MetroPCS raises price of unlimited LTE data to $70 per month, starts throttling data hogs
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MetroPCS has raised the price of its unlimited LTE plan to $70 per month, a gain of $10. That includes unlimited use of its MetroSTUDIO on-demand video service. For $60 a month, your LTE data is capped at 5GB per month although you get Rhapsody unlimited music. There are also monthly plans at $50 and $40 that limit your monthly LTE data to 2.5GB and 250MB respectively. Go over the cap and you will be throttled! When throttled, "Customers will remain on the 4G LTE network but receive a reduced speed similar to what they might experience on MetroPCS' 3G networks," said MetroPCS spokesman Drew Crowell.
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The lower-end of MetroPCS' monthly LTE plans |
Most of the pre-paid carrier's LTE customers are signing up for the $50 and $60 monthly LTE plans. Since turning the switch on its LTE network in September 2010, MetroPCS has 500,000 customers using the technology. Before the price hike, the $60 per month unlimited customers were using an average of 2GB to 2.5GB per month while those on the $50 plan were consuming on average 1GB of data monthly.
source: MetroPCS via FierceWireless
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The high-end monthly LTE plans for MetroPCS | |
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17 Comments
1. cripton805 posted on 03 Apr 2012, 15:36 2 2
If you experience 3g speeds then its not true unlimited 4g as the advertisement states... Lawsuit.
Unlimited Data = Proper advertising.
6. rallyguy posted on 03 Apr 2012, 16:51 0 2
That's only if you go over your cap. Not for unlimited,
2. taco50 (banned) posted on 03 Apr 2012, 15:49 0 6
Good bye unlimited data. Every company is throttling and limiting data use.
4. shadowcell posted on 03 Apr 2012, 16:05 0 2
Not Verizon's grandfathered unlimited plans. 3G yes but not 4G. Download to your heart's content. That is if you indeed have an old unlimited data plan.....(o____o)
16. iirundis05 posted on 03 Apr 2012, 20:18 0 1
Verizon doesn't currently throttle its 4G customers only 3G. Iv'e never noticed it on either and I use large amounts of data... because I tether.
15. ngo2dd posted on 03 Apr 2012, 20:13 0 1
proof or GTFO
3. Jeromeo posted on 03 Apr 2012, 15:56 0 2
My best friend from Berlin told me that MetroPCS also got rid of the $10 international calling plan as well. She's switching back* to T-Mobile today.
Unfortunately, she can't get back* her unlimited loyalty minutes, she can't get back* her $4.99 grandfathered unlimited data, but she can get back* not-an-absolute-joke data speeds.
5. JeffdaBeat posted on 03 Apr 2012, 16:29 3 2
At this point, I think if you're going to throttle data dramatically then just do tiered pricing and get it over with. I'm tired of companies throwing around this "Unlimited" crap and then your data speeds drop so much that you might as well not use your phone. That's like saying, you can eat all you want...but after two hamburgers, we are going to give you one french fry every 30 minutes. Then what I'm really paying for is two hamburgers.
8. som posted on 03 Apr 2012, 17:23 0 2
Why switch from T-Mobile to a smaller carrier MetroPCS?
AT&T and Verizon is a little higher price plans but it is covered the whole USA while MetroPCS covered above half of the USA.
It is all about money.
9. jroc74 posted on 03 Apr 2012, 18:08 0 2
At least they still offer unlimited to new users. After them and Sprint in the U.S...who else is there?
11. joey18 posted on 03 Apr 2012, 18:35 1 2
Thast funny metro go only 2g they say 4g for only 70 at month i'm stay w verizon
18. JunitoNH posted on 03 Apr 2012, 21:11 1 0
Soon enough everyone is going to go back to a dumbphone, especially if they keep increasing price of data.
