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Mint Mobile: Good or Bad? (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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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.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Maybe you need to change your access point to mint's? I drove from Oregon to Michigan and back and the only bad spot was in areas that just flat out didn't have any service. 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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    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.

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