My buddy tried to tell me for years to switch to Visible. Having always been a Verizon customer (since 2000) I was hesitant. Made the switch last September. Flawless service since. Great speeds. My wife is switching next when her contract ens with VZW.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Verizon Updates Ultimate 5G Plan With More Data and New Features
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
For me, the Apple Music subscription ($10/mo) outweighed the unlimited data, talk, and text internationally. Besides, it ended up also costing more per line, so if you were not taking advantage of their bundles, you were really just paying more for no value add.
All data in my plan can be shared via hotspot, i don't know how's the situation there in the US
I switched from AT&T Postpaid service to Visible by Verizon late last year and couldn't be happier. I am on the new Visible+ Pro tier that they just created a few weeks ago. I get unlimited 5GUW with no high speed data cap and Apple Watch service is included. I can't believe I used to pay so much for wireless service!
Sure, spectrum is finite — but throttling people to 3Mbps and charging $80+/month isn’t a technical limitation. It’s a business strategy + it’s the lack of real competition and carrier incentives to milk customers instead of innovating—which was more my point.
If it was profitable for a US carrier to give you 1TB of un-throttled data for $20/mo, surely one of the big three carriers or an MVNO would have done it. Easy money, right?
Do you ever run into issues with de-prioritized, slower data speeds during peak times?
Which plan is that? Because I just recently moved my family over to a new plan that is better than our old grandfathered plan, and slightly cheaper.
In Sweden, I pay around $25 per month for unlimited 5G data, calls, and SMS. The plan includes 10 hours of international calls to 80 countries each month, and I can use my mobile to make local calls and call Sweden when I’m abroad. I also get 100 GB of data in those countries. Although the operator raised their prices two years ago($35), I’ve been able to keep my original rate by not changing my plan. I would never pay $90 a month!
I just switched over to the Plus plan from an old 10 GB rollover plan and as a Veteran the extra $10 discount along with the $10 autopay discount brings it down to $70. They also have some nice perks that are discounted so I can get YouTube Premium which includes YouTube Music for $8.80 and adding a watch is $7.50 so it's not a terrible deal.
Meanwhile in France we have 200GB for 6.99EUR/month.
(Also I wouldn’t never buy a data plan that sells me “streaming up to 4K”).
(Also I wouldn’t never buy a data plan that sells me “streaming up to 4K”).
You guys in the US get a proper bad deal with your carriers!
I get 80GB for £10/month on 5G. Or £20 for Unlimited data (up to 1Gbps download speed). All plans also have unlimited texts and calls.
I get 80GB for £10/month on 5G. Or £20 for Unlimited data (up to 1Gbps download speed). All plans also have unlimited texts and calls.
"Verizon's Unlimited Ultimate plan is $100 per month"
Wow I thought we paid a lot for plans in the UK. I've just recently went on to an unlimited data with totally uncapped data speed, unlimited minutes, unlimited texts plan. And I'm paying £21 per month ($27.87).
Wow I thought we paid a lot for plans in the UK. I've just recently went on to an unlimited data with totally uncapped data speed, unlimited minutes, unlimited texts plan. And I'm paying £21 per month ($27.87).
The US cellular plan prices are just nuts! In Europe we can get 200GB+ plans for about 20€ (23$) without being tied to a contract, so can cancel and transfer our line to any other provider any time.
Yep. Here in Germany you get unlimited data but they cap the speed to 32 kbit after your booked amount of X.
Germany is like the exception in the EU. Total rip off.
I use total wireless which is Verizon. I get unlimited data, Disney+ all for $30 a month.
I mean I’d never use Verizon bc their data is slow but Verizon is still king for coverage especially in rural areas
You don’t hjave to in the US either; you can get unlimited plans for way less money with MNVOs; and even with Verizon. If you have more than one line, the price is less as well. Even Ultimate is $55/line for 4 lines.
You’re ignoring how monopolistic markets actually work.
The reason we’re paying $80+ for throttled speeds isn’t because of technical limitations — it’s because the big three carriers have carved up the market, locked out real competition, and trained consumers to believe that pricing is somehow justified.
MVNOs can’t offer better deals because they lease capacity from the same networks that have no reason to undercut themselves.
That’s not capitalism — it’s market capture in plain sight. Be well++
if you think you are getting the same level and benefits on Visible for $22.5 vs Ultimate Unlimited you are delusional. You need to be on either Visible+ or Visible+ Pro to get comparable feature set and those are more than $22.5 a month for sure. Add the cost of a "free" iPhone and perhaps one of the perks like Apple Music Family, and for sure you are not coming ahead that much with your $22.5 a month Visible service.
