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Honestly, this kind of statement makes me more likely to consider them. I was on post-paid T-Mobile many years ago, but I left because it was entirely unusable

Honestly, this kind of statement makes me more likely to consider them. I was on post-paid T-Mobile many years ago, but I left because it was entirely unusable outside of cities. Signal would cut out entirely 4-5 times on a 2 hour drive. If my destination was anywhere with more than about 500 feet between houses, I was probably impossible to contact until I left. This just tells me that the situation might have improved. I'm pretty happy with my current mobile provider (a Verizon low-priority MVNO), but if that changed I might seriously think about something that runs on T-Mobile.

gms7777 4y ago
T-mobile coverage got considerably better in rural areas sometime around 4 years ago. I did a lot of long drives and would completely lose service for long stretches in upstate New York, Pennsylvania, much of Ohio. Now I can't think of any time in recent years that I've gotten no service. The strength of coverage does occasionally drop if I'm way out in the boonies but it's so much better than it used to be.
- netruk44 4y ago
  As someone who did a cross-country trip on Mint, the entire state of Nebraska up until just recently had no coverage. T-Mobile subscribers had coverage in Nebraska because they paid to peer for their subscribers, but Mint Mobile customers did not benefit from that. Looking at Mint's coverage map, Nebraska now has coverage (it only took until 2023!)
- BenjiWiebe 4y ago
  Would that be because of the Sprint merger, I wonder? Maybe Nebraska had good Sprint coverage.
thaumaturgy 4y ago
> I'm pretty happy with my current mobile provider (a Verizon low-priority MVNO) Mind sharing who it is? Especially if you like them. I've been a Mint user for years, but I'm not a fan of T-Mobile (the company) and during some recent travels I've noticed that Mint-to-Mint calls have gotten really bad.
- amalcon 4y ago
  Visible. It's actually a Verizon subsidiary, but you pay $25/mo for unlimited talk and data (though low priority data). There's a trivial hoop you need to jump through to get that rate (join a group of other people with whom you never need to actually interact; there are multiple googelable public groups).
  - thaumaturgy 4y ago
    Ah, looks like they discontinued the Party Pay plan for new customers late last year: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23310640/verizon-visible-party-pay-plan-changes https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23310640/verizon-visible-...

gms7777 4y ago

T-mobile coverage got considerably better in rural areas sometime around 4 years ago. I did a lot of long drives and would completely lose service for long stretches in upstate New York, Pennsylvania, much of Ohio. Now I can't think of any time in recent years that I've gotten no service. The strength of coverage does occasionally drop if I'm way out in the boonies but it's so much better than it used to be.

netruk44 4y ago
As someone who did a cross-country trip on Mint, the entire state of Nebraska up until just recently had no coverage. T-Mobile subscribers had coverage in Nebraska because they paid to peer for their subscribers, but Mint Mobile customers did not benefit from that. Looking at Mint's coverage map, Nebraska now has coverage (it only took until 2023!)
BenjiWiebe 4y ago
Would that be because of the Sprint merger, I wonder? Maybe Nebraska had good Sprint coverage.

thaumaturgy 4y ago

> I'm pretty happy with my current mobile provider (a Verizon low-priority MVNO) Mind sharing who it is? Especially if you like them. I've been a Mint user for years, but I'm not a fan of T-Mobile (the company) and during some recent travels I've noticed that Mint-to-Mint calls have gotten really bad.

amalcon 4y ago
Visible. It's actually a Verizon subsidiary, but you pay $25/mo for unlimited talk and data (though low priority data). There's a trivial hoop you need to jump through to get that rate (join a group of other people with whom you never need to actually interact; there are multiple googelable public groups).
- thaumaturgy 4y ago
  Ah, looks like they discontinued the Party Pay plan for new customers late last year: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23310640/verizon-visible-party-pay-plan-changes https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23310640/verizon-visible-...