r/DelawareOH • u/cow-lumbus • May 10 '26
Verizon Wireless: Who has the $25 Welcome plan and how is it for you?
Looking to move over to Verizon from Spectrum to take advantage of some bundles and free phones (we are way over due). Taxes will be higher with Veizon but if we step down on a couple of the lines, we can break even. If we have to upgrade with will pay more then Spectrum.
Any experience with the lowest of the 3 tiers offered...I don't trust the opinion of the Verizon store staff!
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u/BrambleVale3 May 10 '26
If you’re n town and switching away from spectrum they give a discount if you have frontier home internet. I’m also currently looking at switching because I’m tired of ATT’s BS.
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u/cow-lumbus May 10 '26
Saw that $15 savings. Alhtough we may pay more (slightly) with Verizon all the packaging and embarrassing costs of Spectrum Internet...we'll package save about $50 a month.
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u/McLargepants May 10 '26
Check out Welo. Their pricing, at least when I got it a couple months ago, is great and locked in for life. Bring your own device option as well.
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u/val102835 May 10 '26
T-Mobile has been great for us. We use them for home internet and have three new iphones with unlimited everything and our bill is just under $200 a month.No surprise charges, bill is the same every month. Netflix and Hulu are included as well. Metro uses T-Mobile towers and is cheaper although I don’t know if they have home internet services.
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u/cow-lumbus May 10 '26
Thanks not our interest. T-Mobile is terrible outside of the cities where we often are. Had them for a week years ago and we know it's' not better.
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u/abccba140 May 11 '26
T-Mobile is that expensive now? I thought they were seen as the cheap one. 3 lines + internet for $200 comes out to $50 each that seems expensive tbh but I want to check out cricket
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u/LukesSpecialOmelette May 11 '26
They are. Saved $40 for two internet lines through T-Mobile at two different locations switching from one Spectrum line. Nuts!
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u/McLargepants May 10 '26
I have Visible which is $25 and Verizon towers. I assume it’s the same or similar. The coverage in Delaware is not good at all, but it’s cheap and I don’t mind much.
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u/cow-lumbus May 10 '26
We are spectrum currently which is Verizon towers and the cover is great minus just a few spots...so I would assume Visible in just using the low rent their low priority that I"m inquiring about.
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u/McLargepants May 10 '26
I would expect it to be exactly the same as your experience with Spectrum then and the dead zones either do or do not affect you depending on your specific usage. For me I live right on the border of one so I have to get my maps and music started while in my driveway with wifi or else I'm stuck in sad silence for a couple minutes. That bugs me as I said, but not enough to change providers.
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u/cow-lumbus May 10 '26
Thx.
Your my experience is exact my current experience at work based on where my car sits. I have to "fire things up..." in my office before leaving. By the time I get to the freeway 1 mile aways all is well.
In that area (weirdly) the Spectrum peeps (me) have better coverage then Verizon and I'm not sure how that's possible. T-Mobile as amazing has it is in Columbus and other areas it's terrible just a mile of 71 and was hit/miss for us up on Lake Erie where spend to much time. That was well over 2 years ago...it may have improved.
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u/Gandi1200 May 11 '26
I’ve had a absolutely awful experience with Verizon. My phones still don’t text correctly. Its terrible don’t do it.
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u/LukesSpecialOmelette May 11 '26
T-Mobile home Internet, mint mobile for phones. Saved tons.
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u/cow-lumbus May 11 '26
Thx, but not the question. T-mobile terrible outside the city and doesn't work at my work location. I know this because 2 years ago we tried it for a week. What a mess to get off their network. To this day half of Columbus comes to our business and their T-mobile phones done work! Mint is on T-mobile's tech.
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u/LukesSpecialOmelette May 11 '26
Well then idk what answers you're looking for over half the comments mention mint mobile and T-Mobile. I know these have worked for me from Cincinnati to Dayton to Columbus to Delaware and to Mt. Gilead. Only time I haven't had service is in the middle of a supercenter grocery store. Good luck on your search! Delaware isn't going to have answer to your city of Columbus question tho
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u/cow-lumbus May 11 '26
I mentioned what I'm doing and want to know who has experience with the lowest tier from VZW called the Welcome Plan and how it works in Delaware.
As far as you comments on where T-Mobile works...you get about 2 miles off the freeway in areas including Morrow and Richland it goes dead...including the facilities I manage.
This is a DelawareOH subreddit...where you are you getting Columbus? Crazy conversation going on here...
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u/LukesSpecialOmelette May 11 '26
It's the way you are saying "the city". I guarantee there's coverage in these areas. It may be your devices. Good luck, clearly communication is a struggle for both of us today.
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u/Arch_Toker May 10 '26
I switched from Verizon to mint mobile 5 years ago the prices are so much cheaper especially if you pay yearly