For months on end, Metro by T-Mobile has had an under-the-table, unadvertised offer running. Subscribers could get an unlimited talk, text, and high-speed data line from Metro by T-Mobile for $25/month simply by calling up the company and asking for it. There was even a variation of the offer that gave customers the same plan but with 10GB of hotspot. The catch on the hotspot offer was that if you switched phones you'd lose the hotspot.
Now Metro by T-Mobile has formally opted to bring back its $25 unlimited talk, text, and 5G data plan. It can once again be seen on the Metro by T-Mobile website. Metro has been formally offering this plan on and off for at least two years. BestMVNO first reported on Metro by T-Mobile launching such a plan in July of 2021.
The latest iteration of the offer is no different than the last time it was formally available. It requires subscribers to port their numbers to Metro and bring their own phones. The plan includes unlimited talk, text, and high-speed data but no hotspot. Video streaming is limited to a resolution of 480p. Customers that use over 35GB of high-speed data during a billing cycle may have their data speeds temporarily slowed down compared to other customers on the same network when the network is congested. Subscribers that have a number currently active on T-Mobile or active on Metro by T-Mobile in the previous 180 days are ineligible for the promotional offering. This is an in-store exclusive offer. A limit of five offers can be redeemed per account. A $20 activation fee may apply.
If the $25/month publicized unlimited plan doesn't work for you, it's possible you can still claim another under-the-table offer from Metro by T-Mobile. According to multiple Redditors (source 1, source 2, source 3) there is a $24/month VIP unlimited plan available. The plan differs from the $25 plan in that it includes 15GB of hotspot data. It's said to be a customer retention offering. The plan may be available by calling Metro by T-Mobile and requesting it but also may require you to tell them something like you are going to switch to Visible's $25/month plan with hotspot if they can't give you something better.
Just effortlessly switched to the $24 VIP plan with 15 GB hotspot.
by u/AmeriocaDaGema in MetroPCS
Metro and their “in-store exclusive offer“s, kinda annoying. I’m not driving 300 miles total trip to go to one of their stores. Even if I’d want the $25 plan.
Their home internet is officially available here, but you can’t get it either unless you go to a store. Go with the Tmobile home internet, direct, if you add an antenna, it voids the warranty, and if it doesn’t work, you’re out over $300 return fee on the modem. Metro, just void the warranty, you don’t have to return the modem, so, if it doesn’t work, you’re not out the extra. Since I require an antenna (worse than -120dBm outside), I’d rather just try Metro. Either their modem would work well enough, and I could keep using it and not spend $500 plus on a 5G router, or, I’d know that I might need that $500+ one. Or, I’d know it wouldn’t work reliably at all. Annoying when a person has to spend $400 on a decent antenna to even try the service (all this, while being officially available at my address).
Tmobile home internet, can order to be delivered (and the store is only 180 miles round trip). Metro, same router(s), store only. Annoying…. Really don’t understand why they don’t make exceptions for this restriction if someone is not within x miles of a store (a reasonable distance) (and I’ve tried calling the stores, and them directly, and messaging on Twitter, etc.).
Imo, the biggest perk about the home internet product is that you keep the modem and they generally offer promos where the unit is $80 out the door when the price is $24.99 instead of $99.99 without the sale; Have opened and closed multiple home internet lines and it hasn’t been a problem. — source: former employee.
Pretty good deal on service for customers with a phone line through them. Tmobile directly too. Just wish it wasn’t the trip to get it.
I ordered a Metro phone to do most of my signal testing, due to it being “free” with just the plan (I can order a phone from them, but not the internet, that requires a ~300 mile trip…, annoying thing number 1). With the signal as poor as it is, it doesn’t work for phone service most places on my ranch. If I go to the highway, a right gets me 30 miles straight to town, with about 3 miles before any service, then after a while, another about 4 miles of no service. If I go left and around, about 35 miles of nothing but roaming, with multiple dead spots on that. So, Tmobile based doesn’t really work for phone service around here.
The other thing that is also annoying, is that Verizon does. And it’s on the same tower. And it’s Tmobile’s low band ~600MHz that’s not getting through my yard/property when Verizon’s band 13 does (~700MHz).
I’ve since tested a couple more phones with the same results.
Thought about finding a used modem on Ebay, but haven’t had much luck (one went, but it was priced as new, of course, and I was too cheap to do that, but I might if I see a decent one).