#mintmobile — Public Fediverse posts

I found a new phone and a new company to go with it, though the phone is unlocked. It's a TCL Flip 2. It's cheap, it talks, and it has real buttons, completely eliminating my issues with touchscreens. It is also very affordable. The company I'm trying is called Tello. I am currently with Mint Mobile, and I have never had a problem with them. But I like Tello's pricing and build your own plan option. Now, I will be able to make calls and hang up easily. Plus, it has things that I use the most, including clock, timer, alarm, weather, and even a recorder and media player! The only thing I would really miss is Seeing AI, but I can always use my iPhone or Galaxy A15 for that. Here is more information on the phone.

https://tello.com/buy/phones/tcl-flip2-new-volcanoblack-8gb-tcl

#accessibility #Android #AOSP #blind #buttons #FlipPhone #MintMobile #phone #TCL #technology #Tello

I found a new phone and a new company to go with it, though the phone is unlocked. It's a TCL Flip 2. It's cheap, it talks, and it has real buttons, completely eliminating my issues with touchscreens. It is also very affordable. The company I'm trying is called Tello. I am currently with Mint Mobile, and I have never had a problem with them. But I like Tello's pricing and build your own plan option. Now, I will be able to make calls and hang up easily. Plus, it has things that I use the most, including clock, timer, alarm, weather, and even a recorder and media player! The only thing I would really miss is Seeing AI, but I can always use my iPhone or Galaxy A15 for that. Here is more information on the phone.

https://tello.com/buy/phones/tcl-flip2-new-volcanoblack-8gb-tcl

#accessibility #Android #AOSP #blind #buttons #FlipPhone #MintMobile #phone #TCL #technology #Tello

*I've been blind all of my life and do not need technology training, for those who are wondering. I simply hate touchscreens and want a simple solution to a simple problem. Note that the double-tap on the back of the phone doesn't work for me.*
I need an alternative to my iPhone or my Galaxy A15 for making calls. I am totally blind and also have hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating). The latter isn't always bad, but when it is, it makes using a touchscreen more difficult. Plus, I have no patience with them, especially for a basic thing like making calls, even when my hands are totally dry. As it is, I just call from my contacts because I can't dial normally. I then spend several minutes trying to hang up because the call isn't always in focus, and when it is, it's difficult to find the end call option. When it's not, I have to try to get back to that window in the first place. I just want to dial a number, hit send, talk, and hit end. I believe my Galaxy can use the volume buttons for the last part, but it's a large phone, so I switched to the iPhone SE 2022. It works well for other things, but as a basic phone, it's annoying!

I'm considering a Blindshell 3, even though it is still much larger than I'd prefer. My other option is a Mini Vision 2, which is the right size and much cheaper. Both have real buttons. I use my iPhone to make and receive calls, to check the weather, time, and news, to set alarms, and to read printed text via Seeing AI. Rarely, I might change some Alexa settings or use Merlin Bird ID. Which phone should I get, or is there another option that I'm not aware of? I'm in New Jersey and am using Mint Mobile, if it helps.

I bought a Cell2Jack, which allows me to use a real phone connected to a mobile phone via bluetooth. When I called Mom's landline, it worked fine. When I called her mobile, she heard echos of her won voice, no matter what settings I changed. Otherwise, I loved it!

#Android #accessibility #blind #BlindHhell #Cell2Jack #IOS #landline #MiniVision2, #MintMobile #MobilePhone #phones #technology

*I've been blind all of my life and do not need technology training, for those who are wondering. I simply hate touchscreens and want a simple solution to a simple problem. Note that the double-tap on the back of the phone doesn't work for me.*
I need an alternative to my iPhone or my Galaxy A15 for making calls. I am totally blind and also have hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating). The latter isn't always bad, but when it is, it makes using a touchscreen more difficult. Plus, I have no patience with them, especially for a basic thing like making calls, even when my hands are totally dry. As it is, I just call from my contacts because I can't dial normally. I then spend several minutes trying to hang up because the call isn't always in focus, and when it is, it's difficult to find the end call option. When it's not, I have to try to get back to that window in the first place. I just want to dial a number, hit send, talk, and hit end. I believe my Galaxy can use the volume buttons for the last part, but it's a large phone, so I switched to the iPhone SE 2022. It works well for other things, but as a basic phone, it's annoying!

