T-Mobile has been slowly expanding its space within the fiber internet market as it soflty grows out into what will eventually become another formidable competitor. What was a soft launch has now become a hard launch after it has integrated its most recent acquisition into the mix.
The company acquired Lumos last month (April 1st), and now that everything seems to have combined into T-Mobile Fiber Home Internet, the service now spreads to over half a million customers (mostly with a focus on the East Coast). From there, it will continue to expand where Lumos left off, and is celebrating it all by referring to June 5th as a “hard launch” of the service.
With that comes affordable pricing and plenty of specs to go with it. A popular trend with most fiber providers (with the exception of Cox Communications) as they all battle it out to offer the most attractive fiber services.
T-Mobile’s normal pricing won’t be some of the best when compared to some services (like Quantum), but it still beats out the higher options and they will be offering what it is being called “Founder’s Club” accounts in the beginning, which allow users to sign up and lock themselves into a 10 year price lock. This will come with 2 Gbps (both directions), unlimited data, and access to T-Mobile Tuesday discounts, all for $70/month (with autopay enabled). A tier that puts them in line with all of the best prices out there.
All other tiers will offer a 5-year price lock (which seems to be the only other major difference outside of price and the 500 Mbps account not coming with whole-home Wi-Fi equipment), and speeds/tiers will include 500 Mbps, 1 Gbps, and 2 Gbps. Again, these speeds reflect both download and upload speeds.
As mentioned, they are mostly focused on the East Coast, so it will take some time before it expands anywhere else. So we likely won’t be seeing it here on the West Coast any time soon (if at all). But any fiber competitor (anywhere) is a good fiber option to have. Helping to keep things competitive and affordable for many, and helping to transition more users away from outdated coaxial and DSL services.
