T-Mobile Faces Lawsuit After Customers Got Angry Over Price Hike And Changing Policies

T-Mobile cannot catch a break when it comes to landing in the middle of controversies and keeps finding trouble lately. Whether it is about a roaming outage, data breach, or building a cell tower in a school that could potentially harm the children, the telecommunication service provider has faced criticism. Just a while back, an ex-rep's post gained quite the attention for quitting the company due to its organizational culture changing after the Sprint merger and unethical sales tactics. Now, the latest buzz seems to be about a class action against the company by its customers.

Angry customers are pursuing a lawsuit against T-Mobile after it failed to deliver its commitment not to raise prices on legacy plans

T-Mobile's price hike issue has not been new and has been ongoing since April when reports emerged regarding a possible price increase on its way. This coincided with the company increasing prices to $5 despite its claims not to do so. The company has been getting backlash since then, and attempts to tame the complaints filed at FCC and FTC have been of no avail, as the customers are not backing off and taking the frustrations one step ahead with their legal persuasion.

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Customers did not receive the price increase well as it went against T-Mobile's commitment not to raise prices until the customer changed the plan or claimed to protect some plans through the Un-Contract Promise and Price Unlock, which the company marketed in 2022. The National Advertising Division (NAD) asked T-Mobile to make some amendments or change the misleading advertisement of its 5G internet service, which came with the Price Lock guarantee that it did not honor later on.

A group of consumers filed a class action against T-Mobile in the New Jersey Federal Court on behalf of consumers from Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Nevada who were part of the