i could stream internet radio like CNN radio on my nokia 3650 (early symbian phone).... but then they doubled the rate to $9.99/mnth... it was still kinda cool so i kept it.... then another year later and another double of the price!!!!!! $19.99/month!!!! JEEZ!!! i quit at that point.. but it did double AGAIN... i thought as technology got better, it got cheaper to make/produce/manage.... i think it was simple supply and demand that steered those prices... but i agree with all of you, as a current tmo customer i would LOVE to see cheap or unlimited data plans.. then i'd chuck the dumb phone for a smart phone... im lucky enough that my work gives me a tilt on ATT with unlimited data... but im sure alot of you would agree that any phone worth its salt today NEEDS an internet connection to make it whole.... thanks!
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I'd rather see cheaper SMS/data plans.
i agree 100%... i've been a tmo customer since they bought out Voicestream when i was with them.. about 12 years ago!! (anyone remember that?)... well in the early days, i could get UNLIMITED internet (lets be fair, it was pretty much WAP only then... ) for $4.99/month (sms was a la carte though... ) so it was really cool when i could stream internet radio like CNN radio on my nokia 3650 (early symbian phone).... but then they doubled the rate to $9.99/mnth... it was still kinda cool so i kept it.... then another year later and another double of the price!!!!!! $19.99/month!!!! JEEZ!!! i quit at that point.. but it did double AGAIN... i thought as technology got better, it got cheaper to make/produce/manage.... i think it was simple supply and demand that steered those prices... but i agree with all of you, as a current tmo customer i would LOVE to see cheap or unlimited data plans.. then i'd chuck the dumb phone for a smart phone... im lucky enough that my work gives me a tilt on ATT with unlimited data... but im sure alot of you would agree that any phone worth its salt today NEEDS an internet connection to make it whole.... thanks!
Tony