We had to switch away from T-Mobile because of coverage issues at our
house in SW Minneapolis (the boonies).

I am on a no-contract phone from Virgin Mobile now, which uses the
Sprint network. I will probably be moving to this by the end of the
year (also uses the Sprint network):

https://ting.com/

I'm not sure how that compares with this news from T-Mobile. I guess
if you travel out of the country a lot, the T-Mobile deal is a good
one. If you don't know about Ting though you should check it out.

-Erik

On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just a little bit OT -- an update from Pogue on T-Mobiles new plans...
>
>
> (I don't work for T-Mobile or know anyone who works there.)
>
> This is an amazing breakthrough.  There are a few bits of news but the big
> one is that T-Mobile will now do free unlimited data, free unlimited texts,
> and calls for $0.20/minute in 115 countries -- with no additional roaming
> charges! You just go to one of the 115 countries and T-Mobile just works.
>
> The $0.20/minute charge applies regardless of where you call *to*. According
> to Pogue, "Note, however, that you don't ever have to worry about what
> country you're calling to; once you arrive, every call is 20 cents a minute
> to every country on earth."
>
> This goes into effect at the end of the month.
>
> Pogue has some interesting things to say in his article linked below.
>
> (I use tinyurl.com to get you past the NY Times paywall by using Google as
> the referring page.)
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/NYT-Pogue-T-Mobile
>
> NY Times blog
> October 10, 2013
>
> T-Mobile Hands Consumers a Pleasant Shocker
> By DAVID POGUE
>
> T-Mobile's plan to eliminate international roaming charges is bold and
> transparent. And it suggests that we've been paying those insane charges for
> nothing.
>
>
>
> Pogue refers to this article from yesterday:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/NYT-Chen-T-Mobile
>
> NY Times
> October 9, 2013
>
> T-Mobile to Make It Cheaper to Make Calls While Abroad
> By BRIAN X. CHEN
>
>
> Original URLs:
> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/t-mobile-hands-consumers-a-pleasant-shocker/
> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/10/technology/t-mobile-to-make-it-cheaper-to-make-calls-while-abroad.html
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Erik K. Mitchell
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