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I’d recommend looking into Verizon’s discount carrier Visible. I switched a few months ago and am very happy. With “party pay” each member of a party pays their
by cebert 6y ago
I’d recommend looking into Verizon’s discount carrier Visible. I switched a few months ago and am very happy. With “party pay” each member of a party pays their own bill. If your party is 4 or more, you get unlimited calling, text, and data for $25/mo. You can also turn your phone into a hotspot but are limited to 5mbps. Since the network is still Verizon, I still get great service but no longer need to pay a premium price.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoI assume any traffic from an MVNO is lower priority than from an Verizon/ATT/T-Mobile payer, simply because in a congestion situation it makes sense to me that the mobile networks would prioritize whoever they get more money from. I wonder how true that is.
- mikecoles 6y agoAs a Visible customer, I can say the speeds are downgraded. It used to be that if you made it down to 5Mbps, you'd have to call them and your speed will go back up to ~25Mbps. The last few calls have resulted in no speed increases. Time of day doesn't matter so I don't believe their congestion story. They do allow for tethering one device. It's only $40/month and works out well if you just need a slow connection at some location.
- yencabulator 6y agoThat's true, MVNO and prepaid are often deprioritized from the start, while postpaid gets deprioritized only after consuming say 22 GB/month. And the other trade-off is the "real customers" get to roam on other telco's towers (in some scenarios, depending on partnership agreements), while MVNO and/or prepaid often don't.