I had the 1GB free data offer, and it expired, so now they're charging me the $10 a month. They promised to extend it indefinitely, so the next bill I got I was charged again. I called and the agent had no clue about having been promised free. I'm done dealing with their BS.
What's this AT&T deal you speak of? $100 bill credit is nice, but that's only 10 months free, and it's not really free, because it just deducts data used from the pool that you're already paying for anyhow... so they're just basically "allowing you to use what you pay for for 10 months" then you have to pay to be able to use the data you already pay for.
I have an account with 8 lines on it with ATT so I could add it to the pool, but it defeats the purpose. The T-mo promo was 1 GB free, and they didn't tell me that promotion was only good for a year until it expired. I'm pissy.
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It's just silly. In 2015, 200mb is basically a joke... it's T-Mo's way of boosting their net-adds to make themselves look like they're growing faster than they really are. It'd be one thing if they offered 200mb LTE as a carrot, then throttled down to HSPA after, but they don't, 200 and you're toast for the rest of the month. While people say "but it's free" ... who cares? It's like the people that line up around the block when starbucks does their free grande coffee afternoons. How much is your time worth dedicated to standing in line to get a $1.75 cup of coffee? And if 1GB of data is worth $10 including throttling unlimited once you pass it (and also includes free international roaming), I'd put a value of the 200 mb (the dies and no intl) at about $1 per month AT BEST.
It's not worth the hassle to me to even look online to see if I have any data left when I only get 200mb a month. $1 isn't worth it to me. Sorry.