I'm considering a Blindshell 3, even though it is still much larger than I'd prefer. My other option is a Mini Vision 2, which is the right size and much cheaper. Both have real buttons. I use my iPhone to make and receive calls, to check the weather, time, and news, to set alarms, and to read printed text via Seeing AI. Rarely, I might change some Alexa settings or use Merlin Bird ID. Which phone should I get, or is there another option that I'm not aware of? I'm in New Jersey and am using Mint Mobile, if it helps.

I bought a Cell2Jack, which allows me to use a real phone connected to a mobile phone via bluetooth. When I called Mom's landline, it worked fine. When I called her mobile, she heard echos of her won voice, no matter what settings I changed. Otherwise, I loved it!

#Android #accessibility #blind #BlindHhell #Cell2Jack #IOS #landline #MiniVision2, #MintMobile #MobilePhone #phones #technology

Mint Mobile’s Latest Unlimited Offer Is One of the Biggest Wireless Deals of the Summer—Here’s How It Works

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobiles-latest-unlimited-offer-is-one-of-the-biggest-wireless-deals-of-the-summer-heres-how-it-works/

Weekly output: AT&T iPad day pass, AI + used-car sales, AI + home health care, Mint Mobile, Kalshi, orchestrating AI agents, AI + car rental

I got back Saturday morning from my fourth trip in four years to Brazil for Web Summit Rio, which is enough times for me to feel like I can now write one of my conference cheat sheets for that talkfest. This Tuesday, meanwhile, I will travel to a new-to-me event: the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s Unify conference in Austin, where I’m leading a panel Thursday about how edge and on-device AI can improve connected devices in homes, workplaces and cities.

6/10/2026: AT&T Adds Cheap, Unlimited-Data Day Pass for iPad Users, PCMag

The iPad-only stipulation for this plan is a little weird and I’m not sure how many people would even need it. But it’s worth remembering that your first day pass is free if you take a 5G-enabled iPad to someplace that turns out to be WiFi-deprived.

6/10/2026: Humans + AI: The new high-performance model, Web Summit Rio

I hadn’t heard of the Brazilian used-car marketplace Mobiauto before Web Summit offered me this panel, but I enjoyed a chance to learn a little about the country’s vehicle market by interviewing Bruno Guidone, the company’s IT superintendent.

6/10/2026: The future of healthtech has no address, Web Summit Rio

The last Web Summit Rio panel I got offered–in an e-mail last Sunday afternoon–got me on the conference’s center stage, meaning my biggest crowd at this year’s event and a place in its YouTube livestream. I quizzed David Pares, chief medical officer of the Brazilian healthtech startup ISA Saúde, about their plans to shift more health tests and procedures to people’s homes instead of making them go to hospitals.

6/10/2026: Mint Mobile Increases Data Allocations on Its Plans, Keeps Prices Level, PCMag

I may have spent more time struggling to write a lede that would exhibit minimal creativity than I put into writing the rest of this post about a fairly self-explanatory bit of news.

6/10/2026: Kalshi Co-Founder: Prediction Markets Will Be Bigger Than the Stock Exchange, Even If You Lose Money, PCMag

Luana Lopes Lara, the Brazilian-born co-founder and COO of the prediction market Kalshi, spoke onstage on Web Summit Rio’s opening night Monday. I gave the company’s PR shop all of Tuesday to respond to my request for an update on the profit-loss ratio among Kalshi users that it had shared with the Wall Street Journal in early May, but they never got back to me.

6/11/2026: Agent orchestration, Web Summit Rio

My first of two panels Thursday had me quizzing Alessio Alionco, co-founder and CEO of the Brazil-founded startup Pipefy, about how it puts agentic AI models to work for clients.

6/11/2026: Mobility, hard assets and AI applications, Web Summit Rio

The pitch to drivers at the São Paulo-based car-rental platform Turbi (pronounced “tour-bee”) reminded me of car2go, the point-to-point car-sharing service that announced its exit from the North American market at the end of 2019. But back then, AI models weren’t a thing that companies were leveraging to optimize things like fleet management, so I asked Turbi founder and CEO Daniel Prado how the company has been able to take advantage of these advances.

