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I, too, got the same email recently.  I wasn't happy about each of my 7 lines increasing by $3, so I started looking at options, and the new MyPlan with Unlimited Welcome and Unlimited Plus, vs what we now have. I switched 2 lines to Unlimited Welcome, so from the current $30 it dropped to $27 (auto pay, paperless, 5G Start plans), and we lost the hotspot, that I rarely use except when traveling, and I can add it as needed once or twice a year...no biggie.  We are looking to add an 8th line, at the $27, and if I don't see a huge difference in the service I will likely be switching all lines to Unlimited Welcome before the 8/29 increase. I have noticed that internet on the phone seems sluggish since the switch a few days ago.  Signal is strong, but pages take longer to load.  At home on our wifi all is good.  Is the plain vanilla 5G on Unlimited Wecome that much different than 5GStart?  Is there any throttling involved vs the Unlimited Plus 5G Ultra Wideband?  It prbably wouldn't matter on most of the lines, but some may be unhappy with slower/sluggish internet on the phone.  Calls, texting, seem OK. I'd be interested to hear others' experiences after switching to the new plan(s). 

Everyone hates robo calls and scam calls.  They are annoying, disruptive, and can be criminal when they successfully scam someone.   What can I do to lessen their impact on the use of my phone and my day to day life? First, I don't answer calls from a number I don't recognize or have in my contact list.  I can silence or mute the ring sound with one touch; if the caller is legit I'll get a voicemail and I can respond by calling back.  If the voicemail is garbage, I can delete it.  Typically, scammers or robocalls will NOT leave a voicemail. I've also used YouMail and the DitchMail feature (it's all free).  You get a call from a restricted/unknown number, it will play a polite message asking the caller to please unblock their number and call back, and then hangs up on them with no option to leave a voicemail.  And if a call comes in from a known scammer number (marked as such by other callers), it will play the three tones and then "We're sorry, but the number you have called is no longer in service.  Please check the number and dial again." For every trick the phone companies come up with to try and stop these guys, they'll find a way around it (spoofing, for example, so it appears to be a known number or similar to known numbers).  Similar to email scams, where the email seems to come from someone you know, the calls seem to come from your contacts or local numbers.  What I can do is ignore and not let them annoy me; it's going to happen so silence the ringer on that call, and go on.

stef7 wrote: Yes, it's rather counter-intuitive that a limited plan will provide faster speeds. In times of congestion, your data may be temporarily slower than other traffic. You just have to feel for the customers, right? I'm not disagreeing with you, at all.  In fact, I Have the same concerns about the language and the way the Go Unlimited is being advertised and implemented.  Go Unlmited data is lower ont he priority pole than my 4GB plan?  Even though they pay more?  What "other traffic" gets priority? If, in fact, ADPW1980 is on the Go Unlimited, it could explain the data speeds that seem slow all the time.  Go Unlimited basically gets NO data guaranteed at 4G LTE speeds.  If I'm reading the FAQ correctly. And hotspot at 600Kbps from the get go is not worth anything.

ADPW1980 wrote: No certain time of day. This happens around the clock. I'm working from 7 am to 11 am and data is spotty and slow. I'm working again from 7 pm to 12 pm or later and data is slow and spotty then as well. I've also noticed data to be slow at other times throughout the day. If you are consistently using only 2-3 GB per month, why are you on an unlimited plan?  The Medium, 4GB plan at $50, with carryover and safety mode, should be more than adequate, and no worries about throttling or slowdowns.  We have 3 of us on the 4GB plan, and it works just fine.