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Be aware that both the first line and the free second line must be on the Dark Star (ATT) network, and you cannot switch to other networks for more than 36 days in a year, or you will be charged the
full fee. What this means is that you are committing to AT&T for a year, on two lines. I've had excellent service and connectivity from US Mobile on the Warp Network (Verizon), but my free Dark Star line is mediocre at best on my 2024 Razr. Downloads of 4.5mbps/ uploads under 1mbps. That is despite ATT map showing good coverage here.
I recommend that anyone considering this do a test drive on the Dark Star Network first, as it is the only way to determine if it will work for you. Try it at home, work, and any other places you hang out.
I'd recommend not falling for this "deal" and just paying monthly for whatever network you want to try. Only if it works great would I commit to it. If the free line were my main line (it is not, I have Warp on my main line) I would get rid of it even if that meant forfeiting a free line.)
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Every time I work with USM staff they are competent, polite, and patient. And almost always get things right on the first effort!
To compare, "US-based" Consumer Cellular is a joke for "customer service."
Very easy to port out. No issues. It's great being able to switch between all three networks, which is unique to US Mobile.
My wife was hesitant to switch, but she's had no issues at all on Dark Star (AT&T). I have RCS issues on Dark Star with a OnePlus 13, but no issues on Warp (Verizon).
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- So I found out - no refunds for this deal if you want to terminate.
- You HAVE to be on Dark Star at least 90% of the time or you get charged.
- The Smartwatch addon - Apple Watch not included.
If the above is true - why would anyone do Premium for this deal. One of the benefits - as I see it - is the flexibility to switch between networks on Premium. That's useless for this deal. You can only switch for at most 36 days in the year. So maybe unlimited data and hotspot is great but I hardly use hotspot. The other awesome feature of this deal is the included international calling/txting - and that's also included in the Unlimited Starter.
I'm trying to talk myself out of Premium here guys - can you convince me otherwise? Is the extra $120 er year worth it if the two features - free Smartwatch and switching between networks are worthless. If Smartwatch included Apple then yes I would be all overt Premium.
Very easy to port out. No issues. It's great being able to switch between all three networks, which is unique to US Mobile.
My wife was hesitant to switch, but she's had no issues at all on Dark Star (AT&T). I have RCS issues on Dark Star with a OnePlus 13, but no issues on Warp (Verizon).
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Like an idiot I assumed unlimited data/talk/text in International - of course the hidden text somewhere obscure. So 1GB data seems bad. I did not realize this - heck 10GB doesn't seem any better. I would use it for driving directions - emails - etc.. I don't travel much but I thought the USM International was a plus over TMobile. Though TM - I believe - offers unlimited in Canada and Mexico.
How does this work then - I see you can buy an add-on plan. What happens if you go over these numbers- are you throttled - or do you actually then pay International Rates - which can be excessive.
I placed the order few mins ago. I will get the SIM in 4-6days. Is it okay to activate and port the number after June 7th and still be eligible for the second free line? Thanks.
per reddit, you have 90 days to port in for the paid plan, and then another 30 days to port in for the free plan.
Thanks!
PS - my skills are slipping - I missed the spot in checkout to enter the OVERDRIVE promo code and had to fix everything after the fact - got back in at $348 to make it feel more like a "slick" deal.
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Annual Unlimited Premium and Annual Unlimited Starter "Buy One, Get One" deal:
6. The free annual plan must be activated within 30 days of being made available on the user's dashboard. It will expire after 30 days if it is unactivated.
Just to clarify, you'd need to port out your original Line 1, then port a non US-Mobile Line 2 into US-Mobile before this expires on 6/7, then after 15 days you can port back in Line 1 to US-Mobile.
Also something interesting is that you can (soon) gift these free plans to other people, even those who are not US-Mobile customers:
11. The free line will be giftable (once the gifting feature is available sometime in June 2025): that is, a user who receives a free Annual plan as part of the BOGO deal can transfer that free line to another user (this could be an existing user or someone who is not yet a US Mobile user – they will receive the free plan after creating their US Mobile account).
Thanks!
PS - my skills are slipping - I missed the spot in checkout to enter the OVERDRIVE promo code and had to fix everything after the fact - got back in at $348 to make it feel more like a "slick" deal.
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If there were better prospects on the Apple Watch I would try to onboard more folks. As it is, I think my brother and I might be able to share a $348 special - he is already on US Mobile so I'd have to teach him how to port out and back in. I'd have 45 days to monitor the watch situation and to have him test out Dark Star before porting out to Tello for the 15 day waiting period that everyone was kind enough to spell out as the working method. I may wait longer than 15 days to be safe but that leaves a fairly tight window for getting off Tello without paying a renewal. The cellular to cellular port process has gone so well lately - I don't expect problems coming back to US Mobile but I will be pissed if they try to deny me a Dark Star promotion because they forced me out for 15 days just to get things reset.
Dan
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so I no longer recommend them or use them
what they're doing borders on illegal
i was going to report them to the FCC
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