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forum thread Posted by BraveMice376 • Dec 21, 2023
forum thread Posted by BraveMice376 • Dec 21, 2023

US Mobile: 12 months unlimited talk, text & data $276

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US mobile is offering 12 months unlimited starter pack for $276

12 months Unlimited premium pack for $450

Unlimited starter pack includes: (renews every month)

Unlimited talk, text 35 GB high speed data
10 GB hotspot
Intl calling & texting

Unlimited premium pack includes (renews every month)

Unlimited talk, text 100 GB high speed data
50 GB hotspot
Intl calling & texting




https://www.usmobile.com/plans
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US mobile is offering 12 months unlimited starter pack for $276

12 months Unlimited premium pack for $450

Unlimited starter pack includes: (renews every month)

Unlimited talk, text 35 GB high speed data
10 GB hotspot
Intl calling & texting

Unlimited premium pack includes (renews every month)

Unlimited talk, text 100 GB high speed data
50 GB hotspot
Intl calling & texting




https://www.usmobile.com/plans

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Dec 21, 2023
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ljderm
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Am I wrong or have they just changed their prices again? Seems like a couple of months ago they went from adding taxes and fees so they could publish prices without add on fees (one of their biggest areas of complaints). At that time I thought the starter unlimited was $25/month even for only one line. Now it looks like that single line is $29 and so on. Have they also just changed the requirements on the "up to" $100 prepaid card--now two lines for 12 months?

If you want to pay for a whole year in advance, to save about $6/month, go for it, but please give them a real world try first.Some folks (but not everyone) have had very good experiences.

I think they have fairly good service with the supposedly prioritized data, but I have found their customer care and their incentives to be a little shady over the last 18 months or so (speaking to the free trials they have offered with way too many hoops to jump thru and even then failing to provide--probably just me).

Just some thoughts.
Last edited by ljderm December 20, 2023 at 09:03 PM.
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mrstangblb
Dec 21, 2023
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You don't have to pay for an entire year - I had them change me from the $40 unlimited plan I'm currently on to the $29 per month plan that is supposed to kick in at the end of the month. I don't need unlimited data, so 35GB should be plenty for me.
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Dec 21, 2023
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StarboyK
Dec 21, 2023
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Any value to this over the $180 I pay Mint yearly? Haven't had any issues with a TMobile MVNO, but am unfamiliar with U.S. Mobile, their coverage, and what they offer. yea, I can Google it, but as the first post here indicates: YMMV. So I'm curious what y'all's mileage has been!
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Dec 21, 2023
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UnoriginalGuy
Dec 21, 2023
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Currently, on US Mobile, started out with their WARP (Verizon) but the local coverage was absolutely terrible indoors, in spite of it being the "recommended" network. I will warn of one thing: Moving from US Mobile's WARP to US Mobile's GSM (T-Mobile) is a huge PITA, it is the opposite of streamlined. It acts like a full network move, you have to get customer service to give you account number/pin, it takes about four hours (with outage in-between), and I had a line completely broken and had to get CS involved to fix it. The CS are good/nice/fast to respond, but on my last network I never had to use CS whereas on US Mobile I've used it four times already (<3 months service).

The Unlimited Plans are a great deal, but for our household (multiple lines, mid-low data usage) the Sharable plan is even better.

Starter: $0.65 / GB ($0.71 / GB without annual) of mobile data, and $2.3 / GB ($2.5 / GB without annual) for Hotspot. 1-Mbps speeds beyond which is fine for email/notifications/basic browsing, but will buffer even SD video.

Sharable: $5 / GB to $1.60 / GB. Which is more if you plan on using your most of your 35 GB allotment on the Starter. The less data you use, the more you save which isn't true with Starter. The Sharable advantages:
- Automatic Top Ups at 90%. This allows you to pick a lower monthly plan, in the hopes that you won't top up and on average save money.
- All data is hotspot data.
- All data is high speed data.
- Additional Lines in the pool are cheap ($8 each).
- If you need to top up, and don't use all of your top up data, it rolls over max one additional month. So you get two chances to use it.

Therefore, I'd strongly recommend people go look at their historical data usage carefully; if it is e.g., under 6 GB/line then you'll save money with two lines for $33/month Vs. $46/month for Starter. But Sharable is really designed for a lot of lines.


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Quote from ljderm :
Am I wrong or have they just changed their prices again? Seems like a couple of months ago they went from adding taxes and fees so they could publish prices without add on fees (one of their biggest areas of complaints). At that time I thought the starter unlimited was $25/month even for only one line. Now it looks like that single line is $29 and so on. Have they also just changed the requirements on the "up to" $100 prepaid card--now two lines for 12 months?

If you want to pay for a whole year in advance, to save about $6/month, go for it, but please give them a real world try first.Some folks (but not everyone) have had very good experiences.

I think they have fairly good service with the supposedly prioritized data, but I have found their customer care and their incentives to be a little shady over the last 18 months or so (speaking to the free trials they have offered with way too many hoops to jump thru and even then failing to provide--probably just me).

Just some thoughts.
No comment on their new customer offers, but I have been using them as my primary cell provider for the last 14 months, and have had a pretty good experience with them. Had a couple technical issues when I first ported over, but customer service over chat is pretty good and resolved those issues and no problems since.

