T-Mobile this week quietly announced plans to tweak the way its `Mobile Without Borders` feature works, adding a 5GB data cap.
Introduced in 2015 as an Un-carrier initiative, Mobile Without Borders is a T-Mobile feature that`s designed to extend LTE coverage and calling to Mexico and Canada at no additional charge. It was designed to use a customer`s normal voice, message, and LTE data allotments while roaming in Mexico or Canada.
With an unlimited data plan, customers using Mobile Without Borders had access to `unlimited` 4G LTE data up to the standard cap of 50GB while in Canada or Mexico.
Starting on November 12, T-Mobile is limiting LTE data usage for Mobile Without Borders to a maximum of 5GB. After 5GB of data has been used in Mexico or Canada, or a high-speed data allotment has been reached, data speeds will be downgraded to Simple Global speeds (128kb/s for most T-Mobile plans, or 256kb/s for T-Mobile ONE Plus).
T-Mobile says that less than 1 percent of people who travel to Canada or Mexico use over 5GB in a month, and that the change is being implemented to `prevent usage beyond the intent of the product.`
Customers who need more than 5GB of LTE data in Mexico or Canada can sign up for the T-Mobile ONE Plus International plan, which is an additional $25 per month on top of the cost of a T-Mobile ONE plan.Tag: T-MobileDiscuss this article in our forums
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