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If you're curious as to what network management is and how it is different from throttling, read here.Īnd, as with all T-Mobile based plans, MetroPCS' smartphone plans prioritize on device data over tethered / mobile hotspot data when on congested towers. And, Metro PCS customers are always prioritized behind T-Mobile postpaid customers when congestion occurs - even before 35GB. Interestingly, Metro PCS has set their network management cap at 35GB, rather than the 50GB that a T-Mobile postpaid plan provides. Metro PCS does not charge overage fees (you are slowed to 128kpbs until your next cycle begins), but they also don't carry-over unused data on capped plans to the next months. Capped data plans allow you to hotspot all of your monthly data, and unlimited plans allow you to hotspot a bucket of your unlimited data - now 10Gb.

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Metro PCS does not offer standalone hotspot plans, nor do they permit you to transfer a SIM card to a standalone hotspot device.Īll Metro PCS plans include phone hotspot/tethering capabilities at full 4G LTE speeds. The $50/unlimited data plan is still available - which does not include any hotspot data - but is unlimited on device data. $40/6GB plan users will be grandfathered in until they end on time payments or change their plan. In terms of capped data plans, Metro PCS actually lowered available data on their $40 plan from 6GB to 5GB. Well, that option now costs $30 per month - but again, you now get 10GB of hotspot data per line. Previously, you could add a line for $25/month, meaning you could add another 8GB of hotspot data to your plan for $25 (awesome). However, they've also increased the price for each additional line on a multi-line plan account. Well, they've upped the hotspot data cap on their unlimited plans from 8GB to 10GB, and held the price point to $60 for the initial line - which is great.

If you're interested in following some of the more recent history of their plan changes, you can read here. It seems to happen with them very few months. Metro PCS has once again changed their plans up. We've warned you about the fluctuating nature of cell data plans - and prepaid cell data plans in particular - right?Īnd T-Mobile's flagship prepaid brand, Metro PCS, seems to like to shake things up within their line up more than most.