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astral
Apr 26, 2004

Mental Hospitality posted:

Mint users: How are you liking your service? I have a $55/mo Unlimited Max plan through Cricket Wireless which was great when I used to stream 20GB of video a month on my phone, but for all of 2020 it's been less than 5GB/mo. Just looking to save some money (and give the T-Mobile network a try).

Are data speeds acceptable? Cricket maxed out at 8mbps so if it's around there I'm fine.

Your best bet would be to get a $1 starter kit from Amazon and do a bunch of speed tests with the trial SIM to get a feel for the speeds in your area at various times:
https://www.amazon.com/Mint-Mobile-Starter-Verify-Compatibility/dp/B0786RD524/

Speedtest.net, at least, seemed to be whitelisted and not count towards the 100MB.

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astral
Apr 26, 2004

At that point, why not just use/get a switch? :psyduck:

astral
Apr 26, 2004

Tracfone is eventually only going to support the Verizon network, so you might want to keep that in mind when selecting a new phone. I wouldn't be surprised if they're still selling off old stock that's set up to use one of the other networks that Tracfone will only support for a limited time (probably still a couple of years, but you don't want to go through this again so soon, right?).

e: Depending on how the previous phone was acquired/set up, it might be possible that she would also (in addition to the new phone) need a new SIM card. If so, you can get the one for smartphone plans on their official ebay store for $1: https://www.ebay.com/itm/283230124002
Assuming Verizon coverage is good where she lives, she'll want to use the Verizon SIM.

Disclaimer: If your aunt uses the basic phone plans and not the smartphone plans, I don't know if those SIMs work with the basic plans.

e2: Depending on what you're looking for, and as an alternative, HSN, QVC, etc. often sell phone/airtime bundles at reasonable rates to the point where the cheaper phones are basically free with the airtime:
https://www.hsn.com/shop/tracfone/10962

astral
Apr 26, 2004

BonoMan posted:

I've used it for a year now for my wife and I and it's been great.

However last night we had power outages from storms and both of us had trouble getting any cell data. It would come and go so I don't think cell towers were off... just likely slammed and I'm guessing US Mobile doesn't get any sort of priority.

Also of note - they do NOT support plans for watches at the moment! So if that's a dealbreaker for you, there ya go.

Are you using a 5G device on their Verizon network to get priority data?

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