My experiences with MVNOs and prepaid in the US was horrible. For about a decade I tried a few MVNOs, particularly Tracfone which has a great onboarding experience but the experience was that the coverage sucked: it didn't matter if I was in a rural area or in New York City or Los Angeles or even some place like Rochester, NY which has an easy density to serve -- it just didn't work consistently.
I'd contrast that to the experience of AT&T postpaid which is radically better.
The truth about MVNOs is that you are riding on the back of the bus. As long as I was using cheap Android phones on MVNO I was always wondering "why do people get so excited about apps?" and "why is infrastructure in the US so bad?" but when I got a postpaid iPhone it was like... yeah, this really is a world-changing technology.
https://usmobile.com is the best MVNO for regular usage. Ranked #1 by consumer reports and great customer support.
https://silent.link is a good option for cheap data. Accepts cryptocurrency and data doesn't expire. This might be the cheapest for people with variable data usage or low amounts needed.
My experiences with MVNOs and prepaid in the US was horrible. For about a decade I tried a few MVNOs, particularly Tracfone which has a great onboarding experience but the experience was that the coverage sucked: it didn't matter if I was in a rural area or in New York City or Los Angeles or even some place like Rochester, NY which has an easy density to serve -- it just didn't work consistently.
I'd contrast that to the experience of AT&T postpaid which is radically better.
The truth about MVNOs is that you are riding on the back of the bus. As long as I was using cheap Android phones on MVNO I was always wondering "why do people get so excited about apps?" and "why is infrastructure in the US so bad?" but when I got a postpaid iPhone it was like... yeah, this really is a world-changing technology.
https://usmobile.com is the best MVNO for regular usage. Ranked #1 by consumer reports and great customer support.
https://silent.link is a good option for cheap data. Accepts cryptocurrency and data doesn't expire. This might be the cheapest for people with variable data usage or low amounts needed.
https://jmp.chat is a cheap option for numbers.
https://infimobile.com/plan-details/10GB-12-months
Click the dropdown labeled "Broadband Facts/Consumer Disclosure" and you should see this:
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