Weekly output: AT&T iPad day pass, AI + used-car sales, AI + home health care, Mint Mobile, Kalshi, orchestrating AI agents, AI + car rental

I got back Saturday morning from my fourth trip in four years to Brazil for Web Summit Rio, which is enough times for me to feel like I can now write one of my conference cheat sheets for that talkfest. This Tuesday, meanwhile, I will travel to a new-to-me event: the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s Unify conference in Austin, where I’m leading a panel Thursday about how edge and on-device AI can improve connected devices in homes, workplaces and cities.

6/10/2026: AT&T Adds Cheap, Unlimited-Data Day Pass for iPad Users, PCMag

The iPad-only stipulation for this plan is a little weird and I’m not sure how many people would even need it. But it’s worth remembering that your first day pass is free if you take a 5G-enabled iPad to someplace that turns out to be WiFi-deprived.

6/10/2026: Humans + AI: The new high-performance model, Web Summit Rio

I hadn’t heard of the Brazilian used-car marketplace Mobiauto before Web Summit offered me this panel, but I enjoyed a chance to learn a little about the country’s vehicle market by interviewing Bruno Guidone, the company’s IT superintendent.

6/10/2026: The future of healthtech has no address, Web Summit Rio

The last Web Summit Rio panel I got offered–in an e-mail last Sunday afternoon–got me on the conference’s center stage, meaning my biggest crowd at this year’s event and a place in its YouTube livestream. I quizzed David Pares, chief medical officer of the Brazilian healthtech startup ISA Saúde, about their plans to shift more health tests and procedures to people’s homes instead of making them go to hospitals.

6/10/2026: Mint Mobile Increases Data Allocations on Its Plans, Keeps Prices Level, PCMag

I may have spent more time struggling to write a lede that would exhibit minimal creativity than I put into writing the rest of this post about a fairly self-explanatory bit of news.

6/10/2026: Kalshi Co-Founder: Prediction Markets Will Be Bigger Than the Stock Exchange, Even If You Lose Money, PCMag

Luana Lopes Lara, the Brazilian-born co-founder and COO of the prediction market Kalshi, spoke onstage on Web Summit Rio’s opening night Monday. I gave the company’s PR shop all of Tuesday to respond to my request for an update on the profit-loss ratio among Kalshi users that it had shared with the Wall Street Journal in early May, but they never got back to me.

6/11/2026: Agent orchestration, Web Summit Rio

My first of two panels Thursday had me quizzing Alessio Alionco, co-founder and CEO of the Brazil-founded startup Pipefy, about how it puts agentic AI models to work for clients.

6/11/2026: Mobility, hard assets and AI applications, Web Summit Rio

The pitch to drivers at the São Paulo-based car-rental platform Turbi (pronounced “tour-bee”) reminded me of car2go, the point-to-point car-sharing service that announced its exit from the North American market at the end of 2019. But back then, AI models weren’t a thing that companies were leveraging to optimize things like fleet management, so I asked Turbi founder and CEO Daniel Prado how the company has been able to take advantage of these advances.

Mint Mobile Is Fighting Shrinkflation with More Data at the Same Price

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobile-is-fighting-shrinkflation-with-more-data-at-the-same-price/

Allstate phone protection | Mint Mobile
https://www.mintmobile.com/help/device-protection/

#MintMobile #AllstateInsurance

Update. No longer with #MintMobile, I lost my number but got my money back, prorated. Other than that I have a mini tablet that has no phone service! LMAO I don't think they appreciate how much they screwed me over. Like Evan Stone/Katie Morgan type screwing screwed over!

So because I changed my email address #Mintmobile will not activate my new phone... for 30 days???

They just asked me for a call back number...

Americans Are Losing Patience With Their Internet, and These States Are Complaining the Most

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/americans-are-losing-patience-with-their-internet-and-these-states-are-complaining-the-most/

Weekly output: AI compliance risks, Mint Mobile bundle, AI vulnerability detection, AI driving logistics, Al Gore on AI

I was in the Bay Area for work this week… and I’ll be back there starting Tuesday for NTT Research’s Upgrade conference (as like last year, the organizers are covering my travel expenses). I did not set out to spend this much of April propping up commercial aviation, but once again multiple travel opportunities lined up.

Patreon readers got a bonus post from me Thursday about one of those trips: my brief visit to Chicago for the Online News Association’s conference.

If you’re reading this somewhere near Fairfax County, you can quiz me in person Saturday afternoon at a joint meeting of the Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Personal Computer User Group. I will be showing up with a bag of tech-event swag that I don’t plan on driving home with.

