I know, but, T-Mobile also isn’t as good a deal once you go past four lines. The savings aren’t there for me. T-Mobile has tried price comparison with my lines and equipment pricing and we’re talking about $20 for or against my existing plan depending on which rep I speak with and location. I’m running 9-10 lines on my account during any given time.
I considered VZW for coverage improvement but with conversion from CDMA to LTE while AT&T converts from GSM to LTE, their coverage performance seems to be aligning with each other. I actually have single line with T-Mobile for $3/month just for testing coverage. I use factory unlocked A30Plus from Amazon with no problem on WFC but it’s limited usage since not primary number for me.
I feel that BYOD is only supported as weak advertising campaign even for T-Mobile going forward. After merger, I seem them pushing carrier devices to help pay for the deal. The Sprint customer base is already used to it. My belief is that Boost and Virgin prepaid will be folded into T-Mobile owned MetroPCS and Sprint into T-Mobile with postpaid accounts pushing carrier sold devices.
Long term I see all three carriers moving BYOD to prepaid but carrier branded. AT&T, VZW and T-Mobile allude this now while also supporting their own MVNO brands. Prioritization regulations allow them an incremental $5-$10 per line on postpaid vs prepaid and further $5-10 per line carrier brand prepaid vs MVNO owned prepaid. The rollout of 5G will allow tiered service as rolled out with customers deciding service level during 2020-2022 and paying for that 5G infrastructure. The carriers have learned the lessons well with 4G HSPA/LTE demand yield curve.