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Carrier T-Mobile Has Free Internet for Ipad Air Celulular

The.Dude

The.Dude

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Oct 21, 2013
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I plan on the ATT model due to their upcoming data plan addition (3 month) but I'd love to have a T-Mobile Sim to throw in for the free data. Can I get a spare one from Apple when I pick up my iPad? Or will a T-Mobile store give me one if I visit a store?

Or should I just get the T-Mobile version since they are the same hardware and get an ATT Sim down the road? Our phones are with ATT so it shouldn't be an issue.
 
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Federico

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Feb 13, 2008
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I got a FreedomPop Mobile Hotspot device for $35 with 3GB the first month, then you can downgrade to 500mb for free (4G WiMax Sprint), or for $3.99 per month you can get the same 500mb but 3G/4G (Sprint network) ;). The 250mb great option.
 
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Guitarpik

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Oct 19, 2011
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Florida :/
Does anyone know the pricing tiers for when you go over the 200mb?

Also, will tmobile automatically charge you for going over or will it let you know first?
 
protoxx

protoxx

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Oct 10, 2013
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Hard cap on 200m free. Get a prompt to buy day/week/month passes or sign up for monthly plan.

http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251624&p=irol-overview

"Customers wanting more data can choose from a range of simple, affordable and flexible options – with no annual service contracts, no data overages and a blazing-fast nationwide 4G LTE network. T-Mobile offers daily, weekly and monthly options for adding 4G LTE data. For T-Mobile voice customers, ‘always-on’ iPad plans start at just $10 a month for unlimited data including 500 MB of 4G LTE data each month. Customers can add even more 4G LTE data in 2 GB increments for just $10 more per month. For customers who would rather have the flexibility of on-demand data, T-Mobile offers daily and weekly passes. Daily passses include unlimited data with 500 MB of 4G LTE data starting at just $5. The weekly passes inlcude unlimited data with 1 GB of 4G LTE data for $10. No caps. No overages. Just simple value."
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3rdiguy

3rdiguy

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Sep 17, 2012
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I'm really considering the iPad mini 2 on tmobile. I already have unlimited tethering on verizon iPhone 5 and may drop $199 down on 64gb mini 2 and just have 200mb just in times I don't feel like going thrust the motions to tether. I will check with mobile because I can pay off the iPad mini quicker than 24 months if they let me
 
PBG4 Dude

PBG4 Dude

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Guitarpik said:
If I buy a tmobile air from the apple store, will I have the free 200mb out of the box?
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You will when you put a T-Mobile SIM in your iPad. These SIMs cost $10 from T-Mobile's website, but the free 200MB/Month plan doesn't start until 11/01. MacNN just posted an article with clarifying remarks from T-Mobile; like, once you hit 200MB, your speed will be downgraded to 2G, but you will not lose connectivity.
 
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lls4f

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Apr 2, 2012
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PBG4 Dude said:
You will when you put a T-Mobile SIM in your iPad. These SIMs cost $10 from T-Mobile's website, but the free 200MB/Month plan doesn't start until 11/01. MacNN just posted an article with clarifying remarks from T-Mobile; like, once you hit 200MB, your speed will be downgraded to 2G, but you will not lose connectivity.
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Is this true for those who do not have any t-mobile plans now? Or just for people with post-paid contracts? In other words, if I do the free 200mb with no contract and go over, do I get downgraded to 2G or do I get wifi only until a new month?
 
protoxx

protoxx

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PBG4 Dude said:
You will when you put a T-Mobile SIM in your iPad. These SIMs cost $10 from T-Mobile's website, but the free 200MB/Month plan doesn't start until 11/01. MacNN just posted an article with clarifying remarks from T-Mobile; like, once you hit 200MB, your speed will be downgraded to 2G, but you will not lose connectivity.
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Don't believe that's true. From listening to the T-Mobil twitter conference answering questions, they said when you hit the 200m limit you would get a page that prompted to buy a pass or sign up for a monthly plan.

The monthly plans have a soft limit.
 
PBG4 Dude

PBG4 Dude

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protoxx said:
Don't believe that's true. From listening to the T-Mobil twitter conference answering questions, they said when you hit the 200m limit you would get a page that prompted to buy a pass or sign up for a monthly plan.

The monthly plans have a soft limit.
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This is what I read in the MacNN article:

The free 200MB 4G LTE data offer will be open to anyone with a tablet capable of connecting to T-Mobile, starting from November 1st. CMO Mike Sievert advised "You don't have to be a customer of ours at all. You don't have to have any kind of paying relationship with us at all" during an online press conference, continuing "We're just happy to give you 200MB of data for the life of that device as long as you own it." The website clarifies that the free data will be applied to anyone with an active Mobile Internet account on an eligible device, with users using up the entire allocation being downgraded to 2G speeds until the end of the billing cycle. Those requiring more data can buy daily, weekly, and monthly passes that provide extra allocations to the account.



Read more: http://www.electronista.com/article...for.new.ipads.nexus.7.revealed/#ixzz2iZhloapl
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thehustleman

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Jan 3, 2013
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RoqueCub said:
I was just looking at the new product build specs and T-Mobile is offering free Cellular service for iPad Air up to 200MB.

I'm shocked!
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Smart move.

If t-mobile had good service running things like the way they are they would run the game!
 
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mellofello

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Feb 1, 2011
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Wow that is half the price of att. This seals the deal I will get a tmobile iPad. I love the pass option as well. 90% of the time I have no use for mobile data but I travel often for work and pleasure. Not relying on crappy ezpensive hotel wifi would be a godsend.
 
catalyst6

catalyst6

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Oct 13, 2007
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Wow, I wasn't even considering a Cellular model for my new iPad, but I think I am going to pick up a Tmobile one. 200mb is plenty for me for the occasional moments when I need it, and the idea of still getting 2G data when you exceed the cap is very generous.
 
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Norco

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Dec 9, 2007
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I've been trying to read up more on the On Demand Data plan to qualify for the $0 down/24mos deal.

From what I've read, you either need to have the Simple Choice data plan or On-Demand Data plan to qualify to do the financing. If I sign up for On Demand, let them run my credit, but never use more than 200 mb/mo, would I qualify and just pay the monthly fee for the hardware?
 
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Sounds Good

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Jul 8, 2007
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If we get a Tmobile capable iPad, then find out we're not happy with Tmobile, can we switch to an AT&T data plan? Or are we stuck with Tmobile?
 
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hippo206

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Apr 8, 2007
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In seattle T-mo's coverage isn't too bad. I wish this applied to international data coverage.
 
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