[chillel]

Magenta MAX is T-Mobile's unlimited data plan; $170/mo for 2 lines. 2 lines with unlimited data with Mint is ~$60/mo. You are paying $35/mo because you're only getting 5GB data. Check how much similar plans cost in India, Europe, Israel, UK (spoiler: they are drastically cheaper).

You are delusional if you think T-Mobile and the other big network providers offer good value for money.

Having recently switched to Mint after years of being swindled by T-Mobile, I'm really sad to see this news.

[saltcured]

T-Mobile Connect is their existing $15/month prepaid plan comparable to Mint's. It doesn't require a bulk purchase, just keeping enough prepaid balance so that the monthly $15 fee can be deducted.

Last I checked, it had half the monthly data (2GB vs 4GB) and the same unlimited voice and texts policy. I don't follow along closely, so the limits may have changed again.

I wonder if they will reorganize any of that after acquiring Mint.

[BeetleB]

> You are delusional if you think T-Mobile and the other big network providers offer good value for money.

What part of

> I'm sure some MVNOs are a lot cheaper, and I'm all for it.

did you not understand?

BTW, T-Mobile's cheapest plan now has 10GB - which is more than probably 95% of users need? Paying $60/mo for that via Mint is just money thrown away for most people. To give you an example, I never exceeded 5 GB/mo, let alone 10GB, in over 10 years of using smartphones.

[monksy]

It's about $3.6 for 2gb in india for a month. (2gb a day) Germany it's about 15e for 10gb UK it's usaually 12quid for 10+gb.

etc.

It's been that way for a long time.