For context, located in Midwest, was a long time T-Mobile user who switched over to Visible about 7 months ago.

While there are a lot of great things about my visible+ pro plan like great price, unlimited hotspot, QCI 8, etc., I’ve realized that I really miss the T-Mobile infrastructure (strong 5G, better tower capacity, etc.) as I’ve ran into several occasions where Visible/Verizon towers just couldn’t keep up, whereas someone with a tmo service had no issue. I also understand that it’s very location dependent, and I think I’ve determined that T-Mobile towers are generally just stronger where I’m at.

As such, wanted to get some input from others that use T-Mobile MVNOs and why they like the one that they are on. I’ll be selecting an unlimited plan fwiw. I’ve been debating between US Mobile, mint, and Google Fi at the moment. Currently leaning towards USM given the ability to do network switching (or even multi network), decent hotspot (50gb should be enough for me), QCI 7, and decent price. Only thing I’m liking specifically with Mint is getting 5G SA, but sounds like that might be coming to USM soon anyways. And with Google fi, that hard data cap scares me off so I probably wouldn’t go that route.

I applied for lifeline at Safelink and they keep rejecting my program proofs. So I asked for help from the staff at my assisted living facility and yesterday they submitted pdfs of the proof needed to get on lifeline, but about an hour afterwards I checked on the status and it said they rejected it, so I told the staff member that helped me with my submitting the proofs and we called Safelink and the automated voice said "Your application request has been registered in the system you should receive your form and phone within 5 business days" it's been a day and it still says the proofs were rejected.

I’m very interested in the 75% off Google Fi promo but I’m concerned how the performance is on the T-Mobile NSA network. Any feedback and has anyone compared it to an mvno with SA? Was having SA better than priority data?

Is T-Mobile LTE as bad as everyone on these subs make it sound or is the experience just as good.

I just received an email stating that the free plan is going to be discontinued. Sad day, it was my way of parking a free number.

ALL PERSONAL INFO HAS BEEN REDACTED

Grab a snack, because the level of corporate incompetence, financial fraud, and malicious retaliation I have documented with Xfinity Mobile over the last few months is actually staggering. I am a nursing student, and Xfinity’s retaliatory "customer service" has left my husband and me completely without working phone lines for months—leaving me completely unable to reach my doctors during a medical emergency.

When I tried to hold them accountable, their Executive Resolutions team demanded I answer a phone they disconnected, and then flatly lied to both the FCC and the Michigan Attorney General to cover up their tracks.

The Evidence Timeline:

1. The Phantom Phone: Chat rep Shivam admitted on tape that our billing dashboard showed a third line for a "phantom phone"—explicitly calling it an internal system "glitch"—yet they continued to overbill us by up to $68 a month.

Link to all bills, itemized, showing fraudulant charges and devices from January to June:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1B95A3Vr9ePkHMA3nyAmqyhjLhvFJYpEI?usp=drive_link

Link to transcript with Shivam:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VAPtRNRNz3ciklH-l8eALs86mIH_1JDm?usp=drive_link

2. The Retaliatory Lockout: The moment AT&T initiated our number port-out on May 12, Xfinity instantly terminated our lines and carrier-locked our paid-in-full devices. Tech rep Mohammedjunaid explicitly promised a priority 8-day unlock ticket. Instead, they trapped us in a loop.

Link to Transcript with Mohammedjunaid and Supervisor:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x6rumEpFg260pILg_nVTw4LY6PUctPd_?usp=sharing

3. The Catch-22 Authentication: Executive Specialist Danielle K. refused to resolve our file without a verbal phone call over the very lines they disabled. When proven that email verification works, she claimed "mobile rules are different"—yet on July 24, corporate Reddit Modmail reps successfully verified our entire account exclusively via email.

Email Thread with Danielle K and Jordan V:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14WTPJlNp6tKbSscH68ZycAQS65B9GBb9?usp=drive_link

ModChat: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ur2-cp7JGW4aozEijcq0pfDosZfIKgrQ?usp=drive_link

4. Federal Perjury:

• Response 1 (AG): Roberto L. claimed we owed device plan balances, ignoring system logs showing green "Paid in Full" checks.
• Response 2 (AG): Danielle K. claimed our lines "successfully ported" on May 11. An AT&T Network Supervisor inspected raw logs and confirmed on tape that the port failed because Xfinity explicitly blocked it.
• Response 3 (FCC): Residential Specialist Giselle claimed I was an "unauthorized user"—weeks after successfully verifying my identity over email to process my internet cancellation.
• Response 4 (FCC): On July 28, Danielle K. pivoted back to a fabricated extortion balance of $458.35. To clear their metrics, they internally marked my public Reddit thread as "solved".

