Hey, everyone.
It's been a while since I've done a video blog,
and I thought, what better timing and topic than the summer Olympic games?
Listen, I've been a runner just about my whole life.
So for me, the summer games are like Christmas, the Super Bowl, and summer
vacation all rolled into one.
Now obviously, I'm a track and field fan, amongst other events.
But this is three weeks of summer sports binging we only get every four years.
I love it, and I can't wait.
These are the first summer games since I came to T-Mobile,
so I wanted to do something to show our support as a company, too.
There will be as many as 100,000 Americans there,
so we're going to do what we do best.
Dump the status quo, and take the Un-Carrier revolution to real.
T-Mobile customers already have the best international coverage, unlimited data
and texting in 140-plus countries with Simple Global.
But, like we just did for Europe, we're going even bigger for real.
Check this out.
We're giving every post-paid T-Mobile customer
who's going to Brazil in August total wireless freedom.
We're going to give you the fastest unlimited high-speed data
available in Brazil, with unlimited calling in Brazil and back to the US
for the entire month.
All Simple Choice customers get all of this
without paying a penny more and, as always, unlimited
texting to 140-plus countries worldwide.
Not bad, right?
Well, this is a once in a lifetime event for most people.
So we want to let you loose to call, snap, stream, and share
every moment without worrying about coming home to massive bill shock,
like you would with dumb and dumber.
Believe me, they're going to use the games as another chance
to screw their customers out of every possible penny.
It's just what they do.
It's not what we do.
Speaking of dumb and dumber, one of them is actually sponsoring the Olympics.
Good for them.
But do you, the average AT&T customer, have any faith whatsoever
you'll get anything good out of that?
How about their "special Brazil plan," $50 on top of what you already pay for?
Get this-- only one gig of data.
So if you're an AT&T customer and use your phone in Rio
like you do back home, you'll end up paying for your overpriced plan
plus that $50 charge plus overages.
So AT&T's spending their millions hosting VIP parties,
running ads, and pasting their logo all over the place.
And their customers get what?
They get to pay for it.
They get more overpriced plans and more overages.
It's insane.
It's pure carrier bullshit.
But we're not stopping there.
We also want to do something for the more than 500 American athletes
competing.
What these athletes do to get to the top of their sport is just unreal.
It's superhuman.
These athletes have put the rest of their lives
on hold to realize the one goal, to be the absolute best
and kick everyone else's ass.
This is one reason I personally funded runners.
These are world-class athletes competing out of pure love of the sport.
But they wouldn't be there without the support and sacrifice
of their families.
And trips to Rio aren't cheap, so families who can go
should be able to share and stream every frickin' moment of this experience
with the rest of the support crew back home.
For the moms and dads, husbands and wives and sisters and brothers
who help make those Olympic dreams happen,
I'm going to make sure their phone bill is the one thing they absolutely
don't have to worry about.
So here's what we're going to do.
I'm going to give family members of athletes competing
in Rio a free Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and Samsung Gear 360
camera, along with free T-Mobile service to use during the games
so they can capture those special moments
and share them with everybody else back home.
If you're a family member of an athlete, check tmobile.com or the T-Mobile
Newsroom for details on how to sign up.
And don't forget T-Mobile customers on qualifying plans with Binge On
can literally watch the games all day without incurring any data
charges on apps like NBC and Sling TV.
So whether you're in Rio or doing some binging from home,
this summer, consider T-Mobile the official sponsor
of families and fans of the summer games.
In the meantime, don't forget one very important thing.
We still won't stop.