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Skylantech t1_ixhtt74 wrote

Reply to comment by notahackerpirate in Study: The iPhone 14 Pro has faster 5G speeds than any Android phone by chrisdh79

My wife and I are in the suburbs, we previously had Visible and had no complaints about the price. But the speeds were atrocious, it always took forever for anything to load.

This was a couple years back when we both had iPhone 11's. I think anything having to do with Verizon may just be poor in this area. I'm still on Verizon and the wife is on AT&T. She no longer complains about speed issues. I now have an iPhone 14 Pro, she has the 13 ProMax.

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notahackerpirate t1_ixhvr1p wrote

I also used an iPhone 11 on Visible! For two years from Dec 2019 to Dec 2021. It was the only network that had service in my old house, far from the city. Both ATT and Tmobile had no service at that house.

Speeds were 3-40 Mbps. And unusable in congested areas due to the deprioritization. That was on the old Visible network though at $25/mo. Now I’m on the new $45/mo Visible plan with of course a newer phone. The 11 didn’t have 5G, which was the main reason I upgraded.

Of course, moving to the city really changed things for my mobile data speeds.

Why be on Verizon and AT&T when you could be on the cheaper MVNOs? Visible has a $30/mo plan that doesn’t have the 5G UW. It only has regular 5G and 4G of course. If you disable 5G due to your location, may as well be on a super cheap plan.

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Skylantech t1_ixi5ec6 wrote

My employer pays for my Verizon plan so no phone bill for me :)

Big fan of MVNO's previously, but we moved to a more congested area (from a more rural area) and they just can't offer the speeds we need due to all the deprioritization. Data's almost unusable in some parts here.

The wife traded in her iPhone 11 for a 13PM and got ~$800 off with AT&T. She was using AT&T prepaid previously @ $60 a month (Top plan with AT&T prepaid does not have deprioritization) and when she got the 13PM, switched to a postpaid plan for $68. She's now stuck in that plan for another 2 years, but overall is happy with her service.

MVNO's are great if they work well in your area. But there's nothing like a dedicated line

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