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Cheap USA carrier? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by IndigoGollum@lemmy.world to c/dumbphones@lemmy.world

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I currently use a Light Phone II through US Mobile. It's not working out, however, because my phone randomly loses service and can't access any of the data i'm paying for.

I'm trying to find another carrier that's not super expensive, and it seems like my options are US Mobile (doesn't work) or Tello (i don't like their privacy policy).

Things like them having access to all details about my contacts, keystrokes and cursor movements on their site, tracking for ads, etc.

Are there any carriers with plans cheaper than LP's $25/month that don't do the above stuff that Tello does?

I'm also considering the Light Phone's own plan, since it should definitely work with my phone. I'm just hesitant because it's 2.5 times the price of my current plan.

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[–] IndigoGollum@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I repeated what stood out to me. They log mouse movements and keystrokes on their website, and also want details about all my contacts. I could maybe understand them needing to know the numbers i call, but not names and pictures.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Derp, I stopped reading when I got to that point, sorry. I definitely don't remember that being in there before, ugh.

I used to be a daily contributor to r/NoContract - there are options like Hello Mobile (tmo mvno) that are really cheap, but I have heard everything from 'my experience is fine' to absolute horror stories. But if tello is out of the cards, my next suggestion would be tmo's connect plans. They used to offer a 1000/1000/1gb plan for $10, but afaik the current cheapest is unl/unl/5.5gb (I think) for $15. It's straight from tmo, full priority data (I know that doesn't matter right now but for information), prepaid, no bullshit. You can access the account online, autopay available but I don't believe it's required, by default they limit streaming data to 480 res but this can be disabled both in-store and online (again, info).

My personal issue with it - tmo in general - is that tmo has a history of being vulnerable to sim-swap attacks. I believe they have improved things, but I still have my family using Google Voice to house the numbers, and forwarding calls to whatever number tmo gave them. If there is verifiable data that they have fixed their security and staff gullibility, it's an easy recommendation.