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| "The deals you miss don’t hurt you”-B.D. Raney Sr. |
I need to do something. I've been on AT&T since 2000. My bill has slowly crept up every year. It’s nearly $90/ month now for just me. Sure, I get HBO MAX, but I just really don’t feel like I’m getting my full value. What is the consensus on other providers? The big ones all seem kind of the same to me. As in, expensive. But what about Mint, Patriot, etc. ? | ||
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Been with Visible for about a year with no issues. They are part of Verizon, flat $25 a month. | |||
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| Short. Fat. Bald. Costanzaesque.  |
I've been on Mint Mobile for about 5 years. $240 a year, minus $10 a month since I've recruited 2 people, so basically almost nothing for 15gbs of 5g service. The only drawbacks are they don't support Apple Watch (which I don't have) or serious use of the hotspot. I figure for about $12 a month, I'm doing pretty good. New members get an iPhone 15 for about $77 a month total. ___________________________ He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries. | |||
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| A man of few words |
Another vote for Visible. We've had them for about three years now. Zero issues with coverage and $25 a month for unlimited everything. | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
We jumped from over 20 years on AT&T to T-mobile. Excellent service and outstanding pricing. Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Consumer Cellular has been pretty good so far. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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| Eschew Obfuscation |
Just switched to Visible 2 months ago. No issues at all. Like TomV, I pay $25/mo all in. _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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If you have home internet service from Comcast or Spectrum, you are eligible for an excellent cell phone service plan, using Verizon towers, at very low cost. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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With limited exception for more regional carriers (such as US Cellular), if it's not AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon, you are paying for one of those companies just under a different name. Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) can offer a great value but it will often be at the expense of customer service, prioritization on the network, and roaming capabilities. For a lot of people, this will not be an issue. For others, it may be a real challenge. The nice thing about the existence of number portability is that you can generally give it a shot for a few months and switch again if it isn't for you. The biggest suggestion I would have for somebody looking at an MVNO is to try to pick one who uses the network (AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, or a regional) that works best where you intend to use the phone. | |||
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We love Mint. Transparent transition from T-Mobile, third the price.   | |||
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Zero issues with US Mobile MVNO on the Verizon network in Iowa. Excellent customer service getting three lines set up with new phones, especially when Verizon messed things up in about every way possible. | |||
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| Shit don't mean shit |
I've had Verizon pre-paid for several years. It's $35 per month with auto-pay for 15 GB of data, then it gets lowered by $5 after 3 months, then another $5 after 6 more months. My bill is $25 per month. I use most of my data at home, so I just connect to my home wifi automatically. I use cellular when not at home. Verizon Pre-Paid plans | |||
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| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle  |
We switched from att to cricket a few years ago. They use the same att towers. For 4 phones with unlimited everything and 1 hot spot we pay $110/mo. Under att our bill was +$300. Would do it again. | |||
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| Saluki |
This right here I’ve watched dozens of people rave about the low cost awesomeness of their cell provider. Great let’s leave the metro and we will see. SW Wisconsin dead vast expanses of the Dakotas dead. If there is a place I want my phone to work it’s away from the couch. ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | |||
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| Gone but Together Again. Dad & Uncle |
^^^ All I can say to this is we have had ZERO issues with Cricket. Granted we live in a major metro area but we do regularly travel from St Louis to DC via car. Our daughter travels way more than we do and never has issues as well. Perhaps what both of you are describing pertains to exceptionally remote areas of the US? | |||
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| Knows too little about too much  |
Google "MVNO" for a listing of the alternates and the networks they ride upon. RMD TL Davis: “The Second Amendment is special, not because it protects guns, but because its violation signals a government with the intention to oppress its people…” Remember: After the first one, the rest are free. | |||
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| Min-Chin-Chu-Ru... Speed with Glare |
We’ve had Xfinity Mobile for a couple of years with zero complaints. Xfinity uses Verizon towers so signal strength has been excellent. Two unlimited calling and texting lines with 3 gig data shared costs about $60 monthly. | |||
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If you're wanting to stay with ATT, you could look at ATT Prepaid, they have a 12-month prepaid plan that is $300 ($25/month) before taxes and includes unlimited talk/text & "Unlimited data" plus 10GB for Hotspot data. ...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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| Ignored facts still exist |
Do you travel outside of the USA at all? If so, then that changes which carrier you may want to go with. I stick with AT&T because I sometimes find myself in foreign countries. plus during busy times, most of the 5G high bandwidth availability goes to real AT&T customers and not an MVNO customer. MVNO's are sometimes throttled back. . | |||
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Really? That phone call is on the list this week then thanks. | |||
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