One thing we like to talk about here is the agony of signing a two-year cellular contract. It leads to bad things — Sprint knows that. They just lost a $73 million court decision on the matter. It seems T-Mobile understands this. They’re introducing a month to month plan, which will allow customers to enjoy their service without having to make a commitment. Yet, it’s not exactly a prepaid plan.

Instead of paying up front for this plan, seemingly dubbed the Postpaid No Annual Contracts plan, you pay after the fact, as you would any other postpaid plan. Yes, this means a credit check is involved. So that’s definitely a downer. New customers are also still subject to an activation fee.

The plans will resemble T-Mobile’s current lineup of postpaid plans, including FamilyTime and myFaves. Essentially, you’re getting T-Mobile service without committing to T-Mobile. And, as such, you’ll have to pay full price for your phone. Also, you won’t have access to HotSpot @Home. That’s a huge bummer.

I haven’t been able to find out if this is a replacement for FlexPay, which acted similarly. You pick a T-Mobile rate plan, but you pay for it up front every month, as you would a contract plan. Having both of these around could be of advantage to T-Mo. Customers who pass a credit check could get a Postpaid No Annual Contracts plan, while customers who can’t go to FlexPay.

Posted By : Joe
Posted at : July 30th, 2008 - 7:59 am
Filed under : T-Mobile