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| From | Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.unix.geeks, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System |
| Date | 2026-10-04 13:46 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <119udv6$8ubd$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 10/3/2026 20:53, rbowman wrote: > On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 17:23:34 -0700, Lars Poulsen wrote: > >> Now that both my wife and I have our iPhones on T-Mobile, I wonder what >> is the best cheap virtual carrier that does NOT use T-Mobile airwaves? >> I like to have a spare Android phone to use when the main system is >> down. Although AT&T has the best coverage in town, we left them because >> of poor customer service, and independent of that, a couple of years >> ago, their network in our part of town was down for THREE DAYS. > > I had TracFone for years but switched to Mint when I went to 4G. Since > then Verizon has bought TracFone. Verizon seems to have a number of > virtual plans but the cheapest I see is $20/mo. Mint is $15/mo with 6 GB > of data. Not a huge difference. Back when I went with Mint Verizon didn't > have any similar plans. Today I'd probably go with one of theirs since > coverage is a little better here. > > I'm not sure why Verizon and T-Mobile bought the virtual carriers and kept > the plans rather than offering a similar deal to start with. Around here, only the homeless use TracFone. The phones are shit, the coverage is marginal and of course there is no service. The phones are tied hard to TracFone and cannot be unlocked. AFAICS, Mint is T-Mobile. Fourth-tier access priority, behind "5G Unlimited", "T-Mobile Basic 55+" and "Metro by T-Mobile" prepaid customers. So who else OTHER than T-Mobile captives are in that discount space? Is Consumer Cellular still AT&T? -- Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California
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Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-10-02 06:33 -0700
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-02 15:12 +0100
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-03 01:52 -0400
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-03 20:12 +0000
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-10-03 17:23 -0700
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-04 03:53 +0000
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-04 00:04 -0400
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-04 04:19 +0000
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-10-04 13:46 -0700
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-04 03:36 -0400
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-03 23:47 -0400
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-04 04:34 +0000
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-04 02:14 -0400
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-04 19:06 +0000
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 01:35 +0100
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-10-05 02:01 +0000
Re: Micro-Review "ATT Home-Advanced" System The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 09:47 +0100
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