Getting Mint service activated and working was a 3 day train wreck for me. Can't remember details but they couldn't get the number ported, then they couldn't activate my phone for some reason.
Went with Ting mobile and it's been great.
I have no idea why anyone stays on the 'big' carriers these days.
To answer your last question: because when I go abroad, my phone just works almost everywhere I go. Literally when the plane lands, I get a text message from T-Mobile saying "Welcome to _____" with additional information about my service in that country. Places like Mint, Visible, Ting, etc all charge you per text/minute/MB used abroad which makes them non-starters since that's usually where I'm going to be using my phone even more than usual.
Haven’t traveled internationally since 2019 but AT&T was always good for a chuckle on landing: “Welcome to {country}! You can continue using your AT&T data at our roaming rate of $25/megabyte.” Then I’d buy a 10GB SIM for $15 on the way out of the airport.
Ting is just Dish Network reselling T-Mobile’s network, which means Ting’s users are prioritized behind people directly paying more (or more valuable) to T-Mobile.
I stick with one of the 3 mobile network operators because I do not mind the extra cost for being higher up in the priority chain (or believing that I am).
Went with Ting mobile and it's been great.
I have no idea why anyone stays on the 'big' carriers these days.
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