4/7/2026: Building for Security, Compliance, and Real-World Risk, HumanX

My first panel at this year’s edition of the AI conference that took me to Vegas last March had me quizzing Spencer Schaefer, founder and CTO of the healthcare-delivery firm Lunar Analytics; Galina Antova, CEO of the information-security startup Kai; and Campbell Brown, co-founder and CEO of the AI-evaluation company Forum AI, about how their companies are leveraging AI in ways that they hope will not lead to hostile headlines.

4/7/2026: Mint Mobile Launches $45 Bundle of Home and Mobile 5G Broadband, PCMag

I had just enough free time at HumanX to pick up this story about T-Mobile’s most popular prepaid brand offering a bundle of fixed and mobile 5G for much less than what T-Mobile charges.

4/8/2026: Anthropic: Our New Model Is So Powerful, Only a Few Partners Can Try It Out, PCMag

After seeing that my colleague James Peckham was writing about Anthropic’s automated vulnerability-finding model Mythos, I contributed a writeup from a talk that old-head security expert Alex Stamos had given the day before at HumanX about “the coming AI bug-pocalypse.”

4/8/2026: The AI Engines Driving the Future of Logistics, HumanX

My second HumanX panel featured one person I’d already interviewed (Aurora Innovation president Ossa Fischer, whom I talked to at Web Summit Vancouver last year for a Fast Company story) and one I did not meet IRL until backstage (Shoaib Makani, CEO and co-founder of Motive).

4/9/2026: Former VP Al Gore: AI Models Are Probably Aware of Their Existence, PCMag

For the second year in a row, HumanX’s opening-night programming featured a former vice president who had been unable to win a promotion from American voters. Seeing Gore get all wonky in front of this tech crowd reminded me of what I liked about him in 2000… and what George W. Bush was able to run against with a plainspoken approach that hid how bad he would prove at so many tasks.

Weekly output: AI compliance risks, Mint Mobile bundle, AI vulnerability detection, AI driving logistics, Al Gore on AI

I was in the Bay Area for work this week… and I’ll be back there starting Tuesday for NTT Research’s Upgrade conference (as like last year, the organizers are covering my travel expenses). I did not set out to spend this much of April propping up commercial aviation, but once again multiple travel opportunities lined up.

Patreon readers got a bonus post from me Thursday about one of those trips: my brief visit to Chicago for the Online News Association’s conference.

If you’re reading this somewhere near Fairfax County, you can quiz me in person Saturday afternoon at a joint meeting of the Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Personal Computer User Group. I will be showing up with a bag of tech-event swag that I don’t plan on driving home with.

4/7/2026: Building for Security, Compliance, and Real-World Risk, HumanX

My first panel at this year’s edition of the AI conference that took me to Vegas last March had me quizzing Spencer Schaefer, founder and CTO of the healthcare-delivery firm Lunar Analytics; Galina Antova, CEO of the information-security startup Kai; and Campbell Brown, co-founder and CEO of the AI-evaluation company Forum AI, about how their companies are leveraging AI in ways that they hope will not lead to hostile headlines.

4/7/2026: Mint Mobile Launches $45 Bundle of Home and Mobile 5G Broadband, PCMag

I had just enough free time at HumanX to pick up this story about T-Mobile’s most popular prepaid brand offering a bundle of fixed and mobile 5G for much less than what T-Mobile charges.

4/8/2026: Anthropic: Our New Model Is So Powerful, Only a Few Partners Can Try It Out, PCMag

After seeing that my colleague James Peckham was writing about Anthropic’s automated vulnerability-finding model Mythos, I contributed a writeup from a talk that old-head security expert Alex Stamos had given the day before at HumanX about “the coming AI bug-pocalypse.”

4/8/2026: The AI Engines Driving the Future of Logistics, HumanX

My second HumanX panel featured one person I’d already interviewed (Aurora Innovation president Ossa Fischer, whom I talked to at Web Summit Vancouver last year for a Fast Company story) and one I did not meet IRL until backstage (Shoaib Makani, CEO and co-founder of Motive).

4/9/2026: Former VP Al Gore: AI Models Are Probably Aware of Their Existence, PCMag

For the second year in a row, HumanX’s opening-night programming featured a former vice president who had been unable to win a promotion from American voters. Seeing Gore get all wonky in front of this tech crowd reminded me of what I liked about him in 2000… and what George W. Bush was able to run against with a plainspoken approach that hid how bad he would prove at so many tasks.

