T-Mobile's New Data Plans Include
Smartphone Tethering Option
Now that T-Mobile is boosting its 3G network to HSPA+ technology, it is finally offering the tethering service that so many smartphone users have longed for. T-Mobile now has two different data plans, with the tethering option available as an add on.
The first data plan is called the "Web - 200MB Plan" and it offers 200MB of data for $10 per month -- if you're willing to sign a contract. In an interesting twist, T-Mobile is also offering 200MB for $15 per month with no contractual obligation. The assumption is that for those who wish to extend an existing contract on a month-to-month basis, they can switch to the $15 plan if they want.
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When customers consume 90% or 180MB of data in a given bill cycle, they’ll receive a text message from T-Mobile advising them they are nearing their monthly threshold. At the 200MB threshold, they are sent a similar message and are charged $0.10 per MB up to a maximum of $40 total, including the Web – 200MB plan fee. If the customer is on a family plan, the primary account holder will also receive an SMS warning.
The second data plan is called the "Web - Unlimited Plan" and, as the name implies, offers customers unlimited mobile broadband for $30 per month. Rather than slap users with overage charges for abusing the network, T-Mobile said it will throttle users who surpass 5GB per month. That means heavy users will still have access, but at dramatically slower speeds.
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Select smartphone owners will have the option to add the "Tethering and Wi-Fi Sharing Service Plan" for an additional $15 per month. This is among the lowest additional monthly charges for tethering and Wi-Fi sharing in the industry. Verizon Wireless, for example, charges an additional $30 per month for tethering, and AT&T charges an additional $20.
The bummer is that not all of T-Mobile's smartphones offer tethering.
When the service goes live later this year, it will be accessible from the T-Mobile myTouch 4G, the LG Optimus T, and the T-Mobile Comet. Android 2.2 is required. Later, tethering and Wi-Fi sharing will be enabled on the T-Mobile G2 via a software update, but T-Mobile wouldn't say when. The G2 also runs Android 2.2.
The G2 and myTouch 4G both are capable of using T-Mobile's HSPA+ network, which can hit download speeds up to 21Mbps at theoretical peak.
T-Mobile didn't say if or when non-Android handsets would have tethering capabilities.
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