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 > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Erik K. Mitchell erik.mitchell at gmail.com