Posted on 02/14/2022 7:21:21 PM PST by Islander7
I want to dump Verizon. Does anyone have experience with Patriot Mobile? Is the coverage and 4G comparable to the big, leftist outfits?
I’m sick of spending my dollars supporting a company that doesn’t support my beliefs.
I wish I had stayed at a Holiday Inn express last night, if so I could help you.
Good post - I’ve been wondering myself
I had to get away from Verizon as they were costing too much and there was no coverage in the mountains.
I found Redpocket, cut my bill from $84.00 a month to $84.00 a year. I chose a limited plan that suited my needs.
My son got an unlimited plan for $180 a year.
You can go month by month also if you want.
They piggyback off the three networks, you choose which network, T-Mobile, Verizon or ATT and they send you a sim card to activate, you can also port your number.
I chose ATT because they had coverage where I needed it in the mountains.
I am a neanderthal when it comes to tech and I was able to do it without much difficulty.
Did call Patriot to ask a few questions. My call was answered promptly by a nice fellow who said they are based out of Dallas; he spoke clear English. Have heard good things; I’m about to fire AT&T.
We use pure talk.
Whatever you do, make sure which system you are currently using is supported.
“he spoke clear English.”
Good to know. 2 days ago, I called Walmart on behalf of my GF where they sent the wrong size. The accent on the other end was clearly BRITISH and offered to refund the pants.
Never heard of Red pocket. I’ll have to take a look. I’ve been using StraightTalk for quite a few years and have been pretty pleased. $45/mo unlimited.
Page Plus Cellular is pretty good. It is basically Verizon service at a huge discount. No idea of their politics.
I have Patriot Mobile. You can choose either the AT&T or T-Mobile since the large telcos own the cell networks/towers. You can look up their coverage on their individual networks.
So, you are still supporting one of the two big telcos but giving some of your bill payment to a patriotic company.
Oh yeah, when I switched, my bill went down about 30 percent and I got a better plan.
See posts 11 and 12. My precious cell service was att. When we switched and I saw the savings, I regretted not switching years ago.
See posts 11 and 12.
See posts 11 and 12.
I called about Patriot when they advertised on RSBN during the 2016 campaign. At that time I felt it didn’t have customer service available for long enough periods of time each day. That may have changed.
We had Verizon for almost 20 years but their customer service became so wretched that we switched to T-Mobile. $70/month flat for unlimited everything, on a seniors plan — half of our Verizon bill.
When we signed up, the spiel was that customer service is all USA and in English. Not true. For sales ... yes. After they hook you, it’s Peggy.
One result of CCP Flu is the decline in customer service overall. It’s an excuse for suck-y CS, and I wonder how long they can dine out on that.
My family switched. Verizon proved difficult to switch “from”, but Patriot helped us through that.
I’ve been wondering as well. I’ve got a really cheap plan with T-Mobile and Patriot would actually cost more. Patriot Mobile doesn’t always get great ratings in connection with customer service. I’m still studying the issue.
How were they difficult? I have Verizon and plan on switching.
I perhaps gave you information that could be interpreted wrong: The Verizon store “could not sell us” new telephones (2 had physical damage, bad internal connections.) They sent us to Best Buy - who sold us phones incompatible with Verizon service - even after telling us the new phones would work. We had to work through Patriot Mobile to get internal SIM cards sent to us that would finally work.
Patriot DID GET my family on-line (after the new cards arrived), but they had to work harder against Verizon and Best Buy to do it successfully. D
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