Can't stand the little caveats with prepaid
Ex. Smaller coverage footprint, deprioritization behind main carriers customers, paying upfront, no perks, silly quirks like particular phones not being supported, etc...
I want it all, and I "guess" I'm willing to pay a premium.
Haven't seen any issues since I've been using mint mobile (T-Mobile). I get WiFi calling, hot spot support, LTE calling, etc. I can choose to buy one month at a time, or prepay for 3, 6, or 12 months. I paid something like $3.36 in taxes/fees for my 3 month purchase, and will continue with the service at the same $15 rate with a year purchase.
Customer support is 8am-8pm EST, Monday through Sunday, and they also provided me 2 sim cards in my activation kit.
Download speed is ~50mbps (upload ~30) vs the ~35mbps (upload roughly ~15) I had on AT&T network. Coverage is about the same for my area, building penetration is average to good.
I use my phone for reddit and social media throughout the day with no issues, and phone calls are very clear with LTE calling, and WiFi calling as well. On the way to and from work (peak hours) I use waze, or sometimes google maps, and simultaneously stream pandora, sometimes also loading a webpage, snapchat, or reddit (long red light). I've never had issues with slow downs, or lack of service during this "heavy" use, or "peak hour" time period.
I understand that my use is fairly minimal (I don't stream a ton of video), but knowing that you could get the same services (in some cases better quality services) for $15, $20, $25 urges me to provide full disclosure on what this kind of switch could be like. The "premium" of not choosing a prepaid provider is almost 3x the cost.
To clarify, one thing that I will say is that I have no experience with Verizon (I know they are best for penetration and sometimes coverage - although they also have the slowest LTE speeds sometimes due to the most congested network), so switching from them to a GSM network might be a consideration to begin with.
I'm using an unlocked iPhone 8 originally purchased through apple