T-Mobile Business = 877-347-2127 If you're having problems.
Internal T-Mobile's plan names:
"Bus Unl Tablet 10 GB HS TE" = Taxes and fees extra. SOC code ZB10HSTE
"Bus Unl Tablet 10 GB HS TI" = Taxes and fees included. SOC code ZB10HSTI
For adding HD Video Pass use SOC code : HDVPASS0
Who's eligible
- Available to new lines of service only. No voice line requirement.
- US and Puerto Rico (SJP) Business customers.
- Tax Exclusive Plan: B/C, B/L, B/M, B/N, B/O, B/P, I/S.
- Tax Inclusive Plan: B/C, B/L, B/N, B/P, I/S, Both TI and TE $10 Unlimited Tablet Promo Plan included within the following SOC Groups: 5, 9, 9A, 10, 10B, 21, 22, 34, 41, 59, and 67.
- Government account types
- Consumer customers
- Cannot be combined with tax included plans.
- Retired features and promotional lines/service credit offers will be removed upon switching to this plan.
- Tax Exclusive plans only eligible to Tax Exclusive BANS
- Tax Inclusive plans only eligible to Tax Inclusive BANS
- Voice line not required
- No migrations
- There is no annual contract (Un-contract) or activation fee.
- These plans do not include Music Freedom, Binge On, or Data Stash.
- All on-network data used counts towards fair-use de-prioritization limits.
Not available
- AVD
- Netflix on Us
- $40 Voice + Tablet credit.
- $5 AutoPay bill credit ($5 per line, up to 8 lines / $40 max credit). See the page for more details.
From this post
The multiple ways of using this $10 line for home internet are:
1. T-Mobile Gateway + Cudy N300 or X6 which are wifi only routers to mask hotspot usage with TTL set on the external wifi router. You can use other wifi routers for this purpose but there's a menu page in the Cudy routers which makes setting TTL easy - Courtesy waterchange
1.1 Cudy router like Cudy LT500 or LT18 or the 5G P8 work as a single device with modem + wifi router. Work well for home internet. Nice thing about the Cudy modems is easy TTL (and imei magic if necessary). - Courtesy waterchange
2. M2100 hotspot device - Hit or a miss - native out of the box but less reliable
3. Orbic 5G hotspot device - more reliable than the m2100, however some people have reported throttling after 1st couple of months
4. Gateway + Project Genesis - works most reliably
5. TMOHS1 - ~ 30-50 mbps out of the box, no TTL update required
6. Tmobile Franklin - ~30-50 mbps with TTL update - the most reliable as of right now, however limited speed.
7. M2000 won't pull data from anywhere.
8. GL.iNET Spitz GL-X3000NR easier to use than Cudy and better performance but expensive. Great form factor and performance. Presets for T-Mobile TTL settings and advanced cell features like tower/band lock. External antennas.
9. M3000B works out of the box with T-Mobile version. Has battery preservation features and ethernet port. Some users say to switch 5G mode to NSA if the hotspot restarts frequently in your area.
Add/update if you have more/better info.
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They will still lock you to a 2 year EIP even if it's free (They'll make a monthly credit to cover the tablet EIP)
Meaning you'd end up paying $10 for 2 years ($240) for a $129 tablet.
So if you're only doing it for the tablet then it's not worth it
soc code ZB10HSTI is the one you want.
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What I am not happy about is the notice I received Tmobile leaked my name, DOB, phone numbers, etc. Really big risk for sim swapping unfortunately, so I can't use these lines for anything important now.
I opened my business account about 2 weeks ago with the free (after 24 months of credit) Samsung A7 Lite tablet + $10 SIM line. I was approved for 12 lines after the credit checking stage at that time. After using the SIM on my phone (my primary phone plan is through an Mint eSIM) for 2 weeks with great satisfaction (I get ~350-650 Mbps with my Galaxy S22), I decided to add a line so I can use it on my spouse's phone.
