I did some research online and I can't find anyone mentioning a cap on this plan with respect to data. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Even my old AT&T unlimited data plan had a 5 GB cap.
If you're talking about their highest level post paid plan, then there should be no throttling or capping. Note that this plan doesn't support unlimited wifi tethering--that's extra, and still capped and/or throttled.
Prepaid plans are different altogether--aside from the lack of roaming coverage, I don't believe T-Mobile offers truly unlimited data on prepaid.
After 5gig your speed goes to 3g.
I have the $30/month unlimited data /text +100 minutes plan.
Well, the FCC isn't holding their feet to the fire (as it is Verizon), so they may have some stealth 100gb cap like Sprint, but there's no limit in the actual mobile usage range.
After 5gig your speed goes to 3g.
I have the $30/month unlimited data /text +100 minutes plan.
When I view my account, it lists my data usage out of 10GB. I'm not sure if that means my "unlimited" data is really just 10GB or if that's just some placeholder amount they're using.
Wrong.
It gets throttled to EDGE-like speeds (60kbps). So yes, it is "unlimited" as in you can get more data without being charged more, but no, you really don't want to use it. I just experienced it yesterday, and for all intents and purposes, treat it like a 5GB data cap.
Gotta hand it to T-Mobile for offering an unlimited data plan. Does Sprint do the same?
It's a bit risky for me to leave AT&T. If I'm not happy with T-Mobile's service I'll lose my AT&T grandfathered plans if I decide to return to them. (2 GB for $25 and 1000 texts for $10.)
Go to the TMo store and sign up for their $3/day prepaid plan. They only charge you on days you use it, but you'll have to fill up with a prepaid card though. The first 200MB is unthrottled and its got unlimited text and minutes included. This will give you a great way to swap SIMs between your phones (provided your at&t phone is unlocked) and try the service in places you work or travel to. The $30/mo 100m 5GB plan is also nice for a test run.
Assuming you have an AT&T phone that doesn't support AWS HSPA, which is just about all of them, and you don't live in a refarmed market (airportal.de), then grab a Lumia 521 from Walmart. Its $130 for a decent WM8 device and it will let you see what the AWS coverage is.
Sprint also offers unlimited data. I would only suggest Sprint over TMobile if you travel on interstates between cities. Falling back to EDGE on TMo is painful, but Sprints entire footprint is at least EVDO, some of its RevA. That would be less painful than EDGE.
It really just depends. I've always considered Sprint to be on par with AT&T/VZW and TMo as the choice for poor people. Sprint has just about as large a network and as advanced as the bug two and a cross roaming agreement in place with VZW for the areas they may not cover. But Sprint was the first US carrier to push mobile data usage and once upon a time carried more advanced device than everyone else. Sprints missteps happened with choosing to back WiMax over LTE and then Verizon's announcement of choosing LTE over WiMax. Once that was announced it was inevitable that Sprint would have to switch to LTE eventually.I would try T-Mobile and if it didn't work out I'd jump on my family's Verizon plan.
Perhaps this is ridiculous but I've always seen T-Mobile and Sprint as an inferior choice overall to VZ/AT&T. Basically I figured T-Mobile/Sprint were for people looking to save money or use unlimited data.
The $30 pre-paid T-Mobile plan is also intriguing but even with wi-fi calling I doubt I can stay even remotely close to 100 mins/month.
Actually, all the flagship Samsungs since the Skyrocket (!!!) can be flashed/hacked to support 3G on AWS.Assuming you have an AT&T phone that doesn't support AWS HSPA, which is just about all of them