T-Mobile weighs in on 1 GB bandwidth cap! (good news)

[DesignDawg]

Hey all,

Over at another site, I saw a news story that pretty much confirms what we've been saying about this bandwidth cap issue: It's a non-issue. That is, unless you plan on doing something to seriously abuse the system, in which case they reserve the right to make it less enjoyable for you. Text of the article is below:

Apparently you guys out there caused a big enough stink. Either that, or T-Mobile’s customer care was inundated with calls today. No longer putting a soft cap on the 3G data transfer amounts at 1GB, T-Mobile is doing what most of the other players are. They will address transfer usage as it happens on an almost case-by-case basis. Good for them!



The new fine print: “To provide the best network experience for all of our customers we may temporarily reduce data throughput for a small fraction of customers who use a disproportionate amount of bandwidth. Your data session, plan, or service may be suspended, terminated, or restricted for significant roaming or if you use your service in a way that interferes with our network or ability to provide quality service to other users.”

It’s one thing to call it unlimited. It’s another thing to cap it. It’s an entirely different thing to cap it at 1GB when the rest of the industry allows 3-5 times as much. Repsect knuckles to T-Mobile for making things right so quickly.

This new text regarding the cap is directly from www.t-mobileg1.com
so we can consider this one confirmed. I think we should make a sticky and/or a front page news item about this story, guys. Too many people are making too much noise over this little legal wording gaff by Tmobile.