#us-mobile — Public Fediverse posts

Ooh lord someone pray for me i'm having a day. Dear #USMobile you say you can't authenticate my perfectly good card but don't tell me why. This is almost enough reason for me to kick you to the curb faster than light speed (see what I did there) and go elsewhere.

My first cellular phone service cost $45/month + $0.45/minute during peak hours (daytime) or $0.25/minute off peak. (That was on GTE, the only alternative to AT&T.)

Now I pay $96/year (only $8/month!) through reseller #USMobile , can switch easily between the 3 networks, and get better customer service.

This has got to be the best consumer bargain I've seen in ages...

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

US Mobile just upped its plan data again!

T-Mobile & Verizon network now have a 70 GB data cap!

ATT network is now truly unlimited!

All for 25 bucks a month per line!!

I am impressed.

#mvno #mobile #plan #usmobile #visible #mint

Took about 8 hours for the network transfer on US Mobile. Think that was the biggest blatant lie I’ve seen in advertising. Whatever network you’re on will keep working great. Just if you are convinced to try to switch be prepared for pain….
#usmobile #prepaid #ouch

Transferring from ATT to Verizon network on US Mobile is pretty painful. Definitely only try it on a day you don’t expect many phone calls. Sheesh
#usmobile #mvno #pain

Got upgraded to 70 GB per month on US Mobile for my 25 dollar a month plan :yes_cat:
#mvno #mobile #usmobile #yas

I am paying 50 dollars for two lines. I am no mathematician Verizon but I believe 100 is more than 50.

Stop paying the big three their contract prices it’s a rip off.

#mvnos #usmobile #verizon #prepaid #mobile

What's going on at #USMobile? They've launched something they call #DarkStar, but their page doesn't give any actual info about it. And elsewhere they seem to refer to it as ... Death Star?

That's one hell of a marketing mix up with some potentially unwelcome conversations from Disney's lawyers, I would imagine.

Moved my wife's phone over to US Mobile over the weekend, and wow, that was the most painless porting process I've ever experienced.

End-to-end was maybe 15 minutes and *everything* worked perfectly. Verizon's speed and coverage is pretty good where I live.

I have a signup link that gives us both some credits if you sign up. Just let me know if you want it!

#usmobile