Posted by: Anthony Carter in T-Mobile, g1, data cap on
Sep 26, 2008
T-Mobile has relented on the data cap for their T-Mobile G1. As many smart phone fans know, T-Mobile originally included this caveat on their tech specs for the G1: “If your total data usage in any billing cycles is more than 1GB, your data throughput for the remainder of that cycle may be reduced to 50 kbps or less.” Many potential G1 buyers balked at this. T-Mobile took note, and has stated that they’re removing the 1 GB data ceiling. Instead, they’re reserving the right to place restrictions on any user who uses excessive amounts of throughput.
While they don’t really give a number for what they consider “excessive,” they do say that they will cap anyone who uses so much throughput that it causes performance issues with the network. A T-Mobile representative stated that they are still in the process of finalizing the terms of their new data plan, but customers can be assured that they will be able to take full advantage of T-Mobile’s 3G network without fear of reduced throughput for normal usage.
