One subscriber said that perks keep him from switching from his grandfathered Sprint plan to a cheaper Go5G plan. If he switched, he would lose the unlimited hotspot and would have to settle for free Netflix instead of the free Hulu he currently receives.
T-Mobile alerts subscribers of their higher bill coming due in a few days. | Image credit-Reddit
By hiking its rates now, T-Mobile might not have read the room properly. With all of the uncertainty that the global economy faces because of the on-again, off-again, and on-again tariffs, economists have been discussing the possibility that we face a global recession or even a worldwide depression. This is not the right time for T-Mobile to hike its plans by $5 per line and we can expect some repercussions as some consumers start shopping for lower-cost wireless plans.