I agree that people should go for a free trial and/or test out their network on monthly rates before paying for a year. Some people won't have a good experience whether due to network coverage or device issues.

As for pricing, they just changed their pricing a few months ago as you said.

Apparently, they weren't getting much traction on their mid-tier plan and decided to combine the low and mid-tier unlimited plans by offering the mid-tier plan features, but at monthly price that's in between the old low/mid tier ($29).

Another way to think of it is a $4 price increase to the old $25 plan for more high speed data/hotspot. But now you get the option of paying for a year at a time, at a $23/month rate. I think they did this, because of the popularity of their cyber monday deal which was a year of the $25 plan for $250 ($50 off).

Overall, price increases aren't great, but at least there's more data/hotspot and the option to save more by paying annually. Existing users with old plans are grandfathered.

They haven't changed their shared data plans, which are still a great value for lower data users (unlimited talk/text and 2gb of data for $10, and only $2/gb for add-on data).
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Dec 21, 2023
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JohnMpls21
Dec 21, 2023
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Quote from StarboyK :
Any value to this over the $180 I pay Mint yearly? Haven't had any issues with a TMobile MVNO, but am unfamiliar with U.S. Mobile, their coverage, and what they offer. yea, I can Google it, but as the first post here indicates: YMMV. So I'm curious what y'all's mileage has been!
I'm on their Warp 5g which is Verizon's network at priority speeds if you have a 5g phone. It's worked great for me. Their GSM network is T-Mobile and not priority speeds. They say they will have an ATT option in 2024.
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Dec 21, 2023
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TheBigCPabster
Dec 21, 2023
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Not a fan of annual plans which are basically contracts all over again. I think US Mobile needs to stop changing their prices and plans every other month as well. Overall this is a big 👎 on my end.
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Justin09
Dec 21, 2023
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If you use esim how/where do you select which network you want to use? I was thinking about switching ti visible but have been holding out for their $35 + plan; I do not use a lot of hotspot data and am on wifi a lot so it seems like maybe the US starter would be fine for me. I have friends that have t-mobile though and the service in my area is pretty bad; staying on verizon's network for me is kind of a must. Any insight would be appreciated! They don't list the pixel 8 but I know it has esim so should be all set.
Dec 21, 2023
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dealhunter9999
Dec 21, 2023
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Quote from TheBigCPabster :
Not a fan of annual plans which are basically contracts all over again. I think US Mobile needs to stop changing their prices and plans every other month as well. Overall this is a big 👎 on my end.
They are giving multi-line discount for essential plan from $29 -> $27(if annual plan is not preferred). Shareable plan is about same cost.
I am on 50 days trial ($40 or $25 priced locked in) So far service is great. Was testing 5G warp seepd today, got 650mps down/80 up (full signal strength)
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TheBigCPabster
Dec 21, 2023
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Quote from dealhunter9999 :
They are giving multi-line discount for essential plan from $29 -> $27(if annual plan is not preferred). Shareable plan is about same cost.
I am on 50 days trial ($40 or $25 priced locked in) So far service is great. Was testing 5G warp seepd today, got 650mps down/80 up (full signal strength)
Yes their Warp 5G (Verizon) is good. T-Mobile not so much but it varies by area like they all do. Also they are adding AT&T next year (soon). My only complaint is with their price scheme and the trend towards locking folks in to annual plans which are essentially contracts.
Dec 21, 2023
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dealhunter9999
Dec 21, 2023
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Quote from TheBigCPabster :
Yes their Warp 5G (Verizon) is good. T-Mobile not so much but it varies by area like they all do. Also they are adding AT&T next year (soon). My only complaint is with their price scheme and the trend towards locking folks in to annual plans which are essentially contracts.
Yeah, r/usmobile has tons of threads on it, expressing same concern.

Dec 21, 2023
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bobbutts
Dec 21, 2023
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I'm using the sharable data plan for 3 people using verizon and it works fine for everyone. None of us noticed any difference between verizon postpaid or xfinity mobile or us mobile.
Dec 21, 2023
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dbfeng
Dec 21, 2023
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I also found the promos to be shady. Tried the service for a couple of days on a free plan, then was told I wouldn't get the gift card promo because of the free trial.

If you try their free line, do it with some disposable email, then use your regular email if you do subscribe.

Silly policies.
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mew0o
Dec 21, 2023
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Quote from StarboyK :
Any value to this over the $180 I pay Mint yearly? Haven't had any issues with a TMobile MVNO, but am unfamiliar with U.S. Mobile, their coverage, and what they offer. yea, I can Google it, but as the first post here indicates: YMMV. So I'm curious what y'all's mileage has been!

the value over mint is superior customer support compared to mint. Now whether someone actually values that is up to each individual

as for coverage, they offer the option of selecting from two networks, either tmobile or verison.

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Quote from bobbutts :
I'm using the sharable data plan for 3 people using verizon and it works fine for everyone. None of us noticed any difference between verizon postpaid or xfinity mobile or us mobile.
I have Xfinity Mobile, it does have better coverage and speed than US Mobile with Priority Data on 5G devices. I was in a building that I can use data with no problem on XM but messages can't sent out with USM at the same location at the same time.

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