I’ve never had any issues with the Tmobile prepaid plan in either NYC nor north NJ, although I’m not sure if the prepaid plans have the same lowered priority as Mint, for example.
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Ennon@lemmy.world 1 year agoIn more populated areas it makes sense since Brand customers have prioritized traffic over MVNOs. So if you want any service at all, then…
zettajon@lemdro.id 1 year ago
kungen@feddit.nu 1 year ago
I have used StraightTalk a couple years ago with the T-Mobile SIM. In the countryside, I could barely do anything, whereas my friend on prepaid T-Mobile worked “as normal” as you’d expect. So their MVNO priorities are a bit of a gamble.
cerevant@lemm.ee 1 year ago
In SoCal it can get pretty bad, and I’ve been to Disneyland and other events (concerts/sports) where the phone simply doesn’t work at all. I’m on a Verizon MVNO right now that seems to be fine, but the AT&T and T-Mobile based ones both have issues around here.
zettajon@lemdro.id 1 year ago
Right I’m saying does the prepaid T-Mobile plan count as an MVNO? If it’s directly from them vs a separate company like Mint
cerevant@lemm.ee 1 year ago
No, it isn’t an MVNO, but I do think it gets lower priority than their premium plans.
scottywh@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I didn’t have any issues with Metro when I lived in San Diego and Apple Valley back in 2015 through early 2016.
raptir@lemdro.id 1 year ago
I have both T-Mobile and Visible on my phone and I’ve had to switch to Visible in more congested areas because T-Mobile will crawl.