The new "limited-time" plans are more interesting for family plans with more than two lines imo, but the short of it is as follows:

- First two lines are unlimited voice, text, data for $49.99/mo per line
- Next three lines are $15/mo per line for unlimited text and data, but limited to 500 whenever minutes (still unlimited nights and weekends)

The T-Mobile deals site details the options like dropping $20/month off the total bill if 1000 whenever minutes would do for the family or knock $10/mo off each of the add-on lines (so $5/mo for them) if the kids don't need data...

The catch is that it requires a two year contract but doesn't include a phone. However, everyone here would bring their own anyways, and with the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile looming over us, a two year contract might actually work to our benefit... If any of you aren't on T-Mobile and getting your 3.5g speeds, you should look into it.

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with T-Mobile. I just think it's a pretty decent deal (though personally, my currently plan with them is still slightly cheaper for my needs).

I think I'll stick to my $15 a month Tmobile plan and pay $1.50 a day for an Internet day pass on the rare days that I plan to be away from my WiFi. Two years is an awfully long committment in this time of quick-changing technology.

I don't think the merger will go thru.

Because Romania is poor country

RCS & RDS offers all subscribers to fixed Internet fiber, a free subscription mobile internet mobile phones.

From 1 August 2011, all subscribers to fixed Internet Digi Net Fiberlink fiber can get free mobile phone internet. Free Mobile Internet, Mobile Net Digi Associate, has a transfer rate of up to 7.2 Mbps and unlimited traffic included a release of the operator.

The phone and unlimited voice subscription * was already offered as a gift.

so i think you are cheated

* my wife have one and drive me crazy with phone calls. free calls > nightmares

What T-Mobile plan is $15/month ?

I have the old $10 unlimited data plan which gets throttled after 5GBs on T-mobile. Be careful with this one though I heard this plan get throttled after only 2GBs supposedly.

It actually says so clearly on that advertisement page.

If that's true, the current deal is basically the same as what you have. Broken down, the costs per line are :

- unlimited data is $10/mo @ 2GB throttle
- unlimited text is ~$5/mo
- unlimited voice is ~$20/mo

Depending on what you want, you can get some freebies. For example:
- unlimited text on the first two lines gets you unlimited text on the additional lines
- unlimited voice on the first two lines gets you 500 minutes on the additional lines

I checked into a T-mobile store yesterday to see how this worked and what it would cost me in the end to switch over from my current plan for my 4 lines. Just to get data and sms´s onto 2/4 lines.

I was also considering adding a second line for myself, for a total of 5 lines.

T-mobile wanted a "plan migration fee" of $150 per existing line for changing over to that above plan, so I politely said hell no.

If they don´t want an extra $40/month from me than that´s fine by me.

Yeah, I read somewhere that if you are in contract already, they would charge you. Depending how far along you are in the current contract, they are charging up to $200. Apparently, some people have had success in making a stink about it though and having the fee waived.

Would be nice to actually have some competition between carriers in the US.
For example, Virgin Mobile (Sprint) has a pretty nice prepaid offer: 300 minutes, unlimited SMS, unlimited data (but with throttling after a certain traffic) for 35 bucks a month. It used to be 25 a month, but in the spirit of US wireless carriers, they increased it by 10 bucks just because.
So T-mobile should do something similar, maybe even cheaper (I think Sprint has more coverage, no?).