Mint Mobile’s New Bundle Packs 5G Home Internet & Unlimited Wireless Into One Simple Deal

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobiles-new-bundle-packs-5g-home-internet-unlimited-wireless-into-one-simple-deal/

Anybody using 5G for their home internet? My girlfriend has terribly slow and horribly over-priced AT&T but it doesn't look like she has any other wired option...

She can get T-Mobile 5G home internet here (I'd probably do it through my Mint Mobile account, slightly cheaper), and even the minimum advertised download bandwidth would be 10x (yes, 10x) what she currently has, and it would be SO much more inexpensive.

I assume you run into some congestion at times? How does it work, I assume it's like a bunch of 5G cell phones in a box? 😆

I'd prefer something wired but looks like there's just no other option in her apartment complex.

#internet #5gInternet #mintmobile #tmobile

Anybody using 5G for their home internet? My girlfriend has terribly slow and horribly over-priced AT&T but it doesn't look like she has any other wired option...

She can get T-Mobile 5G home internet here (I'd probably do it through my Mint Mobile account, slightly cheaper), and even the minimum advertised download bandwidth would be 10x (yes, 10x) what she currently has, and it would be SO much more inexpensive.

I assume you run into some congestion at times? How does it work, I assume it's like a bunch of 5G cell phones in a box? 😆

I'd prefer something wired but looks like there's just no other option in her apartment complex.

#internet #5gInternet #mintmobile #tmobile

Ah, #MintMobile's "Home MINTernet" deal is only $30/mo for the first three months, and then goes up to $40/mo for the next 12.

Still, not nearly as grubby as other providers more than doubling their rates after 12 months. Good grief.

I'll probably keep T-mo at home, as it's only $10 more.

Ah, #MintMobile's "Home MINTernet" deal is only $30/mo for the first three months, and then goes up to $40/mo for the next 12.

Still, not nearly as grubby as other providers more than doubling their rates after 12 months. Good grief.

I'll probably keep T-mo at home, as it's only $10 more.

Hey #AskFedi / #HiveMind,

Anyone got any pointers for setting up #VisualVoicemail on #Android #AOSP or #LineageOS-derived dialers with #MintMobile, or #TMobile or other T-mobile #MVNOs?

I called the number, set up my PIN and greeting, but I just keep getting "Can't activate visual voicemail" in the dialer, even after going to Voicemail in the settings, turning off Visual voicemail, and turning it on again.

When I was on AT&T, it would occasionally be able to fetch the VMs, but often fail. I'm hoping it might work better with Mint/Tmo. XD

I'm on #IodéOS (based on Lineage).

Hey #AskFedi / #HiveMind,

Anyone got any pointers for setting up #VisualVoicemail on #Android #AOSP or #LineageOS-derived dialers with #MintMobile, or #TMobile or other T-mobile #MVNOs?

I called the number, set up my PIN and greeting, but I just keep getting "Can't activate visual voicemail" in the dialer, even after going to Voicemail in the settings, turning off Visual voicemail, and turning it on again.

When I was on AT&T, it would occasionally be able to fetch the VMs, but often fail. I'm hoping it might work better with Mint/Tmo. XD

I'm on #IodéOS (based on Lineage).

It's nice of #MintMobile to send a SIM ejector tool with their SIM cards, as I can never locate one when I need one XD

(Obviously #NotSponsored, do your own homework, YMMV, maybe harmful if consumed subdermally ;)

It's nice of #MintMobile to send a SIM ejector tool with their SIM cards, as I can never locate one when I need one XD

(Obviously #NotSponsored, do your own homework, YMMV, maybe harmful if consumed subdermally ;)

Mint Mobile’s 50% Off Unlimited Sale is Ending Soon — Don’t Miss Your Last Chance to Save

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobiles-50-off-unlimited-sale-is-ending-soon-dont-miss-your-last-chance-to-save/

I was coming very close to switching to Rossmann/Merrill's new #privacy-focused #cellular carrier, #Phreeli, but it has a #BindingArbitration clause, too.

* Long, soul-rattling sigh

So, I guess I'll just switch to #MintMobile instead and pay half as much.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

cc: @phreeli

I was coming very close to switching to Rossmann/Merrill's new #privacy-focused #cellular carrier, #Phreeli, but it has a #BindingArbitration clause, too.

