Ironically, Sievert is accusing last week\u2019s reporting of being \u201clargely inaccurate\u201d and leaving \u201ca lot of room for interpretation\u201d in a chunk of text that we would have never had access to were it not for another The Mobile Report leak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It\u2019s truly hard to wrap our heads around the logic of this type of \u201cclassified\u201d communication for a company that was so open and transparent about its wireless business not so long ago, but at least we now know for sure (not thanks to T-Mobile\u2019s PR department) that the controversial forced plan migrations were intended as \u201ca very small test.\u201d<\/p>\n
In other words, Magenta was only planning to give a \u201csmall subset of customers who are on older rate plans\u201d the \u201copportunity\u201d to get \u201cmore features and more value relative to what they currently have\u201d at a slightly higher price. That doesn\u2019t sound quite as bad as what most people gathered from last week\u2019s leaked documents, but whether this was indeed T-Mobile\u2019s initial aim or not, the \u201ctest\u201d should have been disclosed and clearly detailed much earlier than today and in a much more open fashion.<\/p>\n
So are the forced migrations still happening?<\/h2>\n
You might think that the response to T-Mo\u2019s \u201cvery small test\u201d was bad enough to convince Sievert there\u2019s no point in going ahead with such an obviously failed experiment, but believe it or not, that aforementioned \u201csmall subset of customers\u201d on older plans in need of an upgrade should still expect a notification to alert them of a future change.<\/p>\n
The notification will come by way of \u201ca text and\/or email\u201d at an unspecified time\u2026 unless, of course, T-Mobile eventually decides to cancel the test, which would probably be for the best.<\/p>\n
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If that doesn\u2019t happen and you do end up getting a message informing you of the possibility of a migration to a higher-value and higher-cost plan, fret not, as the \u201cUn-carrier\u201d will offer you the option to stay on your \u201ccurrent plan or a similar plan\u201d if that\u2019s what you want.<\/p>\n
All in all, this \u201cclarification\u201d makes it seem like Magenta caught a lot of flak for nothing this past week or so, but the poor communication remains a problem definitely worth criticizing\u2026 albeit perhaps a little more lightly.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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