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T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike (arstechnica.com)
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T-Mobile switches users to pricier plans and tells them it’s not a price hike::T-Mobile: "We are not raising the price... we are moving you to a newer plan."

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[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

T-Mobile bought Mint. Verizon bought Tracphone, which owns Straight Talk. There aren't many independent MVNOs left. And the ones that are are being deprioritized to the point where the service basically doesn't work when the tower is busy.