Comments on: BillShrink Gets Major Marketing Love From T-Mobile. Here’s Why.

By: Billshrink: T-Mobile myTouch 3G trumps iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre « Kentmihlbauer’s Blog

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:20:11 +0000

[...] chart to help you, the consumer, make the right decision about which device to pick. Despite Billshrinkâs relationship with T-Mobile, all the info comes directly from each carrier. Let the flame wars [...]

By: Billshrink: T-Mobile myTouch 3G trumps iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre

Billshrink: T-Mobile myTouch 3G trumps iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:11:26 +0000

[...] chart to help you, the consumer, make the right decision about which device to pick. Despite Billshrink’s relationship with T-Mobile, all the info comes directly from each carrier. Let the flame wars begin. Tweet [...]

By: abd1

abd1 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:40:29 +0000

What about other carriers than the 4 major carriers? I’m with Consumer Cellular and I pay $20 a month for 200 minutes. The phone operates on ATT towers so the coverage is better than T-Mobile and I have no contracts. Why aren’t carriers like Consumer Cellular listed in your comparisons? They’re national and less expensive than the 4 major carriers.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:07:38 +0000

oh and i did try the bill inport three times all failed, what a crock of crapp if billshrink whored themselves to t- mobile who is next,, or are they allreadt there, if a company is biased to one how can it be fair to any??? i wouldn’t trust them for antthing now after seeing the way they handle cell bills

By: chris

chris — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:45:34 +0000

billshrink is defineatly WAY deep in t-mobiles pocket!!! the bias is so blatant it is not even funny
i had to i normally use about 3000 to 3800 minutes to random numbers so circle or favorite plans offer very little benifit. i had to crank up billshrink to 4900 minutes before they would offer a a plan other than t-mobiles 1500 minute plan do they not account for the 3300 other minutes or can it be true that t-mobile over plan minutes are billed at .00000001 cents/ minute? yeah t-mobile , YEAH RIGHT!!!! I know some advertizers are bias but try not to be soo obvious

By: BobK

BobK — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:54:20 +0000

BillShrink does list my voice / data plan from Sprint as my cheapest option. 1500 minutes voice, 4 lines, unlimited data and msgs.

However, it got the comparison with the iPhone flat wrong. It added multiple individual message options to the ATT /iPhone family plan instead of using the unlimited message plan for families. Result was overstatement of the price for ATT by $360/year.

By: ksk

ksk — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:26:59 +0000

I just got the 500 minute plan for 19.95 a month and I love the service and 500 minutes fits me perfect. But the free phone is bulky and heavy, but on the Motorola site it is stated it is the workhorse of the phones. I found it great as I have no contract and they did no credit check.
For Phone and texting for me it is great. TY 500Talk.com

By: Peter Smith

Peter Smith — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:18:12 +0000

I had T-mobile in the past and I’m going back to them . My biggest mistake ever was going to ATT. This Iphone cost me so much money every month and the service is so bad in my area that I hate my nice and costly Iphone now.

By: Rachel Gross

Rachel Gross — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:01:10 +0000

Hi, this is Rachel from Boost Mobile. As many of you know, we are the pre-paid division of Sprint and we operate on the Nextel National Network – with no roaming charges. See for yourself at http://coverage...jsp?language=EN. Once there, enter your address and you’ll see (down to street level) how Boost Mobile’s coverage is in your neighborhood. Be sure to look at coverage for Nextel devices.

By: Kim Bjo

Kim Bjo — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:34:11 +0000

the big deal is the branding and positioning is that tmobile is the cheapest in the country. there are cheaper. that’s all i’m trying to say.

