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Verizon Launches Lower-Cost 'Welcome Unlimited' Plan
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Besides hotspot another difference seems to be that Welcome Unlimited doesn't include their "plan perks" such as access to Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ and Apple Arcade found on the 5G Play More plan that's $15 more per line. And if you also have Verizon's home internet, you lose out on the 50 percent discount.
Still over-priced, IMO, if you live in a place where service/coverage from AT&T and T-Mobile (or one of the MVNOs) is just as good as Verizon's. In my case, Mint Mobile fits that bill at $30/mo for their 5G unlimited plan.
Still over-priced, IMO, if you live in a place where service/coverage from AT&T and T-Mobile (or one of the MVNOs) is just as good as Verizon's. In my case, Mint Mobile fits that bill at $30/mo for their 5G unlimited plan.
Exactly it's such BS singles and couples get the shaft!
Even the amount is limited by technology and time unless you can warp it like Dr Strange. And even he can't anymore without the Timestone.
Someone on another post brought up Visible, keep forgetting about this. It is still part of Verizon.
Do I have to do this on their website? (My phone is compatible, Esim or SimCard - not locked and still tied with regular Verizon)
- Better yet walk into a Verizon store down the street from me and have them connect me over to their Visible $25 plan? No idea.
Even looked at Xfinity Mobile (ugh, not a fan of Comcast what so ever), but they can give one line. 5GB a month - again, enough for me - $10 off my current rate.
I have been using Mint Mobile the last 4 yrs and have been very happy. The service has been great. I pay $15 per month for 5G with 4GB of data and that includes a hotspot for all available data. There are no hidden fees other than sales tax. That's why I quit doing contracts about 10 yrs ago.
Still don’t see the point of 5G, free Wi-Fi at work and home. My 3GBs of data works just fine fine for my short commutes in the morning and I just like being present.
Or at least offer only lower speed. And make that a little faster. And on the actual data. You should at least be able to do text only things on low speed without waiting nearly forever.
I would go for a cheaper one with no extras as long as we saved enough to pay for the extras we wanted separately
I've been using Visible for almost 2 years and the experience has been perfectly fine. I came from postpaid Verizon and the only difference I've noticed is that the hotspot speed is slower... but it works fine for my uses - including tethering my mac for video calls.
You need to do everything via the Visible website OR the Visible app (which can issue an esim). You can always port out if the service doesn't work for you. Good luck!
After more than 10 years with Verizon on my employer discount plan of 22%, I switched to Xfinity Mobile in April.
Since my home internet and phone are through Xfinity, the cell phone is only $45/month for unlimited. It uses the Verizon network, includes hotspot, and they don't throttle you until 20GB. I've never been happier.
Since my home internet and phone are through Xfinity, the cell phone is only $45/month for unlimited. It uses the Verizon network, includes hotspot, and they don't throttle you until 20GB. I've never been happier.
https://www.visible.com
You can do everything online. And they support eSim.
To get $25/mo rate, you'll need to join a Party Pay group though. They can be found on Reddit, or start your own group. You need at least 4 members to get $25/mo otherwise it'll be more.
https://www.visible.com/plan/party-pay
I tried them, but their reception and throttling was terrible. Worst than Cricket. You're at the bottom of their priority list.
Another option if you don't need unlimited data is AT&T Prepaid --> https://www.att.com/buy/wireless/prepaid/plans
Pay $300 and get 12 months of service with up to 16GB data.
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Where are all the free market proponents when talking about cell service in the U.S.?
An absolute **** show on speeds, pricing and coverage.
Only government regulations could push it in the right direction.
An absolute **** show on speeds, pricing and coverage.
Only government regulations could push it in the right direction.
In your case with free WiFi at work & home, 5G speed would be superfluous. There are many other use cases where WiFi is not so readily available and the faster speed of 5G is very useful. Glad that technology gives us choices
I do and that makes up 95% of my phone use. I use a Google Pixel phone and the Google Screen Caller filters out 99% of my would be spam calls. I wish Apple had something like that on the iPhone because that's the single feature that keeps me from buying an iPhone.
Please stop selling this stupid marketing speak of stating the monthly price of these plans with 4+ lines. That goes for MacRumors and everyone else who parrots it.
5 Mbps is hardly useless, and a lot of devices get 10 for some reason. I always got 10 on my iPhone 12 mini and 13 Pro when I had them, but my iPhone 11 Pro only got 5.
We just switched a month ago after years with Verizon, and it really is a good value for what we get.
Yeah exactly. If I try to watch Hulu directly on my phone using Verizon data plan, it throttles it so badly as to be unwatchable. If I tether my iPad to the phone and watch Hulu there on same data plan, it’s instantaneous and as good as a wired connection.
Ironically AT&T said it best years ago, it’s not unlimited it’s “um-limited.”
I see these comments about people using 3 or 5 GB a month and that's it, and I'm jealous. I use Maps every day for my job, stream some music, and I'd hit my caps within 15 days. I've been on "the new Unlimited Plan" from 2018 since then. It's $84 taxes included. To switch to the "Do More" or "Play More" plan would cost me about $5 more a month and I'd get nothing more in return, except 5G UW coverage, which isn't available anywhere in Southwest Florida.