Virtually nobody is going to care about throttling you can turn off yourself. They probably shouldn't have defaulted it on, but 1080p video over LTE is a shitty use of network resources.
I'm more pissed off they were advertising free video streaming yet it's only on the more expensive data plan. I burnt through my data allotment at the airport in a single afternoon because I believed the advertising.
...but 1080p video over LTE is a shitty use of network resources...
Agreed, but if you spend any time in the dens of the cordcutters, this was a key part of their plan. Not saying it was a smart plan, just their plan and why they're so upset now.
I totally don't blame TMO for doing what they did to preserve tower time from the hogs, but their execution was pretty lousy.
I had been keeping T-Mobile because I wanted a GSM carrier in the US that wasn't AT&T. I get pretty terrible coverage in my semi-rural area, but I liked their policies. Now I'm less sure what to think.
What phone do you have? If it's a new phone that support band 12 (700 mhz), your semi-rural area may have perfect LTE coverage now. My grandparents just got a new phone and they have data coverage for the first time ever, but I'm on an iPhone 6 that doesn't support band 12, so I don't get data when I'm there.
I'm actually permanently roaming on Iowa Wireless but keeping my T-Mobile account from when I lived elsewhere. I do have LTE right now at work, but visiting the in-laws 15 miles away quickly turns it into a 2g or 0 signal scenario.
I'm more pissed off they were advertising free video streaming yet it's only on the more expensive data plan. I burnt through my data allotment at the airport in a single afternoon because I believed the advertising.