T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.N) said on Monday it would stop charging penalties for customers who go over their data plan limits and launched an online petition calling for rival carriers to do the same.
The announcement means T-mobile’s customers won’t have to pay for any data beyond the limit they sign up for. Customers who hit their data limit will have their speed slowed down to 2G until they buy another data bucket.
“Today I’m laying down a challenge to AT&T, Verizon and Sprint to join T-Mobile in ending these outrageous overage penalties for all consumers – because it’s the right thing to do,” T-Mobile Chief Executive John Legere said in a statement.
In January, T-Mobile, which is 67 percent owned by Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), launched a website where rivals’ customers can write breakup letters to their carriers and offered to pay up to $350 in termination fees per line for users to switch carriers.
Reuters
