T-Mobile ONE Plus Offers Faster International Data

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: August 30, 2016

23 comments

I made the switch from AT&T to T-Mobile back in June, and couldn’t be happier about it. I pay less than half as much as I did before, and I get unlimited international data, can finally tether my phone (I had one of those grandfathered unlimited plans with AT&T that didn’t allow it), and get an hour of free Gogo Wi-Fi on every eligible flight.

I’m perfectly happy with my current plan, though yesterday T-Mobile announced a new plan that might be of interest to international travelers.

They’re introducing T-Mobile ONE, which provides unlimited data for as little as $40 per line. This doesn’t actually change T-Mobile’s current international plan, as they’ll continue to offer 128kbps, up to 2G speeds, with this plan.

T-Mobile-One

However, they’re also introducing T-Mobile ONE Plus, which costs an extra $25 per line per month. This comes with added perks like unlimited 4G LTE tethering in the US and international data at twice the speeds. That means you can get 256kbps internationally, up to 3G speeds. Per T-Mobile’s press release:

2x faster speeds abroad. Already, T-Mobile ONE comes with Simple Global – which includes free data roaming in 140+ countries and destinations. Customers with the new T-Mobile One Plus will get the same awesome global connection at twice the speed, up to 3G speeds wherever available.

One complaint people have had about T-Mobile internationally are the 2G speeds, which are on the slow side, admittedly. They do the trick for me, since I’m mainly using my phone for email, Google Maps, etc., when traveling.

T-Mobile-Simple-Choice

However, there hasn’t been a reasonable buy-up option that I know of with T-Mobile for faster speeds without data caps. T-Mobile ONE Plus finally presents the opportunity to get faster speeds abroad.

Is T-Mobile ONE Plus worth it? I guess it depends how much you travel. I know I’d certainly spend an extra few dollars a day for faster phone speeds when traveling abroad, so I might just upgrade when the new offering is introduced on September 1.

What do you make of T-Mobile ONE Plus, and do you plan on upgrading?

(Tip of the hat to @dbender54)

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Yash New Member

June 21, 2017, 2:21 pm

with the tmobile one plus international roaming but im still questioning myself because singapore airline and emirates provide ONAIR connectivity for cell phone to be used while on the flight. roaming connected and im not sure if it will be extra charges for data, text, and call on the flight

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guisun Diamond

February 21, 2017, 9:12 pm

Feb 17, T-Mobile now have ONE Plus Promo, which gives "Now, activate HD video streaming and 10GB of high-speed Mobile Hotspot data for no extra charge. You'll also get unlimited data in 140+ global destinations at twice the speed (up to 256kbps), included free. T-Mobile ONE includes unlimited talk, unlimited text & unlimited data." So basically you get the HD video and Mobile Hotspot that was not available on the initial T-Mobile One plan for free. When T-Mobile One first came out, I didn't switch because I would lose 7GB of hotspot, even though I was yearning for that 256kbps bump. With this promo now I get HD video (which I don't care), extra 2GB (10GB total) hotspot, 256kbps international data, 1 hour inflight gogo+unlimited text, no taxes and fee, unlimited 4g data/text/calls in Mexico and Canada for $70 flat. My old simple choice plan had no Mexico or Canada, had only 7GB hotspot and 125kbps international data for $70, with tax it was $75. Since T-Mobile eating taxes and fees, basically now I paying $5 less a month for a better plan. Don't know why this promo isn't being mentioned. You basically get select perks from T-Mobile One Plus for free, without actually having to upgrade from T-Mobile One to Plus.

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Drew Guest

September 3, 2016, 12:59 am

For the record, I choose T-Mobile there years ago because of their international service. Although slow in Latin America at the time, I wasn't looking for live streaming or much more than my work email and other one necessary work functions. In fact, my work phone is a VoIP number and that worked flawless in Latin America during my travels. I was never disappointed with my international roaming. Now that this has been doubled, I'm excited. I travel to Central America every Three months so this is attractive. Yes, I signed up for the one plus plan.

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Mike Putman Guest

August 31, 2016, 5:32 am

I travel extensively overseas. My data monthly bill with ATT would run around $700/month With t-mobile this went away. Also note tethering overseas works as well, as mentioned speeds are slow, but it works fine for email and light web browsing. I would add, overseas reception is generally better on t-mob than ATT, but in the US it's not quite as good. I think both carriers still have soft spots. If you are an existing t-mob customer there are draw backs to the new plan that aren't fully uncovered in the article I would do more research before switching. Personally it's not a better plan

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Sherman Guest

August 30, 2016, 10:37 pm

Just in Montego Bay with both Project Fi and T-Mobile. No signal at all for Project Fi and pretty good signal and speed for T-Mobile, which was connected to the largest local wireless operator.

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