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re: Any OT'ers made the switch to a discount cell carrier?

Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:33 pm to
Posted by Allthatfades
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2014
8679 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:33 pm to
Which one runs off the AT&T towers? Verizon has zero service at my house.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
13897 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:33 pm to
Mint for over a year. No problems. Get billed every 3mo- for roughly the same amount or less than 1mo of verizon.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13357 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:38 pm to
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Been with Mint for a couple years with no problems.

Me too. $15 a month suits me fine. I had more problems getting the $13 that T-Mobile owed me than I've every had with Mint. T-mobile sent me a bill with a negative balance for almost a year after I canceled, before they finally issued me a credit. Going to the store didn't help either.
Posted by Modern
Fiddy Men
Member since May 2011
16970 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 5:41 pm to
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I just switched from Motorola to a PrimeCo phone.


Posted by FOBW
N.O.
Member since Sep 2016
428 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:08 pm to
Cricket. US Mobile also has ATT option.
Posted by go_tigres
Member since Sep 2013
5438 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:22 pm to
Mint for us. $100 a quarter.
Posted by KTShoe
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2020
535 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:25 pm to
Switched to Visible last month from Verizon. Haven’t noticed a difference in service. Was paying $170 for 2 lines, now paying $70.
Posted by TechBullDawg
Member since May 2014
2051 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:47 pm to
Visible. I use it's unlimited data hotspot with no issues.
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
14228 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 6:52 pm to
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Thinking about ditching Verizon for T-Mobile...
I ditched ATT for Tmobile about 3 years ago. With my military discount, I'm paying $80 month for me and the wife, unlimited and I get Neflix included. Just cruised to Mexico and my plan was included there.
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
83078 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 7:00 pm to
Anyone use Red Pocket?

Their radio ad plays about 300 times a day on the college sports Sirius XM channel.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20233 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 7:21 pm to
I have had Straight Talk. Their customer service is awful.

I then switched to Mint Mobile. No issues except they forced me into voice mail and I don't want it. Tech Support could never figure out how to disable it.

Switched to Visible at $25/month with no issues. I have seen offers cheaper... like maybe $19/month for limited time. Verizon network is good. No issues.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
8168 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 7:34 pm to
This is the question for us. We have Verizon. And I hesitate because we are often in the Piney Woods of East Texas and the saved money would not be worth the headache.
Posted by Hat Tricks
Member since Oct 2003
28874 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 7:56 pm to
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This is the question for us. We have Verizon. And I hesitate because we are often in the Piney Woods of East Texas and the saved money would not be worth the headache.


If Verizon works then Visble would also work. Visible runs on Verizon’s towers and network.
Posted by Rza32
Member since Nov 2008
4303 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:30 pm to
Patriot mobile
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
13357 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:31 pm to
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forced me into voice mail and I don't want it. Tech Support could never figure out how to disable it.


I had the same problem, but one of the OTA updates apparently disabled it a few months ago, I think. I'll get a notification once every six weeks that someone left a VM (after my outgoing message explicitly says not to leave a VM, to text or email), but I can't see them. Good enough.
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You can dial ##002# to disable voicemail.
Varying # codes have been debated over the years.
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
11497 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:35 pm to
Tried Straight Talk a few years ago when I dropped Verizon. I always ran out of premium data. They gave me at the time 25 GB a month and I would exceed that. So it would be painfully slow until my next bill day. The truly unlimited plan was about as a expensive as a AT&T so switched to big blue.

Also because you buy for 30 day increments. Every month your billing day would creep up and down the calendar.
Posted by SeafoodPlatter
Member since Jul 2012
839 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:39 pm to
I’m fricking about to, $200 a month for Verizon and their shite network where I get 1 bar of LTE at home within 5 miles of NOLA and sometimes UW but if it doesn’t have full signal strength it’s worse than 4G, it used to be rock solid frick em. Can’t wait til the Starlink direct to cell constellation is done
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
23040 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:39 pm to

Switched from AT&T to Mint last week.

Good coverage and no complaints so far.

Dropped my bill from $58 to $15.
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
20233 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:39 pm to
Good info about 2 years too late.

Happy with Visible.
Posted by Topisawtiger
Mississippi
Member since Oct 2012
3680 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:41 pm to
Been with cricket for 7 years. 5 lines, $140/month
Service has been mostly very good.
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