Just ran SpeedTest with wifi off on Visible. On LTE not even 5G, 107Mbps down, 5mbps up and ping of 61ms. When it switches to 5G I get even better.
Agreed. Visible is great for the price you pay. The speeds are generally awful, but it works. For anyone not in a hurry and wants general mobile internet service for an affordable price it’s well worth it.I pay $25/line taxes included on Verizon's sub Visible. If you are mostly around WiFi (only time I am not is in the car), I see no reason to pay their full rates.
But instead, they get nothing because who wants to collect monthly money to pay the bill? I would change from Visible if it were $45 a month (both are Verzon).The more you buy, the more you save. The discount is an incentive to bring more subscribers to Verizon and your family/group plan instead of letting them go to another carrier. This subscriber number looks good to investors.
Once you have multiple people on your discounted family/group plan the less likely you'll want to have/let someone leave because if someone leaves, the family/group plan loses a discount. So subscribers who get nice discounts tend to stay. This keeps churn numbers down and is another metric investors like to see.
This. One of my family members thought he was going to switch from Verizon to Visible, because why pay more when you don't have to... It lasted less than a month before he went back. Even though they are supposedly using the same network, the service is not the same. It sucks sounding like shilling for an evil telco, but that's how it is (at least in my area).Tried Visible 3 times over the past 4 years.... most recently was last summer. I still can't get any usable service where I'm at and when I could, ping was high (usually 130ms+) and speeds were slow (no more than 3 Mbps). Visible users are low priority unlike actual Verizon customers.
Same here. If they make me switch plans, I’ll probably just switch to At&t.So, I am in Verizon's highest-tier cellular plan. Think it's GET MORE PLUS.
It's $90 per month and includes Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Disney+/Hulu/Discovery
Am I going to be forced to leave this plan for the new one? Cause that will be a lot more expensive if I do.
That was my experience too. I'm truly happy for the folks posting here who are happy with Visible -- I'm glad it's getting you what you need. I tried it last year, since after all, "it's the same Verizon network -- just cheaper and no unneeded extras! What could go wrong?!" But alas -- they absolutely do de-prioritize the Visible traffic versus the "real" Verizon traffic. And you feel it. Not just data rates; even being able to complete and sustain voice calls was problematic. And this was near/along a major interstate highway where Verizon itself has excellent coverage. It may also vary region to region depending on how congested their network is -- but here in New England, for us, it was unusably bad.Tried Visible 3 times over the past 4 years.... most recently was last summer. I still can't get any usable service where I'm at and when I could, ping was high (usually 130ms+) and speeds were slow (no more than 3 Mbps). Visible users are low priority unlike actual Verizon customers.
This. One of my family members thought he was going to switch from Verizon to Visible, because why pay more when you don't have to... It lasted less than a month before he went back. Even though they are supposedly using the same network, the service is not the same. It sucks sounding like shilling for an evil telco, but that's how it is (at least in my area).
It seems that all “big 3” cellular pricing strategy consistently revolves around extracting north of $100 per household. Every new plan seems to offer variety but when you tally it up, your house owes $100/month or more.Why does a single line cost $80 / $65?
Why can't all lines just cost $45?
In which country and how much data is included in the plan? You see, just quoring what you pay really tells the rest of us nothing, unkess ther is an implied comparable plan I've missedIt’s wild what you all pay for phone plans in the US. I currently pay 20 Euro 😅
Correction: The more you buy, the more you spend. This is a super flawed marketing scam. If you go to the store and see a tv that is normally $1200, discounted to $1000 and you buy it, you didn't save $200, you spent $1000.The more you buy, the more you save. The discount is an incentive to bring more subscribers to Verizon and your family/group plan instead of letting them go to another carrier. This subscriber number looks good to investors.
Once you have multiple people on your discounted family/group plan the less likely you'll want to have/let someone leave because if someone leaves, the family/group plan loses a discount. So subscribers who get nice discounts tend to stay. This keeps churn numbers down and is another metric investors like to see.
...which is why I said "Visible+ plan" specifically. 50GB of data are "premium network" on the + plan vs. the "classic" Visible plan which does not get any premium network data.Tried Visible 3 times over the past 4 years.... most recently was last summer. I still can't get any usable service where I'm at and when I could, ping was high (usually 130ms+) and speeds were slow (no more than 3 Mbps). Visible users are low priority unlike actual Verizon customers.
It’s fine for what it can do but if you are a heavy data user it’s not a viable option. The main reason I wouldn’t go for it is because of how they still cap hotspot speeds...which is why I said "Visible+ plan" specifically. 50GB of data are "premium network" on the + plan vs. the "classic" Visible plan which does not get any premium network data.
I know what you are saying, though. I experienced the same. On "Classic" plan.
Yeah if you only have 1 line, don't even bother with the big carriers.Why does a single line cost $80 / $65?
Why can't all lines just cost $45?