Do we get a t mobile discount that works with the unlimited plans? I've got a Verizon discount through my wife's work, but it does not apply to the unlimited plan.

Usually the wonderful phone carriers offer a discount only on the base plan. Not sure what plan or discount your wife has, but I've had the military discount with Sprint and Verizon (soon switching to T-Mobile I think), and it really only saves me 10% of around 40-50 bucks... so I save a few dollars. That's it. I just LOVE how they have mandatory data plans for smartphones. That's how they get you.

Service is slow/non-existent in the employee parking lot at ORD.....makes signing in on the phone, not possible.

I went back to Verizon after I was in LAX one day right when D.O.T. opened up (previous company) and had no service, even though I was showing 4 bars 4GLTE. Sure it's more costly but I have unlimited data that works pretty much everywhere and it makes life a helluva lot easier.