Comments on: T-mobile Introduces Month to Month Contracts

By: Ronnie Langley

Ronnie Langley — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:15:55 +0000

not so gr8

By: runtmasterflex

runtmasterflex — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:50:45 +0000

There is a number of advantages of this over Flexpay, w/ the flexpay monthly contract you pay more than your postpaid counter parts for your monthly access fees. Not only that but some features are not available to flexpay customers such as callertunes and Hotspot@home. Not to mention the fact that you have to worry about putting money in your account to buy a ringtone, send an SMS/MMS if you don’t have a bundle or make an Intl. call.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:58:23 +0000

The month to month contracts has been delayed due to technical issues. They should be out soon.

By: lee

lee — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:14:26 +0000

if this things u say r true why r thet not on tmobile.com

By: timmyjoe42

timmyjoe42 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:52:30 +0000

I don’t see any mention of this on the website. I only see the flexpay, which is slightly more appealing because of the no activation fees.
Will this no contract or flexpay work if I have one line under contract, and add a second line where I bring in my own phone? I expect the original phone will keep it’s original contract date, and the second line will be free of ETFs, right?

By: socalfrank

socalfrank — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:23:58 +0000

I just signed up for the T-Mobile @ Home plan and even though I added 2 lines and bought the $50 router (which didn’t show a difference in price for 1 or 2 years, the rep forced me to sign a 2-year contract with a $200 penalty per line for cancellation. Not cool.

By: Mr.Z

Mr.Z — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:16:54 +0000

Uh… Tmo would not be the first with month to month post paid plans… AT&T already has this.. But, it’s good to see carriers realizing that some people dont need an equipment subsidy.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:53:57 +0000

Bryan: A customer might opt for this option over FlexPay to avoid the hassle of pre-paying for all services.

Roger: FlexPay is for people with no credit, or insufficient credit for T-Mobile to consider them an acceptable risk for monthly payments. If the customer pays up front for each month of service, though, T-Mobile gets the money first. If the customer doesn’t pay, T-Mobile knows _before_ the customer’s used the services. T-Mobile loses less revenue if the accounts are suspended or cancelled more promptly, so the risk is less for the company.

I, for one, am glad that people will get to know just how much phones cost. I think people would be better off realizing that even that “free” phone isn’t free. It’s amazing the abuse that people cause by being careless. I bet they wouldn’t be so careless if that “free” phone cost a hundred or more dollars

Also, a note on prepaid handsets: keep in mind that prepaid handsets are very heavily subsidized, and T-Mobile loses money on them. If too many people buy them for postpaid accounts, T-Mobile may have to change the equipment used for prepaid accounts. They’ve already permanently locked some of them, so they cannot be unlocked for use on another network. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch…the cost gets passed to the customers at some point.

By: Roger Alford

Roger Alford — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:25:59 +0000

Credit check on a month to month?

Why not just change FlexPay to make the person pay at the end?

By: Joseph Singer

Joseph Singer — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:19:56 +0000

If you lose a phone you pay full retail anyway. I’m not sure what your point is. This plan will be good for those who want to bring a phone they already have (like a Nokia N95) for brand new service, but don’t wish to commit to the service for one or two years which is necessary even on the lowest priced plans.