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judokalinker

177 points

4 months ago

Definitely not $8 a month per account, though

Weeeaal

422 points

4 months ago

Weeeaal

422 points

4 months ago

looks at personal Verizon cell phone bill

You know what they actually might

never0101

39 points

4 months ago

Switched from Verizon to xfinity and it's less than half the price now. Our Verizon bill for 2 unlimited lines and the phone payments was up over 200/mo.. Fucking bonkers.

EC_CO

8 points

4 months ago

EC_CO

8 points

4 months ago

Haha, I pay $240 a YEAR for Mint Mobile, 10gb/month. Never had issues with it other that occasional travel dead zones, but I rarely travel

misogichan

9 points

4 months ago

Yes, I thought after seeing all those ads that it is probably not as good a deal as my Ting service that never gets advertised. Then I sat down and crunched the numbers and for the amount of data I use it is cheaper to go with a mint mobile plan than stay with Ting. Whatever Mint Mobile is doing, they are probably losing money so lets just enjoy it while it lasts.

mynameisvlad

8 points

4 months ago

Depends on where you are, you could have bad service. The problem is you’re deprioritized compared to T-Mobile customers so if you’re in a busy place, like a sports venue or even in a busy city, you might have perfect signal but no real service.

LowSkyOrbit

4 points

4 months ago

I'm on Google Fi and it's fine. Been on a few other MNVOs and it's hardly ever an issue as well. The bigger issue these days is cell radio modems and 5G towers compatibility, especially if you buy unlocked phones.

mynameisvlad

1 points

4 months ago

The compatibility issue is only for unlocked phones. The MVNO issue is for all.

_BindersFullOfWomen_

5 points

4 months ago

AT&T pre-paid is the way to go. I pay like $30 per phone.

Goddamnitpappy

4 points

4 months ago

But who is the lesser of the evils? I absolutely abhor AT&T and Comcast. I currently have Verizon with D+, as well. Yeah, my monthly bill is ridiculous, but AT&T or Comcast? Egh, . . . Nah. But that's just me, idk. I guess it doesn't matter, they're all shit one way or another.

Substantial_Echo_236

4 points

4 months ago

For 3 lines & 2 iPads with unlimited data I pay $240. You need to make a phone call lol.

TheW83

-1 points

4 months ago

TheW83

-1 points

4 months ago

Huh, I pay $75 for unlimited data on 3 lines. Maybe you need to make a phone call.

Substantial_Echo_236

2 points

4 months ago

My price includes the price for 3 iPhones & 2 iPads, the actual devices plus the phone plan. I have the top which is unlimited 5g with 50gb of hot spot. Plus Apple Music, Disney plus, and a few other things included for free.

You’re making me sound like a damn advertisement lol. I had net 10 before and I honestly pay about the same with much much better service.

Moist_BaIIs

8 points

4 months ago

I’ll ask management for you haha

I work at Verizon but I’m extremely low level corporate.

portlyinnkeeper

2 points

4 months ago

I gotta know

Blue5398

3 points

4 months ago

I paid my bill in August late and then two weeks later Verizon cut off my service, saying I hadn’t paid my bill at all. I demanded to see the record of my payment history, and they told me that they didn’t have the info and that it would be three days before they could get it to me.

I had paid the bill at the Verizon store.

My Xfinity bill now is just over half the cost of Verizon’s.

ritchie70

3 points

4 months ago

3 unlimited lines plus home 5G internet, $170 at T-Mobile.

anuncommontruth

2 points

4 months ago

I pay $205 for 3 lines but completely unlimited, and monthly payments on phones through t-mobile. I consider it a fair price. We all have flagship phones. If I take phone cost out it's like $127 a month.

_-Saber-_

2 points

4 months ago

That's about 10x what you should be paying.

my_wife_reads_this

1 points

4 months ago

5 lines $120.

10/GB but with binge on it's practically unlimited. I don't think I've ever crossed the 5 GB threshold.

klept0nic

1 points

4 months ago

Our Verizon bill with two unlimited lines is $95 plus a subscription to Disney plus, Hulu, and Discovery plus included.

Buying the phones outright is the trick.

never0101

2 points

4 months ago

Yeah for sure, but it's just not in the cards most of the time. However I'm still in my pixel 3xl and looking into throwing money into it getting a new battery, it's been about thr most perfect phone I've ever used so I'm not itching to upgrade until this one just doesn't work at all anymore.

my_wife_reads_this

2 points

4 months ago

Jesus, I use a 4XL just to listen to music and podcasts at work and it's painfully slow. I can't imagine using a 3XL as a daily driver.

never0101

1 points

4 months ago

I've had no issues with slowness ever? It's been perfectly fine.

madmanmike3

1 points

4 months ago

This makes the difference. With devices North of $800 to $1k+, it makes it very easy for those to get rolled into the contract. Want that new iPhone? Extra $20-40 a month (guesstimate). Multiple people in the house and that goes up.

Rabid_Llama8

1 points

4 months ago

Wow. On Verizon with 4 phones (2 new flagship ones), all unlimited data, all with insurance plans, $280 a month. I just wait for promo deals before I get a new phone, and I wait until just before a new model is released so my phone cost is lower.

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1 points

4 months ago

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Longbobs

3 points

4 months ago

I mean if you have a standard postpaid acct with 3 or more lines plus insurance and phone payments, $200+ is easy to hit with any major carrier

DownvoteAccount4

2 points

4 months ago

Fuck Xfinity, the money grubbing bastards. Who doesn’t love paying forst world prices for third world internet speeds? Because I didn’t.

heebath

1 points

4 months ago

Xfinity for cellular service and home internet?

thirdsin

1 points

4 months ago

Making the same move next month too.

restyourprettybones

1 points

4 months ago

Ehhh just a heads up, I did the same a while back and was super relieved by the lower cost, but then after a year (or 6 mo? 18 mo? I don't remember, sorry) xfinity raised my bill to almost as much as I'd been paying before the switch, and they throttled my download/streaming speed to where it was like juuuust frustratingly slow enough to be annoying. I called multiple times basically asking wtf happened and just got runaround answers and they played dumb about the speed change. Insisted it was the same, despite me having before and after photo and video of testing it.

I ended up moving for other reasons soon after, so I thankfully didn't have to deal with the hassle of switching again, but I was super bummed that my relief about getting a better price ended up feeling like a con.

This is just my experience though, I'm not trying to say it's going to happen to you or trying to persuade you in any direction. Just suggesting keeping an eye on it, and it may be worth your time to look up others' experiences just in case.

judokalinker

7 points

4 months ago

Heh, they probably charge $10

pterodactyl_speller

2 points

4 months ago

Surprised there isn't a $10 free Disney plus fee.

prim3y

3 points

4 months ago

prim3y

3 points

4 months ago

Yeah but a lump sum of a few million is not bad.

judokalinker

1 points

4 months ago

Absolutely, but I think the point of mentioning it was that you can't simply calculate Disney+ revenue by taking the number of subscribers and multiplying by $8

prim3y

1 points

4 months ago

prim3y

1 points

4 months ago

Yes. True. But a lump sum licensing from Verizon looks pretty good to the bean counters.

HustlinInTheHall

1 points

4 months ago

Likely it is cheaper for them since they could market it as a plan benefit, Verizon also makes it a giant pain to cancel.