SIMple Mobile (T-Mobile MVNO) $50 Unlim. Talk, Text, 4G web

Quote from overthinkingme : At around 3-4GB they disable your internet until the next billing cycle. They do not cancel your account.

It could be they have cancelled some accounts and cut off others.

I don't see how they can get away with advertising unlimited internet if they don't offer unlimited 2G after you reach the 4G cap which is what T-Mobile does.

Quote from namlook : It could be they have cancelled some accounts and cut off others. But regardless, I don't see how they can get away with advertising unlimited internet if they don't offer unlimited 2G after you reach the 4G cap which is what T-Mobile does.

I work in a small cell shop which activates Simple Mobile. I have, honestly, yet to have seen any simple mobile account cancelled at all. That's not to say that they don't but I'd consider it very rare. I will say, however, that I have seen Net10/StraightTalk accounts cancelled.

Yes, it's a shame that it's not unlimited. Clear stated limits would be better.

Also, for anyone considering the $40/mon plan, the new speed cap for that plan is approximately 290-300kbps. More than double the old limit of 120kbps (also tmobile's 2G speed). It's a very good speed for those that just need light browsing. Even fast enough for Pandora. Even youtube, not HD.

So, SIMple is as same as t-mobile mobile-same coverage, same signal strengths, right? (just want to make sure)

I believe- unlimited 4G is up to 2gb ?

If they disable your internet for any reason other than "abuse" then it is not truly unlimited.

At least standard tmobile lets you continue on at a lower speed.

I was seriously looking into this until I saw all of the posts by people who had their internet shut off and you can't get it turned back on once it is off...

2gb is NOTHING, not with video conferencing, streaming audio, etc...

Places like Tmobile who tout these features and then hit you with the unlimited "cap" is so dishonest.

I think Sprint is the only true unlimited company at the moment.

Whats better Simple or Straightalk comparing their plans....do both have same plans ..if u get tmobile SIM. ..isnt ST $45..so Simple is $5 more? why should one consider Simple over ST ...any advice ?

-unlimited text
-unlimited voice
-unlimited 4g data

Simple Mobile's customer service is the worst. Very rude and straight up ignored my replies when they found out I wasn't going to cancel the next month.

Quote from namlook : It could be they have cancelled some accounts and cut off others. I don't see how they can get away with advertising unlimited internet if they don't offer unlimited 2G after you reach the 4G cap which is what T-Mobile does.

This is seriously shady. Their material says "unlimited" and that's seriously not unlimited. T-Mo clearly states that their definition of "unlimited" means capped 4g but unlimied lower speed beyond that - I see no details like that on the Simple Mobile page.

Does anybody have a link to the actual wording regarding this plan? The "details" link on their site does not include many actual details.

Quote from AeroZeppelin : Do they offer wireless tethering or is it included?

root your phone and you can get it for free regardless

Quote from sshroff : Whats better Simple or Straightalk comparing their plans....do both have same plans ..if u get tmobile SIM. ..isnt ST $45..so Simple is $5 more? why should one consider Simple over ST ...any advice ? -unlimited text -unlimited voice -unlimited 4g data

Simple has unlimited international texts.
Also, you save $5 dollars and you get half-decent, not great, speeds. ~300kbps.
I'm always on wifi anyway. I'm on Straight Talk about to port over to simple.
Besides, at least with Simple I know, more or less, where the data usage limit is.
With Straight Talk I'm extra care to not go over 100MB in a day..
But this is my personal situation, others will have different priorities.

First 100MB at up to 4G speeds then it slows down. These phone companies are getting to be like the gub'ment... useless and NO help.

Quote from yoshimra : First 100MB at up to 4G speeds then it slows down. These phone companies are getting to be like the gub'ment... useless and NO help.

Really? $50 plan offers first 100mb at up to 4G then it slows down to 2g?

Great deal. I now pay them $40.00 for unlimited 3G.

The carrier, T-Mobile, has three different 4G networks depending on the area which is why people see different 4G speeds. If you live in an area with 1700 MHz and/or 2100 MHz then you have the highest speeds. Nationwide, most T-Mobile service areas have 850/1900 MHz with 4G only in the 1900 MHz segments. However, since AT&T's failed merger penalty payment, T-Mobile now has the funds to deploy 1700/2100 MHz nationwide by 2013.

The phone experiences 3G speeds either by traffic shaping on a 4G channel or by switching to a 3G channel (or 2G in some areas).

For the "overage" situation it really depends on your plan and it is NOT the same on MVNO as it is on T-Mobile proper since subscribers to an MVNO like SIMple Mobile are treated differently than T-Mobile subscribers are.

In other words, YMMV.

Sim Simple ALWAYS throttles you to 300kbps regardless of your data usage?