This stuff is go Greek to me. I’m struggling to figure out what I should do. I have three lines now (oh and a watch line). I’m paying close to $300.00 a month. We need to upgrade at least one line. When I called Verizon for pricing it was so convoluted and speaking to someone from another country with a thick accent was torture. I just said I’m done and hung up 🤨

If you dont have a device promotion and okay with prepaid, Visible Wireless is a great alternative to Verizon.

3 tiers of plans. They run on Verizon's networks. You can pay annually/ monthly so you can just set and forget.

What are the differences between Visible and Verizon? Data speed, coverage, etc.?

When you say work doesn’t have trusted wifi, you mean there’s WiFi but you do t trust it because it belongs to your employer? Maybe connect via VPN for privacy.

Go on plus w/ autopay. You'll pay 10 more a month but it has unlimited talk, text, Data, and a 30gig Hotspot. Data isn't deprioritized either and it gets good trade values for phones.

Don't do welcome.

Where are you seeing that MobileX throttles after 50GB? It used to be 30GB but they've made it 199GB now before you get throttled to 512Kbps. Also, eSIM activation works perfectly fine if you have a strong wifi connection.

Straight Talk has prioritized data so if you want similar service to what you have now, you want a plan with prioritized data. That means Visible+ or MobileX given your needs. Visible's base plan in particular may throttle your 5G n77 to 30Mbps.

Keep in mind that the free trial of visible is the base plan.

Whether or not you want/need prioritized data is very much location dependent and personal choice. Note that visible plus has other perks such as higher quality video streaming and faster hotspot speeds. Also the price lock and discount for plus is longer (3 years versus 1 for base).

I'm on USmobile unlimited starter (older version) and I swear I'm not throttled. When I joined I swear there was a deal where if you had X phone (I have an S22 but I think iphones also got this deal) where if you signed up for any unlimited plan, you got full Verizon no throttle and I get C band for 5g.

Visible is a good deal because of unlimited hot spot. I have been using $20 basic plan in my area it's fine but your mileage may vary.

Total maybe if you can get the 50% off promo. I’ve heard conflicting info if that is restricted to Metro and Cricket port ins.

Where might I find this mysterious $20 data only unlimited plan?

You have a link. I'm interested in the $20 plan.

Google voice ???

Why not try it yourself?

I had the $15/mo tablet plan (not ipad) which was $10 a month with autopay. I did try it in my smartphone and it worked fine. It even showed my phone on the online dashboard so they were aware that I was using it. Nothing bad happened but I didn't use it much. I don't have it anymore.

I imagine they will eventually flag an account used like this and switch you over to a smartphone plan but I don't know. I don't see the big deal since you aren't using anything you haven't paid for.

Umm, Verizon's website is deceiving. I didn't realize by default the pricing was at 4 lines a plan lol. At just one line I would be paying more than my gUDP.

The original was good if you're using the data. The old plans don't get throttled down when there's congestion that's about the only benefit.

If you want to use 50-100+GB a month of hotspot, it can make sense to keep. But you would either need to pay an extra $29.99, or pick from Sony and Samsung U1 phones to avoid the hotspot charge.

Based on your data use, Do or Play more would be a better option today.

Just realized Verizon's site shows plan pricing at 4 lines by default. I thought $55 a month would be my bill but at one line it is $90 plus taxes and fees. I'm paying less right now with gUDP.

Agreed. Before I parted ways with my gUDP and 700 mins. I was upgraded to Unlimited mins out of nowhere. Those gUDP days are long gone. Happy to be on 5G GET MORE. Being able to be on full 5G UWB, and of course number share is amazing.

Nope. Definitely go with the Do More/Play More rather than get more. Both of those have 50GB of data before you could be deprioritized. I believe your current plan has 22GB before deprioritization.

The only loss would be hotspot, down from unlimited to 25GB on Do More/Play More.

No, I'm not. Wouldn't that be like adding a new line? I just remember hearing I'll lose it if I add a new line or upgrade a new phone. I've been buying new phones outright to avoid the upgrades.

Nope, Do/Play More deprioritizes after 50GB, Get More is unlimited premium network access. No penalty if you go over, only real way to incur extra costs is international stuff.

I know this is an older thread, but I’m on an older unlimited plan with people in my family who refuse to get off the unlimited plan. They buy phones outright and now that I need a new phone, I’m forced to do the same or get off their plan onto my own because they refuse to get off the unlimited. They keep talking about the “throttling” and how they refuse to be “throttled” but everything I’m reading says it’s not that bad. Is it really?

And you get Disney+ package, Apple Arcade or google game service and Apple Music included with the data and voice

You don’t get $20 with Play and Do… all unlimited 3.0 and 4.0 plans are the same $10/line discount up to 5 lines.

Good to hear! I changed over from Verizon to Visible and cut my bill down from around $130 a month to the $45 plan.

