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From: Marion <marion@facts.com>
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Subject: Re: Encryption comes to RCS at last on iPhones.
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:58:51 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:32:24 +0000, Andy Burns wrote :


>>> Since I'm across the pond from you, I don't pay extra for anything, as we
>>> typically get unlimited everything for about $25/month per device
>> 
>> $25 for everything?
> Unlimited calls+texts with a fixed block of e.g. 20GB data is  pretty 
> cheap here (around L10/month), but unlimited data was expensive (e.g. 
> upwards of L40/month)
> 
> Now there are a handful offering unlimited everything for �15/month.

I think Andy pays less than I do given neither of us needs "unlimited" data
anyway. I use a few GB per month, but I could limit that if I wanted to.
So I really only "need" about 1GB/month as does my wife. Usually even less.

The kids are a different story, as all of you with kids already know.

I used to have "limited data" of 4GB/month (which was more than enough)
until T-Mobile merged with Sprint and apparently, to even out all their
inconsistent plans, they gave EVERYONE a freebie of unlimited data for the
same price that they were already paying for whatever plan they were on.

As far as I know, EVERYONE on T-Mobile (postpaid) in the USA got this.
So I'm kind of "grandfathered" into that plan which is why I keep it even
as my kids have long since moved out of the house & have their own kids.

But I just looked up T-Mobile's CURRENT family plan for four people:
 "Essentials Saver Family Plan: $100/month for four lines. 
  Includes unlimited talk, text, and data with 50GB of premium data"
 <https://www.whistleout.com/CellPhones/Guides/best-t-mobile-family-plans>

Of course, there is about $20 in taxes added to that so it's $120/month.
Premium data appears to be "prioritized data" when I looked it up.

Back to my $100 plan, I get free roaming in the USA and Europe with it.

Since I'm a stickler for the details, to more completely answer Carlos'
question, not everything is unlimited. For example, the hotspot/tethering
is limited to 5GB/month and when I travel, mostly to Germany, phone calls
are 25 cents per minute but I still get free data & text when traveling.

That $100 turns into $120 with taxes, which I think is a rather expensive
plan for the USA, is it not? I don't know. I haven't looked in years.

What are other people paying for a 4-line plan?