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[Scott Greczkowski]

If you're on Verizon you're not going to have good service in one state or city and not others. I tried Twigby (which uses Verizon) and there was no notable difference. I then switched to Mint because Twigby could not do Canada or Europe, plus it was even cheaper. Mint doesn't charge extra for Canada and it's low per-week in Europe. I was a little concerned at first, as even though the service was strong everywhere I went, it was down to 1 bar at home...But within a few months that resolved. I've never had any issue with it, anywhere. I think it's like $15/mo. and I get an annual-buy discount. Gov't might as well just give us free service...but that's for those who don't use a lot of data, like watching videos. I've never hit a limit. You can buy higher limits and still likely come out cheaper than verizon.

https://www.mintmobile.com/

Mint is using T Mobile. However they are the lowest priority in the network.

Before I renewed with T Mobile I tested Ted AT&T and Verizon on my old iPhone 13 as it was unlocked and could so ESIM's. Both would let you test their network for a brig time (like 48 hours) so I put them through their paces.

At my house T-Mobile blew the other two away with AT&T in second place and Verizon in third. Verizon use to be the gold standard here.

 

[EarDemon]

If you're on Verizon you're not going to have good service in one state or city and not others. I tried Twigby (which uses Verizon) and there was no notable difference. I then switched to Mint because Twigby could not do Canada or Europe, plus it was even cheaper. Mint doesn't charge extra for Canada and it's low per-week in Europe. I was a little concerned at first, as even though the service was strong everywhere I went, it was down to 1 bar at home...But within a few months that resolved. I've never had any issue with it, anywhere. I think it's like $15/mo. and I get an annual-buy discount. Gov't might as well just give us free service...but that's for those who don't use a lot of data, like watching videos. I've never hit a limit. You can buy higher limits and still likely come out cheaper than verizon.

https://www.mintmobile.com/

It's not about data limits necessarily, although that is a big part of it. It's about QCI and network slicing. You get what you pay for, and MVNOs have a lower priority versus the MNO. If you are okay with the trade off of lower cost but being at the bottom of the totem pole, that's fine, but there are real world differences.

My co-worker has a cheap Straight Talk plan and he has definitely noticed the differences between that and our work issued Verizon phones. One of the offsite locations we support is not to far away from the local Six Flags. You want to see priority access versus de-prioritization in action, be in the area on a concert night in the summer.

 

[EarDemon]

We're getting them but only using AT&T and TM sims. Mostly, we're mostly using eSIMS, tbh.

Thanks. From what I've read recently eSIM only connects to AT&T or that's what what got out of it. Which explains why I never connected to native Dish.

Do you have any verified instances of eSIMs connecting to either Dish native or T-Mobile?