Verizon or T-Mobile

[DD716TED]

Thinking of giving up Verizon in favor of T-Mobile..Main reason is cost for 2 line limited (2GB) data plan.. Has anyone made the switch to T-Mobile? Comments or Opinions..

[LouLawrence]

I have the 55+ plan as well. However, the Magenta plan costs more and adds additional services.

[mileshuff]

TMobile 55+ Magenta plan is $35 so two phones with unlimited calls and data costs us $70/month.

[JimBollman]

Depending on your needs you may want to look into US Mobile. I switched from Verizon almost a year ago and have been happy with the move. They are a reseller using Verizon and T Mobile towers depending on your location and your choice. They have lots of plans and they are different between the two carriers. I have 5 devices two iPads and 3 iPhones and went with Verizon towers since it has better coverage. Two iPhones don't get used much for data, so I put them in a shared pool with unlimited text/phone and 1GB of data cost $21 for the pair, more data can be bought for $2/GB. One iPhone and 2 iPads are on a plan that gives me unlimited text/phone and 75GB of data then they may drop to a slower rate depending on traffic. Because I have 3 on that plan they cost $25 ea. So $96/month. Same number of devices but limited to a shared 2GB across them cost me $130 with Verizon. Never had a compliant about Verizon but wanted more data and lower monthly costs. Prices/plans are always changing but they have locked me in at the rates I have now so look them over and see if they have a plan for you. US Mobile does every thing by phone and chat. I find chat works best because of language barrier. I sometimes have to ask a couple of ways in a chat before they answer me but they have always answered the question or fixed the problem.

[deltabravo]

Danger Don wrote:
It may feel better but they did not lose you at all.

Yes, Verizon DID lose me as a customer.

I know full well that Visible is owned by Verizon. I knew that a year ago. I dumped Verizon as my provider and switched to Visible like I said before.

[Danger_Don]

deltabravo wrote:

1492 wrote:
I have Verizon Visible for my smartphone, unlimited calls/text/data, for $25. month. Now $30. for new subscribers.

My Visible phone arrived yesterday. I got all the apps installed last night. Today I will get the cellular part of it configured.

Verizon lost me due to their rate increase last summer and the 5gb data limit on my current plan, which is an old plan from 4 years ago. A higher data plan would cost more, and I'm not interested in spending MORE money on a cell phone plan.

It may feel better but they did not lose you at all.

[mr__ed]

I've been a Verizon customer for years, and I'm generally happy with the service

Recently, I had an occasional problem where I would dial a number, but the call wouldn't go through. Instead, the phone would just hang up.

I brought my phone to the local Verizon store, and the tech knew right away what the problem was. He changed the SIM card, and it appears all is OK now.:C

[Rbertalotto]

LouLawrence wrote:
That the Mobley. I use the same service in a Netgear router.

Yes! That's it!

[LouLawrence]

That the Mobley. I use the same service in a Netgear router.

[MrWizard]

I had Verizon 2 phones avgering $147 per month, and at&t hot spot, $39 , total $186
first i dropped Att and got the T-Mobile home Internet gateway $50 month,
Then i dropped 1 Verizon line and ported my number to Visible $25 month,
Total $75 month
I am very happy with Both services

[Rbertalotto]

I have Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T hotspots......I use AT&T about 90% of the time, Verizon 9% of the time to text and voice and T-Mobile 1%.....Where I often camp, outside city limits, T_MOBILE rarely works. But I only pay $30 a month for unlimited / no throttling service so I hate to give it up. I was a charter subscriber a few years ago on a program they no longer offer. But the AT&T plan was the little device that plugs into your OBD slot (can't remember the name)...Removed the SIM and put it into a Unite Explore router. Works everywhere I've been with either a WeBoost or a Yagi antenna on a 16' flag pole mount...Best part is $23 a month! I'm currently out in the high desert of New Mexico, about 20 miles from the closest tower and watching YouTubes on TV with the AT&T router....

[wa8yxm]

I use T-Mobile (55+ plan. total bill slightly rounded 75/month. Unlimited.. Everything and fairly good service wherever I go)

Verizon... Well I've a "Thing" about one of the companies that makes up Verizon so I have not tried them... NOTE.. It might not be a legit "Thing" any more which is why I'm less than specific.

But I have a few folks I knwo who use Verizon.... not as happy as I am with T.

[rctour]

Neither!

I had been with Verizon for a really long time but finally got bothered by my bill where I had two Android phones plus a MIFI and paid $167 a month.

I switched to Consumer Cellular where we have the same exact coverage as my old Verizon, don't have the MIFI but use my Android hot-spot for other attachments like our tablets, plus 5G, other, and all for $60 a month.

I'm too old to be stupid.

[Acampingwewillg]

I've had T mobile for quite some time on their " Magenta Plus " deal which benefits me on my recent change to T mobile Home Internet at 30 or 35.00 a month instead of the 50 bucks a month.

We do maintain a "visible " phone on the Verizon Network (25.00) as a redundancy for times when our T mobile has no signal. We use one or the other as our Not Spot. I have an AT&T SIM card for the do-hickey come on the roof but only load it when necessary.

So in a word....Happy with T mobile!??as

PS
A quick word on my switch to T mobile Home Internet. Prior, we had a bundle with Frontier communications for too long at roughly 170.-180.00 a month with a relatively slow fiber line(as fiber goes), home phone and basic TV( which I didn't need but it was cheaper to include it rather than getting the two options I wanted). Granted my current internet speed fluctuates somewhat depending on time, it still does the job. I also went with Ooma internet phone(so far so good).
Long story short......from 180.00 per month to 45.00 Per month.

[deltabravo]

1492 wrote:
I have Verizon Visible for my smartphone, unlimited calls/text/data, for $25. month. Now $30. for new subscribers.

My Visible phone arrived yesterday. I got all the apps installed last night. Today I will get the cellular part of it configured.

Verizon lost me due to their rate increase last summer and the 5gb data limit on my current plan, which is an old plan from 4 years ago. A higher data plan would cost more, and I'm not interested in spending MORE money on a cell phone plan.