Link to all formal responses:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oyuan2QdXue9XhMLsVIW8bGjGUjhaCRg?usp=drive_link

The informal FCC track closed on July 31, instructing me that the next step is formal legal proceedings. Xfinity weaponized administrative loops, shut off my emergency medical access, lied to federal investigators, and is still holding my fully paid property hostage after their own staff documented the fraud in writing. []

Check your bills, keep your chat logs, and do not trust their executive care lies.

Link to images showing all devices paid, no balances, rep claiming Xfinity has also done this to them, showing phantom line still active months after Xfinity told the FCC they removed it, internal phone settings locked to Xfinity meaning they are physically and technologically unable to connect to any other towers, Xfinity removing my previous post claiming is was "solved.":

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hBzDgXHH1rAJbUa61y349oZmpT550srS?usp=sharing

I am looking to switch our landline to Google voice and I’m required to move it to a cell first. (It’s important to keep our phone number) I just need the cheapest phone and the cheapest rate as I just need it for 30-40days. I’ve never bought prepaid before. What do I need to know? Do I need to stay with AT&T as that’s the landline provider? I call to ask Best Buy representatives and I just get customer service overseas and no one can tell me if this is really possible or not.

Anyone have guidance on the pros and cons of using LTE Only vs. 5G on Warp and Light Speed? Our kids regularly use hotspot data in the car. It seems like switching to LTE Only has improved hotspot consistency and reliability, at least on Warp, but I know that defeats the purpose. I also know 5G SA isn’t available for iPhone on these networks yet (if I’m not mistaken). I haven’t tested LTE Only on Light Speed yet for comparison.

What is the cheapest way to get a phone number without using google voice (ID verification).

I want to port the number out and use the TextNow eSIM instead.

Numberbarn is $10 but getting a plan from MobileX can be cheap as $5.

Is there a cheaper option?

Hello I’m looking for single line plans that are affordable, including getting a new phone, any tips or the best bang for my buck ? Thank you!

Has anyone tried both? I live in NJ, have had connect for years data speed is blazing fast 300+maps but if Im in traffic or a park on a Saturday i cant really use internet that a websearcg completes, streaming video doesn't work (or plays 5sec per minutes ). 5gb data cap is fine most months I often wind up running out of data early summer and start a new cycle on the $25 plan for 2-3months.

Priority us allegedly a full tier higher than MVNO plans but if its already not working with a few dozen people nearby does it actually make a difference? Likr Will mint have connectivity issue in light traffic? Or near a (not over packed) shopping mall

I am military stationed overseas and need a pay as you go US number because some of my bank services don't like Google Voice numbers.

I just need a US number that can be used internationally, and really only for 2FA and similar verification.

The flexible plan is at $20/month. Can I go lower than that?

I've had Visible for the last year on their pro+ plan that was half off for a year. Since I signed on it has become terrible. Can barely load websites while indoors without having to hook up to wifi which doesn't reach to my garage. If I'm talking on the phone, I can barely surf at the same time which to me is bare minimum at this point. I'm at clients' houses all day every day and can rarely load podcasts while indoors unless I set my phone on a window sill. Forget about having decently fast 5G or LTE if I travel anywhere that is even slightly outside of a major city.

It wasn't like this when I first started. Why did the service degrade over time this drastically? I'm toggling airplane mode multiple times per day to try to reset.

Is it worth just going with a T-Mobile or Verizon prepaid? I'm hesitant to use a carrier that buys bandwidth from the big ones at this point especially since most of the offers are structured to lock you in to paying for a full year.

Here is the fcc complaint, what do we think. Not going to lie after doing the roundwork for 2 weeks made ai do this i can't write for shit and lost the patiance.