Did the same thing but switched to the Pro plan, I was looking at that $93 bill and felt it wasn't justifiable. Seeing this $35 bill is so nice.

Visible is a great option if you want Verizon coverage on the cheap

Recently switched T-Mobile as well (about 3 weeks now?) Visible on trial then went to Visible + and have had zero problems since. The savings and the great service was worth the switch for sure! 

I left TMO Go5g plus last November to Visible+ annual plan iPhone 13 promo, I was paying $93 for 1 phone line and a watch and paid $390 for the Visible+ annual plan with free watch and I got a free iPhone 13 as well. TMO charges $15 for a watch line, this is insane! One the Visible Pro came out last April, I upgraded and paid $36 prorated. I won't lie, T-Mobile coverage and speeds here in south California is way better than Verizon, I used to get 1gbs in most parts where I live and now I get 300mbs (still great and useful) , I only get 1gbs in one spot very close to the Verizon tower. T-Mobile coverage is also better, 2 months ago my phone went SOS in the middle of downtown Los Angeles and it goes on SOS for a while on the Imperial county highway. Other than that Visible works just fine and the new unlimited premium data plans are unbeatable at this time.

I am using visible by Verizon right now. It’s not bad for the price ($30 per month). You get a 5G and although sometimes it’s a bit slow for a few seconds (happens around once or twice a week), it works well for me most of the time. If you decided to give it a try you can use my referral code (you will get $20 off the first month and I will get $20 off for one month, which means you will get to pay only $10 for your first month). It’s give and take 😎

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Switch to a newer plan. You could have both lines on Play More unlimited for $70 each $140 total with auto pay. You would gain 5gUW access, 50 gb priority data per phone line, 25gb hotspot per line, and a paid subscription to the Disney + bundle (Disney, Hulu, and ESPN +). I know you said you don't need a new phone now, but when you do the deals will be far superior if you are on this plan.

It's $90 for 1 line without auto pay.

It’s not the same service. I can assure you. I have both visible and Verizon postpaid. The Verizon postpaid plan is consistently faster and with fewer lags, especially when in and around somewhat congested locations and hours

This will probably be an unpopular opinion, but even if it is a throttle after 450GB, That's great for 99.9% of us. We are nowhere near the point where anyone should be approaching that on a phone. I don't even use wifi at home and barely hit 60GB right now. That's with hotspotting a lot when out on the road.

I did the math… if I’m not mistaken these companies end up making $1000+ profit off you if you stay in the 24 month cycle of paying your phone with “free credits” 😂

I feel like I'm seeing that too as I have both a post paid verizon and visible phone on me at the moment as I test if Visible is where I will be switching to.

Verizon has phone installment credits for 36 months now. $48 savings over 36 months is $1728. That is almost the price of 2 phones.

Pretty insane how much single line plans from the big 3 rip off the consumer.

“Free phone” that you’re paying $65-95 a month on cell phone service to get on a 3 year contract.

I had Visible+ and Verizon Post Paid on the same phone and got identical service. I've done this several times and always got the same service. The only difference was no service in a partner roaming area where Visible doesn't work. Enough convincing that I'd have no problem switching except:

• Right now Verizon is cheaper ($30 after taxes/fees). But my BYOD credits expire in about 9 months then it goes up to $45 per line after taxes/fees. Still it may be better to stay on Verizon at $45 per line and take the free phone vs $30/$35 on Visible+ and pay for a phone.
• International plan on Ultimate is better for me with all of the traveling I did last year. But I may not be doing much intl. travel going forward so I can finally let this go. Global Pass on Visible would be fine for rare travel.

Eh it still is unlimited. The data is unlimited, the speeds are not. They never guarantee the speeds (no carrier will because they can vary widely). Not to mention the Go plan is pretty much deprioritized 100% of the time. It is terrible and all but unusable in areas with a decent amount of people.

As long as there are capacity issues, there should always be metering. If it was a free for all, everyone’s experience would suffer.

Unlimited high speed data is the answer to your question. Priority data is a different thing. At $25/mo it’s a steal. For $10 extra, UHD video streaming.

If u have more money, high end TMO includes QCI 6 Priority data, but again, that’s not about the truly Unlimited high speed data u inquired about.

After 35Gb you shouldn’t notice a difference unless you’re in a highly populated area like a major city or at a concert. For me the only times I’ve ever noticed a difference was when I’d be in midtown Manhattan between like 8am-5pm when all the office buildings are filled with people and a ton or tourists are out and about.

35gb of priority(qci7) and deprioritized(qci9) after

Unlimted

Guess I never had to look. I know I have an old account. 2 phone lines, unlimited everything, Amazon prime and Google 1. Paying $60 a month. I have gotten over 28 GB, but never had any notifications of excessive data usage.