For anyone who has tried switching over, what’s your experience with them been like? Were there any hidden upsides or downsides you weren’t expecting? What about coverage? It’s really hard to ignore them when they keep spamming ads to YouTube, my favorite podcasts, etc.
I use US Mobile, who resell T-Mobile and Verizon services. My family use very little data, so we only prepay for 1GB/mo. Four lines are $40 a month total.
I’m also on US Mobile, they’ve been great so far. Easy to get support and they’re prices are the best I’ve found.
Thirding US Mobile. I pay so little each month and the one issue I had, they fixed it, refunded me, and have me a 6 month discount. Top notch experience so far.
Third rec here for US Mobile. I actually switched from Mint after a couple of years with them (and Google Fi before that). Three of my family members are on the Verizon network through US Mobile, and one is on the T-Mobile network. Nice to have the split when we’re traveling because one of the two networks always has coverage.
For a moment there I thought Linux mint had released on mobile. Something Ubuntu failed to do 😅
I use it all over the western half of the USA. I’d say maybe 10-15 percent of locations where I have signal the actual speeds are abysmal. I think due to the mvno data being deprioritized but I can’t say for sure. I still keep them because it’s cheap but it can get annoying
I’m on a large T mobile family plan and was able to stack on insider as well as free line bonus. Ends up being around same price as Mint’s unlimited tier, but with much better international roaming and in-flight wifi for half of the domestic us airlines. That’s another option if you’re interested in that.
It’s been great for me and my family. But we live in a major metro with good TMobile coverage, ymmv. Definitely a great price for 4 lines, I can control all the plans and pre-paid billing for each line from the app, and the hotspot works great. If the coverage is good in your area, the price can’t be beat.
I switched over a few months ago. It works great! Not having to worry about the bill is very nice.
I switched fairly recently. I was on Ting before, and they appear to be quietly sunsetting that service after Dish Network bought them a few years back. Hoping the same doesn’t happen to Mint. It’s been great so far. Incredible value!
I’ve been with Mint for years and I absolutely love it. $200/yr (taxes) and I have 5gb/month and great coverage.
Orlando, FL
I was with Mint in Tennessee for several years with no issues. I moved to the boonies where T-Mobile has no service, which is the only reason I’m not still with Mint.
Ive been using them for a few years. Some stuff to note: you have to pay in at least 3 month blocks. You cannot pay for a month at a time. The prices on the website are just for your first term. After that it is a little more expensive, but not too much. Coverage wise it’s t-mobile’s network, so its good in major cities, but spotty in rural areas.
Ive been mostly pleased with them. When the wife and I go on trips, sometimes my phone gets no service, but she’s on AT&T, so her phone usually works fine, and she’ll turn on hotspot so i can get my messages.
I’ve used it for a few years and I like it, I pay once per year and it’s the same T-Mobile service. There’s no roaming though so I always get a local esim when I travel abroad. Kind of iffed T-Mobile just bought them though. They say oh we’re actually keeping prices the same and giving you more data (as mint has traditionally done every other year) but I have a feeling this will be the last data increase we’ll ever see. And also some people complain about deprioritization but as a former T-Mobile customer I can tell you it’s the same places like busy malls or stadiums where direct T-Mobile customers aren’t having a good time either.
Yeah, even on magenta Max the fundamental limit seems to always be network capacity and no amount of priority gets you enough. I’m sure some edge cases it helped but eh. Now that I don’t need unlimited data and rely on having it realized I should switch to at least try it out, took like 30 min because say what you will about TMobile they are fairly pro consumer when it comes to migration tools. I literally did it all through the app seamlessly and they automatically canceled everything an buttoned it up when I had no devices, numbers or outstanding balances. I didn’t have to call anyone or answer a survey or any bullshit, just a small box on the transfer page asking me to reconsider.
Personally they’ve treated me well as a customer apart from the price for a single line being eye watering.
My moment with T-Mobile was when I got a Pixel and needed the new smaller SIM size and they wanted to charge me. I was like okay well if you won’t give me the SIM then I can’t pay you for service, and that was that.
Yeah that sucks, they shipped me a new SIM in the box with my 6 pro. All stupid because they could have easily issued an eSIM (like mint did for me)
I tried it for a week and at least in my city it was pretty much unusable. Service is prioritized below T-Mobile proper, so it can be super slow if your area has a lot of T-Mobile users.
This was my experience as well. I could barely maintain a lasting connection using mobile data. Especially bad during commutes when everyone on the road with me was connecting to towers with priority over mine. The price was amazing though and the online service/support was great.
Maybe you need to change your access point to mint’s? I drove from Oregon to Michigan and and the only bad spot was in areas that just flat out didn’t have any service. It was spotty at first but I found that I needed to change the AP in my network settings.
All the MVNO are deprioritized, Verizon’s policies are the worst of the big 3. T-Mobile’s policy allows for much more traffic so it’s not nearly as noticable. AT&T MVNOs have almost no difference between themselves and proper AT&T monthly service.
