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T-Mobile ending cheap 200MB data plans for new customers

Published Oct 22nd, 2012 10:58PM EDT
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The old days when budget-conscious T-Mobile users could sign up for a cheap 200MB data plan have come to an end. TmoNews reports that T-Mobile has upped its data plan requirement for new customers to 2GB, meaning new T-Mobile subscribers will have to pay at least $20 per month for their data plans instead of the $10 per month they could have previously paid for 200MB. TmoNews writes that phasing out the 200MB plan makes sense, especially since so few people use that little data a month and because T-Mobile should be doing more to emphasize its unlimited data plans. T-Mobile subscribers who currently have 200MB plans will be allowed to keep them when they sign new contracts.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.