Total Wireless is offering "
Bring your number◊ and get 50% more data"!
Assuming all lines are ported in you would get...
1 Line
5GB 7.5 GB
2 Line
15GB 22.5 GB
3 Line
20GB 30 GB
4 Line
25GB 37.5 GB
◊Not all plans qualify. Visit Totalwireless.com for details. Offer excludes the $25 no data plan. Promotional data does not expire with active service.
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After getting my number ported in to TotalWireless, I checked my account online - the 50% extra data promotion applied to the full 6GB of data from the WalMart card, so my phone has 9GB of LTE data per month for $35.
I ported from Verizon Prepaid (from the actual VZW giant company itself) and was paying over $20 more a month for 10GB of data after taxes, fees, etc.
TotalWireless uses Verizon's network and previously throttled all LTE data. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore, at least where I live and based on other forum info I've found. I'm getting identical speed tests on cellular with the Oookla speed test app after making the switch (20-30 Mbps download, which is pretty good considering my semi-rural location). Visual voicemail also works on my iPhone. The only thing I've lost is tethering, which I used once or twice a year.
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I hope concerns of data priority / deprioritization are overblown. It's my understanding that it takes a LOT of traffic to overwhelm a modern digital technology cell tower, and cell companies prepare for major events / venues with additional capacity, if possible. I also wonder if Verizon Prepaid (which also says customers are de-prioritized behind contract/plan customers) is higher priority than TotalWireless Prepaid on the network, or the same? Still, I doubt it will be an issue with where I spend most of my time. And as long as I can send an SMS text or simple iMessage, I'll be fine. I'm not going to be live-streaming from a Taylor Swift concert or watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy over my cellular connection while standing in Times Square or Yankee Stadium anytime soon.
It's not worth the extra $20+ a month for the brand name Verizon prepaid service for an occasional inconvenience a couple of times a year when I can get to a major sporting event. The rural coverage and large amount of data for cheap $ are more important to me.
To each their own.
I hope concerns of data priority / deprioritization are overblown. It's my understanding that it takes a LOT of traffic to overwhelm a modern digital technology cell tower, and cell companies prepare for major events / venues with additional capacity, if possible. I also wonder if Verizon Prepaid (which also says customers are de-prioritized behind contract/plan customers) is higher priority than TotalWireless Prepaid on the network, or the same?
It's not worth the extra $20+ a month for the brand name Verizon prepaid service for an occasional inconvenience once every 2-3 years when I can get to a major sporting event. The rural coverage and large amount of data for cheap $ are more important to me.
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50% more data for FREE when you move."
So I would assume extra data is given only the first month, though I could not find the exact info as well.
Maybe black friday there will be a phone deal to stack on this?
What is the cheapest respectable VZ phone folks are using to switch?
Weird, I get really high speeds even in the middle of downtown Chicago. Lollapalooza and other events in Millennium park have been fine. Maybe it depends on the city?