* Long, soul-rattling sigh

So, I guess I'll just switch to #MintMobile instead and pay half as much.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

cc: @phreeli

Well that was interesting, this morning I locked myself out of my #MintMobile account because I'd forgotten my password and tried and failed too many times. But I waited a few hours as it told me I could try again in an hour, consulted my Password repository and now all is well once again.

Well that was interesting, this morning I locked myself out of my #MintMobile account because I'd forgotten my password and tried and failed too many times. But I waited a few hours as it told me I could try again in an hour, consulted my Password repository and now all is well once again.

#9to5google - Mint Mobile’s Unlimited plan is just $15/mo for a full year - https://9to5google.com/2026/01/22/mint-mobile-sponsored-post-jan-2026/ #mintmobile #sponsored #News

#9to5google - Mint Mobile’s Unlimited plan is just $15/mo for a full year - https://9to5google.com/2026/01/22/mint-mobile-sponsored-post-jan-2026/ #mintmobile #sponsored #News

Mint Mobile Extends $15/mo. Holiday Sale — Here’s How to Get Its Best Deal of the Year

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobile-extends-15-mo-holiday-sale-heres-how-to-get-its-best-deal-of-the-year/

@NicksWorld Yeah, becoming less and less enthused with #MintMobile, and how quickly the 15 gigs gets eaten up for some reason.

@NicksWorld Yeah, becoming less and less enthused with #MintMobile, and how quickly the 15 gigs gets eaten up for some reason.

Mint Mobile Supercharges Unlimited Plan: Hotspot Doubles, High-Speed Data Jumps to 50GB — Only $15/Month

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobile-supercharges-unlimited-plan-hotspot-doubles-high-speed-data-jumps-to-50gb-only-15-month/

Get Mint Mobile’s 5G Home MINTernet + Unlimited Wireless Phone Service for Just $40/mo

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/get-mint-mobiles-5g-home-minternet-unlimited-wireless-phone-service-for-just-40-mo/

Mint Mobile’s End of the Year Sale is Here — 50% Off Unlimited, Up to $700 Off Phones & More Savings

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobiles-end-of-the-year-sale-is-here-50-off-unlimited-up-to-700-off-phones-more-savings/

Mint Mobile is Here to Save You So Much Money You’ll Need Their New “Fat Wallet Saver”

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobile-is-here-to-save-you-so-much-money-youll-need-their-new-fat-wallet-saver/

Mint Mobile Rings in the Holiday Season With Massive Discounts on Unlimited, Flagship Devices & More

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobile-rings-in-the-holiday-season-with-massive-discounts-on-unlimited-flagship-devices-more/

Mint Mobile Rolls Out Huge Savings on Pixel 10, Galaxy S25, Unlimited Plan & More

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/mint-mobile-rolls-out-huge-savings-on-pixel-10-galaxy-s25-unlimited-plan-more/

Mint Mobile Unveils Company’s First-Ever Home Internet Service: Here’s Everything to know About 5G Home MINTernet
#Variety #News #MintMobile

https://variety.com/2025/shopping/news/mint-mobile-5g-home-internet-sign-up-online-1236561072/

Weekly output: Next Big Things in Tech (x3), Starship, T-Satellite, prepaid home wireless broadband

A months-in-the-work project finally reached the publication stage this week, which felt good–if not as good as invoicing for this project. Another high point of this week: spending a chunk of Saturday afternoon at the No Kings demonstration in D.C. and seeing how strong the protest-sign game remains in my city.

10/14/2025: The 5 next big things in space and telecom for 2025, Fast Company

Once again, my work on Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech list (NBTT for short) started with judging entries in the converging industries of space and telecom.

10/14/2025: The 4 next big things in robotics and automation for 2025, Fast Company

This is another category I’ve judged before, but most of the companies I considered this year were new to my work at Fast Co.

10/14/2025: These 4 innovations help solve critical issues for North America, Fast Company

This was a new addition to my NBTT work, and deciding what made companies worthy of this honor in this geographically-defined category got tricky at times.

10/14/2025: Starship’s Version 2 Flies for the Last Time, Splashes Down in One Piece, PCMag

I wrote this recap of Starship’s 11th flight test Monday night and then revised the piece slightly Tuesday morning–hours before SpaceX released video of Starship’s upper stage looking more than a little cooked as it lowered itself into the Indian Ocean.

