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Looking for Consistent Phone Plan Pricing? Save With T-Mobile’s 5-Year Guarantee

Costs are rising everywhere. Two T-Mobile phone plans offer some price security.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have one of your monthly expenses remain stable for a while? Phone plans have seemed tumultuous recently, which is why T-Mobile’s five-year price guarantee with new Experience plans was such a surprise when it was announced earlier this year. With costs increasing on everything, and knowing that phone plans often come with strings attached, we’ve looked into the details of this deal so you can start saving on your next phone plan.

T-Mobile’s price guarantee applies to the Experience plans but not the Essentials plans. The first tier is Experience More, which starts at $90 per month for a single line and includes Unlimited Premium data and text. It also offers 60GB of high-speed hotspot data (then unlimited at 3G speeds), Apple TV Plus, Netflix (with ads), Hulu (with ads) and is upgrade-ready every two years. If you need three lines, you’ll get the third one free. This plan includes five-year price protection and is $5 less when you sign up with AutoPay.

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Experience Beyond is the next tier, which starts at $105 per month and offers unlimited talk and text, plus 250GB of high-speed hotspot data (then unlimited at 3G speeds). Every streaming service listed above is included, as well as smartwatch and tablet lines starting at $5 per month. Beginning in July, Experience Beyond customers will get T-Satellite service included in the plan. (Experience More customers can get T-Satellite free through the end of 2025, then pay $10 per month as an add-on.) Other perks include upgrade eligibility every year and 30GB of high-speed data in Mexico and Canada. T-Mobile will knock off an extra $5 per month when you sign up for AutoPay, which means you’ll pay just $100.

Families can sign up for two lines and get the third line free, which can save them up to 20% when switching from other carriers. A quick reminder that the five-year price guarantee applies only to the Experience plans and doesn’t apply to other T-Mobile plans.

Looking for more ways to save on your phone bill but aren’t sure if this deal is right for you? We’ve rounded up a list of the best phone plans so you can view all of your options.

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Why this deal matters

T-Mobile’s five-year price guarantee is a great way to have a consistent phone bill that can also save you on data fees and subscriptions. Both eligible Experience plans are an additional $5 off when you sign up for AutoPay. With so many price increases on other basics, this is a great deal for anyone who wants to save on a recurring monthly expense.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, Aug. 30

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Aug. 30.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s the long Saturday one, and it’s going to take a while — some of them are tough. Need help? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

Sadly, the NYT Mini Crossword is now behind a paywall. You can of course subscribe to the Times’ Games package to receive full access. If you just can’t, there’s at least one way you can still access it.

Read more: The New York Times Mini Crossword Is No Longer Free to All: Here’s One Way to Play

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: «Thanks, I ___ you one!»
Answer: OWE

4A clue: Egg-laying mother
Answer: HEN

7A clue: Plant with tart red stalks used in pie filling
Answer: RHUBARB

9A clue: Proud father of daughters, in lingo
Answer: GIRLDAD

10A clue: Tart-tasting beers
Answer: SOURS

11A clue: Largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Answer: STCROIX

13A clue: Wedding companion
Answer: PLUSONE

14A clue: «Mm-hmm»
Answer: YEP

15A clue: Booker T. and the ___
Answer: MGS

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Wikipedia’s URL ender
Answer: ORG

2D clue: It might be blown in the fourth quarter
Answer: WHISTLE

3D clue: Continent-wide soccer tournament, informally
Answer: EUROCUP

4D clue: Wasn’t too full for dessert
Answer: HADROOM

5D clue: Wiping, as a hard drive
Answer: ERASING

6D clue: Texter’s «Don’t worry about it»
Answer: NBD

8D clue: Fuzzy photo features
Answer: BLURS

11D clue: Many a character on Apple TV+’s «Slow Horses» or Netflix’s «Black Doves»
Answer: SPY

12D clue: Crosses (out)
Answer: XES

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 30, #811

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 30, #811.

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle had some super-weird words in it. Reich? Stink? Suck? Both Emo and Eno? Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Hit the right notes.

Green group hint: Bad.

Blue group hint: Good.

Purple group hint: Modern music.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Music genres.

Green group: Not be good.

Blue group: Do exceptionally well.

Purple group: Contemporary composers.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is music genres. The four answers are emo, funk, metal and pop.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is not be good. The four answers are bite, blow, stink and suck.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is do exceptionally well. The four answers are eat, rock, rule and slay.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is contemporary composers. The four answers are Cage, Eno, Glass and Reich. (John Cage, Brian Eno, Philip Glass and Steve Reich.)

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Aug. 30, #341

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Aug. 30, No. 341.

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. The purple category was a complete guess for me, and I didn’t do great on the blue category either. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.

Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta

Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Gridiron event.

Green group hint: Buckeye state.

Blue group hint: Honors pitchers.

Purple group hint: Atlanta player.