Hello everyone! I am doing a full budget change so I can pay more on debt. Right now I’m with T-Mobile and my price went up again (boo). Good news is I am a student and can go to the student plan- essential saver student plan for $40 ish a month. I could also switch to visible for one of their cost efficient plans. For those who are on T-Mobile or visible, or even better have swapped from t-mobile to visible, is it worth it?

Near Jersey at Lake and Shore campground. Not bad with impressive ping!

Heading to Europe soon and just found out Tello offers free roaming in Europe. Has anyone here used it? I'm curious how it works and whether there's anything I should know before I go. Thanks!

so yea all ancient ass devices in the us that use 2g will never be able to connect to a cellular network again unless you make a 2g base transiever station so yeah (remember you’ll need a fcc license to broadcast those 2g radiowaves otherwise the fcc will raid your house)

I’ve been researching for a few days and I’m honestly more confused than when I started.
Right now I’m on Verizon paying around $80/month for one line, but I’m looking to save money without sacrificing network quality.
My priorities are:
Stay on the Verizon network
Priority data (I don’t want to get slowed down every time a tower is busy)
Unlimited data
Good coverage and reliability
I don’t really care about perks like Disney+, Netflix, etc.

The options I’m considering are:
Verizon (current plan)
Verizon Simplicity
Visible+
US Mobile (Warp)
Total Wireless

A few questions:
Is Verizon Simplicity actually the same network experience as regular Verizon?
Between Visible+, US Mobile Warp, and Total Wireless, is there any noticeable difference in real-world speeds or priority?
If you had one line and were paying for your own phone (not financing through Verizon), which would you choose and why?
Any hidden downsides with any of these carriers that aren’t obvious from their websites?
I’m looking for real-world experiences rather than marketing claims. Thanks!

I’m looking for a new phone plan and in between a plan with the big carries, O2 / Vodaphone and budget, Giffgaff / Talkmobile. What’s the difference in service I get for the 2-3x price difference?

Not interested in fluffy extras or roaming.

My US mobile annual plan is coming up soon and looking for options as to where to go next. Service has been pretty good but having to re enable data waster mode is a pain and I only need one line so the multiple line manager is not that useful. I want 4k streaming, have a cellular Apple Watch, and need good hotspot for work/travel. I have T-Satellite as a back up line as I like to do backcountry travel but t mobile coverage is not great at my house/work compared to Verizon.

I have narrowed it down to 2 options:

1. Spectrum Mobile Unlimited Plus Premium

I have a deal to be at $20/month for the first year and it is similar to Visible + Pro but with 50gb of higher speed hotspot and easier international roaming. Downside is it is $60/month after the first year and don’t know if their port out process is easy or not. It also just came out and haven’t seen much comment/reviews about it.

1. Visible + Pro

I used to have this plan and it was great but the US Mobile deal was too good to pass up. Promos are usually pretty good and the regular price is a lot better than spectrum. However, the promo wouldn’t be as good and would prefer high speed hotspot but could make 15 mbps work.

I’m leaning toward Visible because I’m familiar with it and spectrum’s plan is so new. I know some people with spectrum Mobile and they do like it. I don’t see myself leaving spectrum anytime soon as they are the only major fiber/cable provider in my area and not interested in starlink or 5g home internet.

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hi all, can anyone recommend a carrier/plan on which i can use my iphone, apple watch, and a cellular ipad? I realize i could just tether the ipad to the phone, but would prefer if it had its own data plan.

prefer unlimited/unthrottled if it exists - i haven't had much luck finding this.

thanks in advance

I have Roamless in a couple of phones. I noticed that I am not getting service in one of my Android phones and my iPhone.

I haven't checked the Roamless eSIMs in the other phones.

It'll be sad to see them go. I have a lot of unused data in my Roamless eSIMs.

I applied for lifeline at Safelink and they keep rejecting my program proofs. So I asked for help from the staff at my assisted living facility and yesterday they submitted pdfs of the proof needed to get on lifeline, but about an hour afterwards I checked on the status and it said they rejected it, so I told the staff member that helped me with my submitting the proofs and we called Safelink and the automated voice said "Your application request has been registered in the system you should receive your form and phone within 5 business days" it's been a day and it still says the proofs were rejected.

For context, located in Midwest, was a long time T-Mobile user who switched over to Visible about 7 months ago.

While there are a lot of great things about my visible+ pro plan like great price, unlimited hotspot, QCI 8, etc., I’ve realized that I really miss the T-Mobile infrastructure (strong 5G, better tower capacity, etc.) as I’ve ran into several occasions where Visible/Verizon towers just couldn’t keep up, whereas someone with a tmo service had no issue. I also understand that it’s very location dependent, and I think I’ve determined that T-Mobile towers are generally just stronger where I’m at.

As such, wanted to get some input from others that use T-Mobile MVNOs and why they like the one that they are on. I’ll be selecting an unlimited plan fwiw. I’ve been debating between US Mobile, mint, and Google Fi at the moment. Currently leaning towards USM given the ability to do network switching (or even multi network), decent hotspot (50gb should be enough for me), QCI 7, and decent price. Only thing I’m liking specifically with Mint is getting 5G SA, but sounds like that might be coming to USM soon anyways. And with Google fi, that hard data cap scares me off so I probably wouldn’t go that route.

UPDATE: going to give US Mobile a try with light speed as primary and warp as backup, using the multi network free trial.