Current:Home > MarketsT-Mobile is switching some customers to pricier plans. How to opt out of the price increase. -Finovate
T-Mobile is switching some customers to pricier plans. How to opt out of the price increase.
View
Date:2025-04-26 13:26:24
If you’re a T-Mobile customer, take a close look at your phone bill.
The cell phone carrier is running a test in which it automatically switches some customers to more expensive rate plans unless they opt out.
"We haven’t kicked it off yet, this would be a small-scale test where we reach out to a small subset of customers who are on older rate plans to let them know they have the opportunity to move to newer, better plans with more features and more value," T-Mobile said in a statement to USA TODAY.
The rate hike affects some customers on older unlimited plans such as T-Mobile One, Simple/Select Choice, Magenta and Magenta 55 Plus. Those customers will be migrated to Go5G.
The new plans increase the cost per line by $10 (or $5 a line with auto pay). Go5G plans start at $75 a month per phone line including taxes and fees.
"Eligible customers would hear from us when this starts," T-Mobile said. "No customer accounts will be changed until then."
How to opt out of the T-Mobile rate hike
Customers can choose to stay on their current or similar plan if they prefer, T-Mobile said. If you want to opt out, call T-Mobile customer service.
T-Mobile markets itself as a customer-friendly “Un-carrier” but, with its 2020 takeover of Sprint, it has led a wave of consolidation that has left consumers with fewer choices.
T-Mobile-Sprint mergerWill you pay more for your cellular plan?
The carrier – now the country’s second largest of three nationwide cell phone networks – pledged not to raise rates on plans for three years to win regulatory approval for the Sprint takeover.
Rivals AT&T and Verizon raised rates on older plans last year.
veryGood! (4734)
Related
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Magnitude 3.4 earthquake recorded outside of Chicago Monday morning
- Shannen Doherty's Charmed Costar Brian Krause Shares Insight Into Her Final Days
- Top Florida GOP fundraiser launches GoFundMe for Trump rally shooting victims
- The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
- MLB power rankings: All-Star break arrives with new life for Red Sox, Mets and Astros
- Milwaukee's homeless say they were told to move for the Republican National Convention
- Amazon Prime Day Must-Have Swimwear: Ekouaer Stylish Swimsuits, Your Summer Essentials
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- What to know about the attempt on Trump’s life and its aftermath
Ranking
- Israel lets Palestinians go back to northern Gaza for first time in over a year as cease
- Full transcript of Face the Nation, July 14, 2024
- Senior North Carolina House budget writer Saine says he’ll leave legislature next month
- Horoscopes Today, July 14, 2024
- Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
- Morgan Wallen announces homecoming Knoxville concert. Here's how to get tickets
- Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor’s appointment
- Man arrested in the U.K. after human remains found in dumped suitcases
Recommendation
Jamie Foxx gets stitches after a glass is thrown at him during dinner in Beverly Hills
Lightning-caused wildfire in an Arizona forest still uncontained, leads to some evacuation orders
Jon Jones due in court to face 2 charges stemming from alleged hostility during drug testing
First Tulsa Race Massacre victim from mass graves identified as World War I veteran after letter from 1936 found
Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
Powerball winning numbers for July 13 drawing: Jackpot rises to $64 million
Billionaire Ambani wedding festivities included Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber performance
Vermont seeks federal damage assessment for floods caused by Hurricane Beryl’s remnants