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GeorgeBMac said:

goodbyeranch said:

I prepay mint $300 then never think about it again for another year. Cant justify another $900 for mobile service and a $1000 for a 5g phone on top of the $800 i pay per year for Wifi for my Mac, iPad and work PC. No thanks. It all adds up very very quickly.

Interesting that my T-Mobil plan for old farts (55 & over) does not include 5G.   To get 5G I'd have to switch to a standard plan at a substantial increase:   2 lines on my old farts plan costs $55 a month but the regular "essential" plan that includes 5G would cost $90 - almost 2/3's more!

But, to be fair, the 55 plan was always cheaper so not all of that could be tied directly to 5G.   But for me, it would still be a substantial increase.

I would think T-mobile would allow 5G on the 55 and over plan since they rolled it out first on the sub frequency that should improve coverage in rural areas. If not for the speed, at least make sure the 55+ plus plan has good service coverage with 5G for these people to have service and make calls when needed. After all they agreed to increase rural area coverage as part fo the sprint merger. I guess I will find out if the coverage with sub 5G is better sometime today since I am in that rural area.