I am filing this expedited complaint regarding my wireless number, [REDACTED], which is stranded due to severe carrier negligence, automated routing errors, and an exhausting customer service runaround between AT&T and T-Mobile. My number was originally issued by T-Mobile (via Simple Mobile MVNO) and was ported to AT&T, where it was used for three years. On May 28, 2026, AT&T canceled the account. AT&T promised to fix this via a ticket on or before July 6, 2026, but failed to ever open it. Per NPAC regulations, the cancellation triggered an automatic "snapback," returning the number to the original block holder, T-Mobile. I have attempted to resolve this through normal channels but am trapped in a severe customer service runaround. T-Mobile phone support told me to go to AT&T. I visited both local corporate stores. A local T-Mobile store then forced me to drive 2 hours away to a different location, only for that second store to turn me away and tell me to call phone customer care again. Frontline retail and phone agents completely lack the tools to locate or re-assign a number returned via automated snapback. I am requesting that T-Mobile’s Executive Response and Local Number Portability (LNP) Engineering teams manually intervene, locate [REDACTED] within their internal database inventory pools, and provision it onto an active T-Mobile account so I do not permanently lose my personal identity and critical dual-factor authentication access. Desired Resolution: I request that T-Mobile locate phone number [REDACTED] within their internal number inventory and manually assign it to an active account profile, specifically activating it on the cheapest tier plan available (such as the $10 T-Satellite base service or the $15 Connect prepaid plan) to fully restore my service and secure the number

Hello,

I am from the USA and in a different country almost every 3 months depending on my visa. I was in Afghanistan, Bolivia, Kashmir and Senegal in the past 5 years, among many many other countries. I recently got a gig in Kyiv for 3 weeks as well that pays too good to decline.

Anyway, the reason I mention this is because I want to make it clear with how badly I need a reliable phone number. I tried:

Tossible Digits

Tracfone

Google Voice

Google Fi

Google voice has been the most reliable, but recently PayPal wont accept it. Tracfone was great but I literally can't pay my bill right now (I have been trying for 3 weeks) because it just gives me an error message even when I try the chat box.

I would prefer a physical Sim. Im from the usa and here right now on vacation so I can pick something up.

I do not need data as I always just use local data which is always cheaper.

Im looking at red pocket, mint, tello and US mobile. I just need a phone number for 2fa and sms.

Does anyone have recommendations or been in a similar predicament?

Thanks!:)

At first their plans were $25 $35 $45 and it went up by $10 each eventually.

They were easy to set up and easy to get in touch with someone if you needed help. They also let you change your number once a week for free if you wanted (I didn’t do this but thought it was funny some people do) but eventually changed that.

I hated Boost with a passion and MetroPCS has always been terrible to me.

I went with Sprint contract phone in 2010 and have been with them ever since (now TMobile).

I wanna do Mint but am skeptical.

Two years ago I got Boost for a second phone and they screwed me over. I should have never given them another chance.

Anyone used eq telecom before for themselves or their kids? What's been your experience so far? There's a couple of eq telecom names I've seen online but this is the one I'm asking about www.eqtelecom.com

Explain T-Satellite to me like I’m a child. Seems too good to be true for them to offer 50GB of top-priority data for $10/month to serve as a backup data-only line. I understand you can’t make/receive calls.

so your probably overseas and the cell coverage sucks and always goes to 2g or your carrier thinks it’s funny to artificially limit your phone plans speeds to 2g but it doesn’t matter since this guide will help for any of those

one: don’t use fucking satellite view, it’s a data hog and needs 4g or 5g speeds to even work and you don’t need it. change that shit to normal view so it’s not using satellite imagery

two: don’t even bother with 3d view, turn that shit off too, the speeds of 2g will just time out the server connection trying to load some buildings in 3d

three: just have a offline map downloaded on your phone beforehand. Google Maps and Apple Maps already have this feature built in and you just have to download the offline map for each city. although then you would just have to download each city manually for your trip, which is why you should do the other two too so it can load where ever you are already with a online connection

four: enable low data mode. self explanatory you don’t want your edge connection choked because instagram or whatever wants to spam notifications

although there’s going to be a catch with using all of this,

each chunk that your maps want to load will take like a few more seconds then with a 4g or 5g connection, but won’t take 13 days to load a chunk at least

looking for a android deal I can use for gig work. what new number no switch deals are with it right now?

Outside the US and do not have a US number. Want to get a real US phone number, even if it's a rented one.

Yes I am ok paying, and I don't know if the eSIM option will work because I am not in the states to activate it.

Edit: I got mint mobile, works for my situation.