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by boromi 2766 days ago
10$/GB is way too expensive Compare: - ATT unlocked pay as you go you get 8GB with ROLLOVER for 40$ a month (autopay) - TMobile for 40$ per month you get 10GB (not sure about rollover)

This service seems very niche and only for international travellers.

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T-Mobile One is $70/mo with autopay for a single line. It goes down to $40/mo if you have 4 lines.

T-Mobile One is actually unlimited, though they say they will deprioritize your traffic if you use a lot of data. This is still better than some other vendors that start to actually throttle you down to 3G speeds. Also, T-Mobile's tethering is not throttled, unlike some other vendors (e.g. Verizon's "gounlimited").

Last I checked you could still get their cheaper "Simple Choice" prepaid plan for $40/mo, but that's very limited data-wise, something like 2 or 3GB.

It is nice for international travelers though. For ATT pay as you go, you get free Mexico and Canada traveling but they don't offer any reasonable rates outside of those two countries (it's all pay-per-minute/text/MB at exorbitant prices). Their postpaid plans have some slightly better options outside of the country but wouldn't be called great by any stretch of the means, in almost all cases you're better off just getting a local prepaid SIM.
You can currently get unlimited data for $40/month on T-Mobile if you can bring 4 lines.
Link to that AT&T plan?

If you use small amounts of data Fi is cheaper. Most of my bills are under $30.