3 chapters across the catalog
Sir Anthony Chresnik of Studio Quento promoted video production services in the Philippines and requested karma for a T-Mobile engineering job. The hosts mentioned their social media connection to T-Mobile CEO John Legere. Other donations were acknowledged from listeners in Atlanta and the Netherlands, including a "retirement karma" request for a long-time supporter.
A personal anecdote about switching mobile carriers to T-Mobile leads to a critique of Apple's confusing new iPhone naming conventions (XS, Max, XR). The hosts compare the current smartphone market to the confusing Macintosh product lines of the late 1980s.
T-Mobile Technical Support, International Roaming Throttling
Frustrating interactions with T-Mobile customer support reveal that international roaming speeds are often throttled to 128 kilobits per second despite paid upgrades. After escalating the issue via Twitter to CEO John Legere, the user is asked to install a social media help app with invasive permissions, highlighting the inefficiency of standard troubleshooting scripts.
