In fact, AT&T’s Unlimited Elite now matches T-Mobile’s Magenta Max nearly feature-by-feature. If this all sounds familiar, that’s because T-Mobile did more or less the same thing earlier this year.
The new plan features will be added automatically for all current subscribers starting this week. Customers will also get a bump from 30GB of monthly hotspot data up to 40GB as well as up to 4K video streaming - boosted from a maximum of 1080p. Unlimited Elite subscribers will now truly have access to unlimited high-speed data and will no longer be subject to deprioritization after hitting 100GB of data per month. The FCC's industry-wide probe was sparked by Verizon's decision in late July to extend its policy of slowing down the top 5 percent of unlimited 3G data customers to 4G customers - a practice some refer to as throttling.AT&T is adding a few more benefits to its $85-per-month top-tier unlimited plan at no added cost. The additional disclosures we're providing to consumers on this issue will be sure to prevent any confusion and are another solid Un-carrier move." "That's why we make sure crowd-sourced speed tests accurately reflect the true lightning-fast capability of T-Mobile's Data Strong network. "Chairman Wheeler recognizes that speed test apps help consumers make choices among competing mobile broadband services, and we agree," T-Mobile said in a statement.
4 US wireless carrier has also agreed to rewrite the disclosures appearing on its website to provide clearer information about the speeds customers actually experience. The FCC said T-Mobile will send text messages to customers that will help them get more accurate speed information and place links to accurate speed tests directly on their handsets. "Consumers need this information to fully understand what they are getting with their broadband service." I'm grateful T-Mobile has worked with the FCC to ensure that its customers are better informed about the speeds they are experiencing," FCC chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement. "The FCC is committed to ensuring that broadband providers are transparent to consumers.
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Rather than report the actual reduced speed being provided to customers, the exempted speed tests would return information about T-Mobile's full network speed, preventing customers from receiving accurate information about their speeds. Use of certain speed test applications were exempted from T-Mobile's monthly data allotments in June, but the results were not always clearly presented, the FCC said. As spelled out in T-Mobile's service agreement, customers' speeds are reduced to either 128kbs or 64kbs, depending on their data plan. Once T-Mobile customers exhaust their allotment of data, instead of being billed overage charges, their speeds are reduced for the remainder of their billing cycle. The agreement comes in response to an FCC probe launched this summer into wireless carriers' speed reduction practices and concern that customers were not receiving accurate information about their service. The FCC announced Monday that T-Mobile will provide its customers with tools to allow them to accurately gauge the connection speeds they are experiencing after reaching their monthly data caps. T-Mobile has agreed to give its customers more accurate information about the speed of their mobile broadband connection, even when their speeds are being throttled. T-Mobile must provide customers information about the actual speeds they are receiving.
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