10/16/2025: Who’s on T-Satellite? T-Mobile Dominates, But Verizon Customers Say No Thanks, PCMag

One surprise of this study from Ookla was how many AT&T subscribers chose to pay $10 a month extra to T-Mobile for Starlink satellite roaming; another was how rarely wireless users now find themselves without a terrestrial signal.

10/17/2025: T-Mobile, Verizon Now Selling 5G Home Internet Service Via Their Prepaid Brands, PCMag

Telecom-industry analyst Jeff Moore e-mailed me about the impending launch of resold Verizon fixed-wireless-access broadband by its Tracfone subsidiary, then T-Mobile’s Mint Mobile subsidiary started reselling its parent firm’s FWA. Moore then gave me some useful insight about the state of prepaid home wireless broadband.

#911inform #AES #EascraBiotech #fixedWireless #Heven #home5G #ImpulseSpace #MintMobile #MobileX #Ookla #OWLIntegrations #PilaEnergy #ProRataAi #ServeRobotics #SpaceXStarship #Starlink #Starship #TMobileStarlink #TSatellite #TracFone #USMobile #Vantor #Varda

Ryan Reynolds Tracks Down a Real Human Named Tilly Norwood (Not the AI Actress) to Star in Ad for Mint Mobile’s Home Internet Service
#Variety #News #MintMobile #RyanReynolds #TillyNorwood

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/ryan-reynolds-real-tilly-norwood-not-ai-actress-mint-mobile-1236552857/

Looking for a budget-friendly phone plan in 2025?
I just published an in-depth Mint Mobile review — coverage, plans, and everything you need to know before you switch.

🔗 Read more: https://www.emtechbd.xyz/2025/05/mint-mobile-review.html

#MintMobile #MobileTips #Wireless #TechBlog #MintMobileReview

Looking for a budget-friendly phone plan in 2025?
I just published an in-depth Mint Mobile review — coverage, plans, and everything you need to know before you switch.

🔗 Read more: https://www.emtechbd.xyz/2025/05/mint-mobile-review.html

#MintMobile #MobileTips #Wireless #TechBlog #MintMobileReview

Looking for a budget-friendly phone plan in 2025?
I just published an in-depth Mint Mobile review — coverage, plans, and everything you need to know before you switch.

🔗 Read more: https://www.emtechbd.xyz/2025/05/mint-mobile-review.html


#MintMobile #MobileTips #Wireless #TechBlog #MintMobileReview

Looks like #MintMobile is having a bad day here today, which is remarkable because that's unusual. It was much more often here when we were on #Verizon.

Mint Mobile’s Limited-Time Deal Gets You A Year of Unlimited Talk, Text and Data For $25/Month — An Unbeatable Deal
#Variety #News #MintMobile #RyanReynolds

https://variety.com/2025/shopping/news/mint-mobiles-unlimited-data-plan-deal-sign-up-online-1236337803/

MVNO Fun Fact:
You’ll notice most MVNOs never name the network they use. That’s because they contractually can’t. If you see one that does list the network such as Visible or Mint it’s because they’re owned by said network.
#mvno #prepaid #mintmobile #visible #mobile

So, 76% of users have NOT been exposed to phishing attacks? I find that hard to believe. It is 100% of the text #spam I receive BUT: that's not much. This implies that either #Apple has better magic for phishing on the 14 than on the 16 OR that #MintMobile is catching it at the service provider layer OR that I am somehow special.

So, sure: phishing is a problem. Enough of a problem that I use iOS "Lockdown Mode" so that it requires an effort to follow links. https://infosec.exchange/@happygeek/113866634575572865

#MintMobile brings you the best smartphone deal of the season: #Google #Pixel9 for $299. Hurry, stock is limited, and this offer won't last! #GooglePixel

https://gadgetbond.com/google-pixel-9-mint-mobile-deal/

Any of you have experience with Mint Mobile?

I've been having issues with Ting lately, so I started looking around. Mint Mobile seems cheaper for higher usage, and their coverage is good in our area. So I'm thinking of making the switch.

#MintMobile

Using #MintMobile for on this trip - they offer unlimited data but the moments I actually had data available were in very sparse pockets of Berlin for short periods of time. Phone calls worked, despite the occasional dropped call here and there. A lot of places offer wifi and it forced me to be off my phone when being a tourist, but I would invest in a data eSIM in the future.

Google Maps offline data was a godsend.