Prepaid plans get lower priority on carrier infra, as do MVNOs typically. Postpaid/premium is getting premium transit, unfortunately.
If there is any disruption to be had, it is an MVNO that is plugged into all US carriers, as well as satellite offerings, with the ability to pivot around whenever a carrier tries to squeeze the relationship. Google Fi with more carriers and better customer support, Airalo, etc. This enables you to keep your number while the service underneath the account can shift.
The problem relying on prepaid/MVNO to save us, is that MVNOs still depend on the infrastructure of the big three.
So if the big three are able to set new [higher] price standards for their own customers, eventually they will increase wholesale rates for third parties piggybacking on the network. This will of course eventually trickle down to prepaid/MVNOs.
One of the many reasons why the Sprint acquisition was anti-consumer.
toomuchtodo|10 months ago
If there is any disruption to be had, it is an MVNO that is plugged into all US carriers, as well as satellite offerings, with the ability to pivot around whenever a carrier tries to squeeze the relationship. Google Fi with more carriers and better customer support, Airalo, etc. This enables you to keep your number while the service underneath the account can shift.
https://www.airalo.com/global-esim
eightysixfour|10 months ago
The prioritization is pretty straightforward, there’s a good reddit post that keeps track: https://www.reddit.com/r/NoContract/comments/1cyfjpp/data_pr...
Someone1234|10 months ago
So if the big three are able to set new [higher] price standards for their own customers, eventually they will increase wholesale rates for third parties piggybacking on the network. This will of course eventually trickle down to prepaid/MVNOs.
One of the many reasons why the Sprint acquisition was anti-consumer.
BenjiWiebe|10 months ago
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RandomBacon|10 months ago