I chatted with a rep yesterday via Facebook Message and was able to successfully add a $10 SIM line. I was quoted a "Device Connection Charge" (a.k.a. activation fee) of $35, but the rep waived that for me after I asked nicely
I opened my business account about 2 weeks ago with the free (after 24 months of credit) Samsung A7 Lite tablet + $10 SIM line. I was approved for 12 lines after the credit checking stage at that time. After using the SIM on my phone (my primary phone plan is through an Mint eSIM) for 2 weeks with great satisfaction (I get ~350-650 Mbps with my Galaxy S22), I decided to add a line so I can use it on my spouse's phone.
I chatted with a rep yesterday via Facebook Message and was able to successfully add a $10 SIM line. I was quoted a "Device Connection Charge" (a.k.a. activation fee) of $35, but the rep waived that for me after I asked nicely
The problem I'm facing is that if you get SMS/group message on your Mint, you have to switch Primary SIM to Mint to download the message, then switch back to T-Mobile SIM.
I have friends that send SMS/group message and it has been annoying to switch SIMs every time. I also have Samsung S22. Also when placing call, you have to remember every time to select Mint SIM instead of T-Mobile SIM (T-Mobile SIM will be the default since it's selected as Primary SIM so it can provide data instead of Mint).
My ultimate goal is to port out our numbers to US Mobile (before their 100 day promo expires), and then just sign up for the $5 plan for each line once the promo ends. That way, we will be paying $15(+tax) per line a month for ~50GB data + 2,500 talk/text. No more worrying about going over the mobile data limit every month.
I have friends that send SMS/group message and it has been annoying to switch SIMs every time. I also have Samsung S22. Also when placing call, you have to remember every time to select Mint SIM instead of T-Mobile SIM (T-Mobile SIM will be the default since it's selected as Primary SIM so it can provide data instead of Mint).
As for the default SIM for calling new (or existing) numbers, I think I accidentally found a solution the other day while experimenting with other calling apps. Below is what I did to make my default calling SIM as Mint while T-mo is the primary SIM for mobile data:
It seems that the Google phone app is changing the default calling account permanently by doing above. I couldn't find such settings in the Samsung phone app.
My primary line worked fine for wifi calling and texting including group texts over this tmobile line as data line abroad too.
I posted a few times about this in the thread if you want more details.
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H2O also has $60 unlimited talk/text for year
H2O also has $60 unlimited talk/text for year
Thanks for the H2O suggestion, but it seems that only iPhones are compatible with their eSIM plans.
Can you put the sim card in another device like a phone or tablet to make sure it's activated and receiving data before putting it in the gateway?
I took the gateway to a T-Mobile store for a replacement (which I knew wasn't really possible because I bought it brand new on eBay from a 3rd party). They told me that the gateway won't be able to receive signal because there is no home address associated with it. Does anyone know if it's true that I'm supposed to register the KVD21 to my account for it to work or something along those lines? If that's the case, do you know how to do that? I thought all this time, it was just a matter of inserting the SIM card for the gateway to work like you do with a phone.
I took the gateway to a T-Mobile store for a replacement (which I knew wasn't really possible because I bought it brand new on eBay from a 3rd party). They told me that the gateway won't be able to receive signal because there is no home address associated with it. Does anyone know if it's true that I'm supposed to register the KVD21 to my account for it to work or something along those lines? If that's the case, do you know how to do that? I thought all this time, it was just a matter of inserting the SIM card for the gateway to work like you do with a phone.
Wouldn't the address of the 3rd party who sold you the router be associated with it? In any case I don't think that is true, about needing an address.
I did have a situation where my gateway direct from Tmobile showed no connection after a fall. Brought it to another location, still no connection. Put sim in a tablet and it worked. Next day, gatway wouldn't even power on. Thought it might be issue with the power adapter since that power adapter didnt work on a spare gateway i had (from ebay) either. When i used the power adapter from the spare gateway on the one i thought was broken, it suddenly got connection. Later in day, the power adapter that i thought was broken started working again. Just a weird chain of events. If you can, maybe try different sims in the gateway or see if you can find different compatible power adapter.
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If you are replying to me, I dont know for sure, but the gateway from Tmobile might have been used. The box was a little beat up and the power cord was a little dusty. The gateway had the protective sticker over the screen though. When i chatted with tforce, they admitted they sometimes send out returned units, since they are providing the gateways free of charge. Still covered by warranty however.
The tmobile provided gateway was for Tmobile Home Internet use. The 2nd one was for the tablet plan.
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