On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:56:03 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in <47bc3ed0$0$36411$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>4phun wrote:
>> T-Mobile Offers Unlimited Plan, Too
>> Phone Scoop posted Today, 4:35 PM by Eric M. Zeman
>>
>> Today T-Mobile also announced that it will offer subscribers an
>> unlimited plan for $99 per month. T-Mobile's offering is the only plan
>> announced today that includes both voice and messaging services at the
>> $99 price point. The new plan will be available beginning February
>> 21.
>>
>> from T-Mobile
>>
>> The GSM deal is better than Verizon's.
>
>It's unlimited voice and messaging, not voice and data. You need to
>understand the difference.
>
>T-Mobile offers unlimited "voice and messaging" not data. Since they
>don't have a data network in the U.S., they don't have to worry about
>their network being overwhelmed.

T-Mobile most certainly does have a data network in the USA.

>Sprint is now the only carrier without an unlimited plan.

Sprint actually has an unlimited plan in trial.

>If they really
>want to trump the competition then they could offer a true unlimited
>voice _and_ data plan. Unlikely since the reason AT&T and Verizon have
>capped their data plans is because the 3G networks don't have sufficient
>capacity for such plans.

Total nonsense.

>At $60/month for true unlimited data, a lot of
>DSL users might be tempted to use 3G as their primary Internet connection.

Such abuse is the reason for capping.

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