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Ah, there always has to be fine print, doesn't there? Don't get us
wrong -- $40 for unlimited talk and text alone is still a pretty
fantastic deal in the scheme of things -- but in tweaking its LTE
service plans today, MetroPCS has made the data situation just a
little confusing. Technically, the $40 plan also includes unlimited
web access plus YouTube... but at the $50 price point, you get 1GB of
"additional data access" for features that aren't covered under
MetroPCS' definition of "web browsing." You also get turn-by-turn
navigation, international text messaging, access to corporate email
accounts (another arbitrary distinction that we'd kind of like to see
go away), and audio / video features through the carrier's MetroSTUDIO
service. At $60, you get unlimited access to MetroSTUDIO including 18
channels of on-demand video content. MetroPCS' lowest-cost LTE
offering had previously been $55, so it's a step in the right
direction -- but pro-net neutrality? Yeah, not so much. Follow the
break for the press release.
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