T-Mobile Retentions

catwoman73

I got my HTC desire from t-mobile 2 years ago and have just looked on Myt-mobile to see what they were offering if I renewed my contract.

Wasn't bothered about a new phone so was hoping for a discount off my monthly payment. Wasn't expecting much as I'm a low user and only pay £10.21 pm. However, there are other £7 pm sim only deals out there with quidco so was hoping for something similar from t-mobile otherwise I might sign up with someone else.

Their upgrade deal was £6 per month off a £10.21 monthly contract. I couldn't believe it! It took about 2 mins to do on the website and I didn't even have to phone and haggle with them

I now get 100 mins 100 texts and unlimited data and landline calls for £4.21 per month, which is plenty for me

reclusive46

I keep seeing people mention this unlimited data. Is it truly unlimited or does it have a fair use policy like before?

hadahardyear

catwoman73 wrote: »

I got my HTC desire from t-mobile 2 years ago and have just looked on Myt-mobile to see what they were offering if I renewed my contract.

Wasn't bothered about a new phone so was hoping for a discount off my monthly payment. Wasn't expecting much as I'm a low user and only pay £10.21 pm. However, there are other £7 pm sim only deals out there with quidco so was hoping for something similar from t-mobile otherwise I might sign up with someone else.

Their upgrade deal was £6 per month off a £10.21 monthly contract. I couldn't believe it! It took about 2 mins to do on the website and I didn't even have to phone and haggle with them

I now get 100 mins 100 texts and unlimited data and landline calls for £4.21 per month, which is plenty for me

thats what my sons on just now, the £10.21 contract with an upgrade due in may.

I thought they just gave you standard deals on the website?

catwoman73

Reclusive I'm not sure about the data. It was the standard offering at the time (April 2010) but I think there might have been either a 1 Gb or 3 Gb fair usage policy, but the only time I have been anywhere near even 1 Gb level is when I used my phone as a router in the house for a couple of weeks due to the death of my sky router.

(I'm not bothered about huge data allowances and I think that people who persistently exceed generous IMHO usage allowances and then whinge about it should get a life and do something more interesting than whatever it is that uses all that data )

Hardhardyear If you log into your online t-mobile account it tells you the date you can renew your plan. Once that date has passed it gives you a link to offers. Clicking that link goes to a page where you can choose a new phone, new tariff (if you need more or less minutes/texts/whatever) or get a discount on your current plan, which is the one I chose.

eljmayes

reclusive46 wrote: »

I keep seeing people mention this unlimited data. Is it truly unlimited or does it have a fair use policy like before?

It's unlimited browsing but only 100mb of streaming.

reclusive46

eljmayes wrote: »

It's unlimited browsing but only 100mb of streaming.

100mb of streaming? That's rubbish

eljmayes

reclusive46 wrote: »

100mb of streaming? That's rubbish

I can see this becoming the norm especially when 4G is rolled out.

reclusive46

eljmayes wrote: »

I can see this becoming the norm especially when 4G is rolled out.

Why? 4G has far more capacity. When O2 did their tests one 4G mast had more capacity than the whole of their 3G network.

TheEdge

eljmayes wrote: »

It's unlimited browsing but only 100mb of streaming.

The full monty t&cs say that it is not subject to a fair use policy. Does only 100mb of streaming not apply then?

eljmayes

TheEdge wrote: »

The full monty t&cs say that it is not subject to a fair use policy. Does only 100mb of streaming not apply then?

I'm on a SIM Only tariff paying a tenner a month- the Full Monty as you rightly pointed out has different T&Cs.