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T-Mobile illegally imposed 50GB cap on low-income home Internet plan, NY says: Law requires 25Mbps home Internet. T-Mobile lowers speed to 600Kbps after 50GB cap. (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] bcgm3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, Mint Mobile, as in "for just $15 a month" Mint Mobile?

I'm irrationally angry about Mint Mobile. They lean so heavily on the message that they're cheaper than everybody else, and it is some of the most cynical, anti-consumer bullshit I've ever heard. You barely have to look into it at all before you see that offer is

  • only valid for the first three months, and
  • only for new users. On top of all that,
  • those first three months are gonna cost you more than the advertised $15 because of hidden fees.

Outside of those first 3 months, they're charging at least as much per month as most off-contract providers.

And I understand that none of the above is unique to Mint Mobile. I guess it's Ryan Reynolds' smarmy delivery in their ads that makes it seem so arrogant, like, "Yeah, I'm already rich, and I'm getting richer by lying to you about a cellphone contract, what are you gonna do about it? I'm Deadpool, just buy it, you idiots!"

Fuck Mint Mobile. And Ryan Reynolds, too.

[โ€“] obvs@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm going to be completely serious here:

I signed up for Mint Mobile's fixed home wireless service because I'd had such a great experience with their phone service. I've used their phone service for a long time, and it's been rock solid.

It's really weird, but their mobile service is fantastic. Their fixed home wireles service was absolutely awful. There's literally no reason why it should have been bad, but I prepaid for three months of their fixed home wireless, and switched to a different provider very soon after signing up. Their mobile service is still very good, and absolutely worth it. It literally is $360 per year. One payment, once a year, unlimited. Works well.

I was completely baffled why their fixed wireless was so bad.