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Ive been using google's services since 2017-2018, now its time to finally depart from that. I just got it in the mail yesterday and I'm already in love with it. So much lighter and easier to carry than my samsung galaxy. Gonna transfer everything over in a sim card, switch to Tmobile and ill be good to go. ๐
I've had good luck with US Mobile so far
US Mobile is terrible. You can't even change your e-mail without contacting chat, and then they don't even always do it. Changing SIMs can result in their "migrating" you to another plan that costs more with no way back. Getting your port-out PIN, you again have to chat with their chat people. It's suuuuper-grifty. Plus you're putting an MVNO between you and your cellular services. US Mobile has had outages in the past where their customers lose cellular but the main carrier was fine because there wasn't a third party injected in the middle.
One will find USM has shills all over the web trying to plug their mediocre service when one could go to Visible, Cricket, or even the prepaids of the tier-1 carriers.
Yeah, they're such a pain I indeed wasted that many words describing why they should be avoided.
They use a combination of ATT, Verizon and T-Mobile networks. Will still look into them of course and see if its worth it.
Not trying to shill, but I just switched FROM T-Mobile to Mint. Unlimited data, $15/mo. Same GSM network as T-Mobile with same speeds pretty much.
Works perfectly in my FairPhone 6 with /e/OS.
Mint is owned by T-Mobile I'm pretty sure, but at least for now it is a LOT more affordable. It'll probably be enshittified in the future though :(
I love mint. They're owned by T-Mobile but interestingly while I was paying $15/m for mint and my wife was paying $90/m for T-Mobile I often got better reception, especially when we were somewhere spotty like up a mountain. I assumed it was just a difference in phones, but since she switched to mint she says she gets better reception. Completely anecdotal but interesting.
I'm dreading the day they go to shit.