By: Kim Bjo

Kim Bjo — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:33:38 +0000

Peter -

You know as well as I do (or at least you should) that Leap/Cricket, and Boost Unlimited are offering national unlimited dialing. They’re not ‘local’ plans like you suggest.

in short – T-mobile does *NOT* have the cheapest plans in the country…

By: Mike Chimirev

Thu, 21 May 2009 21:02:07 +0000

I had a very bad experience with TMobile’s customer service. After transferring my number from TMobile to Verizon, they continued charging me for ~2 months. 5 conversations (at least 1/2 hour each) with customer service all resulted in them admitting to owing me $57 and promising to mail me the check, but the check never came. This was ~4 years ago, so things might have changed. They still owe me $$$ though…

By: john

john — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:02:05 +0000

I use tmobile specifically because they are the cheapest, but what takes the cake is their superb customer service. I have used all the other carriers and cingular was the worst with sprint my previous favorite years ago. T-Mobile does have the best csr’s of all the others put together. Still the 300min/$30+ plan, their cheapest, seems excessive for my actual use. They are offering an unlimited plan (data is $10 on top) for an even $50/month for ‘preferred’ customers, but I see no reason to practically double the bill for no real reason. I’m one step away from a magicjack coupled to an att tl92378 cordless for a YEARLY bill of $19.95 (us only).
Tip: NEVER buy the cell phone you use from a local phone store. Expansys has a better selection online and you can get exactly the phone you want and not the crap they pawn.
Bill shrink. eh. I need a money magnifier

By: mmbb_c

mmbb_c — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:00:09 +0000

but does this explain why i’m getting “loyalty plan upgrade option” texts and e-mails every few days?

dudes, look at my account–i talk 20 minutes per month (and pay you $29.95 for it), so why the fcuk would i want an “all you can eat” plan? i’m not hungry for that.

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:52:45 +0000

I saw them on one of the national morning shows today and was going to check them out and make my husband check it out as well (it was the today show or GMA). Even a few hundred dollars in this economy is worth saving. Good name as well – I remembered it and not the other competitor they were showing as well. Thanks.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:28:49 +0000

T-Mobile IS cheap, but their coverage sucks. I used them for a year because they were cheap, and they let me sign a contract for only a year, and I couldn’t wait to switch back to Sprint when it was over. The other carriers should PAY their customers to try T-Mobile for a month.

By: Zach

Zach — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:14:45 +0000

Do you gauge how many people are/would be in-network calls?

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:09:14 +0000

The thing I would really love to see in BillShrink to enhance the mobile phone finder include taking into account which handset you want. I have an iphone and it says I can save $1500 in 2 years if I change to a T-mobile plan. That’s great but I have yet to find a prepaid or pay as you go plan that would let me have an iPhone or Blackberry or Palm Pre, or other useful phone. I have high requirements of my handset. It’s not a phone to me, it’s a portable GPS/browser/calendar/useful tool. Also, even though I specified a need for unlimited data it recommended a T-Mobile plan with no data access.

By: Matt Mickiewicz

Matt Mickiewicz — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:54:54 +0000

There’s an nationwide 3G carrier launching this fall in Canada… Expect unlimited data plans and unlimited minute plans.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:37:31 +0000

When will BillShrink tackle mortgages? There is a huge need for individually customized recommendations there.

By: Bronson-Lee

Bronson-Lee — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:58:27 +0000

I don’t really see how this is a problem.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:36:54 +0000

Well, T-Mobile offers a great plan. I just hope they’ll service Canada soon. Any company that could come in here would get a nice piece of the market here now.

By: Derek Williams

Derek Williams — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:37:20 +0000

When I went to BillShrink and used their option to import my AT&T mobile bill. It provided a much more in depth analysis (Top Called Numbers, Networks Called To, Calls by Time of Day, Calls by week, etc). In my case, the top three suggested plans were all from AT&T. It recognized that most of the people I call were on AT&T and therefore I benefit from staying, they just found me a better package that matched my usage. Changing at the start of next billing cycle.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:18:41 +0000

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By: Melvin

Melvin — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:17:24 +0000

But, Peter, with the extensive datamining youve mentioned above, wouldnt geolocating the user and matching thema to a local carriere be the easiest thing in the world?

Youre missing out on the long tail over here.