For anyone who has tried switching over, what’s your experience with them been like? Were there any hidden upsides or downsides you weren’t expecting? What about coverage? It’s really hard to ignore them when they keep spamming ads to YouTube, my favorite podcasts, etc.
I’m on a large T mobile family plan and was able to stack on insider as well as free line bonus. Ends up being around same price as Mint’s unlimited tier, but with much better international roaming and in-flight wifi for half of the domestic us airlines. That’s another option if you’re interested in that.
Pretty sure they just got bought out by T-Mobile, a company that has had multiple massive data breaches in the past year or so. It’s just cheap T-mobile 5g. I liked it when I had it, but wouldn’t go back.
Came here to post this, Mint just got purchased by T-Mobile.
What do you use now?
I was with Mint in Tennessee for several years with no issues. I moved to the boonies where T-Mobile has no service, which is the only reason I’m not still with Mint.
I used them for year plus. I didn’t get the best coverage in rural areas so I switched to at&t prepaid. I went for the yearly mint mobile plan so it cost the least/month.
Same experience as others, it was the cheapest option for me at the time for data after several other carriers folded. I live in an urban area and have had no issues. Currently dreading what bullshit T-Mobile will inevitably pull
I’ve had nothing but a positive experience with them! Customer support has been great the one time I needed it, and traveling around the country I’ve never had an issue with my signal.
I really hope T-Mobile doesn’t screw things up!
Been with Mint for 6 years. I prepay my unlimited plan 360/yr (+tax) and it’s been great. Just make sure you get good coverage before you get into their network.
I’ve been with Mint for a few years now, and I’ve personally had a great experience in terms of service and price. YMMV when it comes to more rural areas though in terms of coverage.
That said, they’ve also been acquired by T-Mobile, so their coverage may increase while HOPEFULLY remaining at similar price points.
The coverage shouldn’t change at all. They’ve always been on T-Mobile’s towers.
I tried it for a week and at least in my city it was pretty much unusable. Service is prioritized below T-Mobile proper, so it can be super slow if your area has a lot of T-Mobile users.
This was my experience as well. I could barely maintain a lasting connection using mobile data. Especially bad during commutes when everyone on the road with me was connecting to towers with priority over mine. The price was amazing though and the online service/support was great.
Maybe you need to change your access point to mint’s? I drove from Oregon to Michigan and and the only bad spot was in areas that just flat out didn’t have any service. It was spotty at first but I found that I needed to change the AP in my network settings.
All the MVNO are deprioritized, Verizon’s policies are the worst of the big 3. T-Mobile’s policy allows for much more traffic so it’s not nearly as noticable. AT&T MVNOs have almost no difference between themselves and proper AT&T monthly service.
I’m still trying to figure out how to get my phone to let me add an APN my P6P doesn’t do anything when I hit save even after taking out my Tmo SIM and rebooting. Maybe still a daemon on there locking that and ill have to reset the phone.
EDIT: Fixed it by just setting the name to deeznutz I guess it doesn’t like having an APN listed with the same name as the carrier, I assume that first name box is just for personal organization and ID and doesn’t affect anything.
All good. The main negative has been international travel, but generally I prefer to switch to a local SIM card when travelling anyhoots.
Same. Been using Mint Mobile for years with few complaints (especially for the price!), but it was entirely unusable when I went to Canada for a few days.
Same. It’s been great in the USA but it was entirely unusable for a full week in Europe. I had a ticket open the whole time and they could never get it to work. I demanded a refund.
I used mint for about 4 years paying yearly as others here. Recently switched to visible and it’s a bit better for me. Unlimited data and much improved tethering for 5 bucks more a month.
It’s been great for me and my family. But we live in a major metro with good TMobile coverage, ymmv. Definitely a great price for 4 lines, I can control all the plans and pre-paid billing for each line from the app, and the hotspot works great. If the coverage is good in your area, the price can’t be beat.
I can tell you a down side is that your best bet at good customer service is through social media channels. My account was in a “stuck” condition that I only found out about when a co-worker tried calling me. If you called once it would give an error and not even go to voicemail. If you called my number a second time it would probably go through. I couldn’t even get on the app for chat or call 611. It would just tell me my call couldn’t be completed and I should call 611. The only solution was to get mintmobileAlex involved on the Mint subreddit. Now if you don’t use Facebook and migrate from Reddit to Lemmy, or some other federated group, where does that leave you?
They don’t exist in Australia, but they sponsor TWiT (this week in tech) so that gives them some good rep in my view.
I’ve been with Mint for years and I absolutely love it. $200/yr (taxes) and I have 5gb/month and great coverage.
Orlando, FL
