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Verizon owned visible has a $25 month
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unlimited plan and now US Mobile has one
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too I've tested and reviewed both of
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these carriers on my channel and these
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questions will help you decide which one
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is best for you let's get into it first
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up today are you a heavy data user and
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probably my favorite thing about vises
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base plan you never got to monitor data
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usage because you get truly unlimited
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highspeed data not the case with us
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mobile though the unlimited starter plan
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it now includes 30 GB of high-speed data
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every month so what happens after that
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30 gigs a month with us mobile your
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speeds will be slowed down now to find
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out how much data you need per month you
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can always check out your phone settings
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for the most recent month you see here
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I've used more than 120 GB of cellular
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data I'm with visible on the $25 base
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plan and I have been since 2019 so
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that's no problem but with us mobile I
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would be throttled after 30 GB on the
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unlimited starter plan the clear winner
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here is visible with its truly unlimited
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data but if you don't plan to use more
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than 30 GB of data per month US Mobile
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is a very good option and I'm going to
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talk more about the reasons why coming
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up do you really need premium data when
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you look at these two carrier $25 plan
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side by side you'll notice that US
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Mobile's unlimited starter plan offers
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something that visible Bas plan does not
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and that's premium data I mentioned
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earlier US Mobile's cheapest Unlimited
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Plan includes 30 gigs of high-speed data
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and that 30 gig gabt of data is also
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premium data when you activate on
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Verizon's Network US Mobile calls that
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warp 5G but with visible you're going to
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need to upgrade to the plus plan to get
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50 GB of premium data every month I'll
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link below to a separate video I made to
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help you decide if you really need
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premium data but the bottom line is with
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premium data you will receive higher
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priority when the network is busy and if
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you don't have premium data you will
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experience lower data speeds during
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Network congestion from my experience
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this has not been a deal breaker with
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visible but some customers have told me
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it definitely is for them do you use
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mobile hotspot frequently that is the
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next question to consider and aside from
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my high data usage I would say this is
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probably the biggest reason why I've
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stayed with visible for so long with
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that service the truly unlimited data
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also extends to Mobile Hotspot usage
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there's one downside though and it's
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that the mobile hotspot speeds are
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limited to 5 megabits per second and on
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a single device still I use this feature
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quite a bit I'm showing you a speed test
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right now mostly I find it useful when I
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want to connect to the internet from my
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laptop at public places like coffee
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shops and even with this 5 megabits per
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second speed cap it is typically fast
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enough for me to surf the web check some
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emails sometimes even light video
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streaming on YouTube so if you're like
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me and you use Mobile Hotspot data a lot
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visible plan is probably the better pick
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but US Mobile recently added 5 gigabyt
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of Mobile Hotspot data to that
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entrylevel unlimited starter plan in the
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past this plan didn't have Mobile
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Hotspot data at all so that's an
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improvement single line user or multiple
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lines of service all right this is one
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area where I think US Mobile is better
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than visible when I last interviewed
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visible managing director Jeremy Bolton
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he told me that the service is
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exclusively focused on single line
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customers and with the carrier every
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line of service gets a separate account
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so for households with more than one
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person using visible that's meant
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multiple bills every single month on the
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other hand Us mobile offers family plans
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and a simplified billing process for
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households with multiple lines of
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service so you can have only one bill
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per month however you should not expect
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additional savings for multiple lines on
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that entry level unlimited starter plan
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that is because US Mobile reserves
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multi-line discounts and perks to people
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who pay for its more expensive unlimited
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plans Essentials and premium are you
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purchasing a new device visible and us
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mobile both sell new phones but I would
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argue that these carriers are really
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best for people who bring their own
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devices for those who do want to
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purchase a new device from their carrier
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I'd say visible has the edge of our US
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Mobile from what I've seen visible has a
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greater selection of phones available
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from its online shop you've got Apple
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iPhones Samsung Galaxy Google pixel 2
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and you will often find deals on devices
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from visible do you want an Apple Watch
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data plan this section will be brief
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because if you want a data plan for your
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your Apple watch just go with visible US
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Mobile does not offer Apple watch plans
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at the time of this recording but with
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visible you can pay 5 bucks a month and
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get unlimited data for your Apple watch
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of course having a separate data plan
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for your Apple watch is not required I
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don't bother with this however if you
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get one you do get some additional
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features you can make calls and reply to
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messages even when you're away from your
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iPhone how important are international
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calling and text features I don't
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recommend us mobile or ible if you want
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a lot of international features in that
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case you probably need a more Premium
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plan having said that visible Bas plan
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does include unlimited talk and text to
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Mexico and Canada I've pulled up US
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Mobile's website here and it says the
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unlimited starter plan supports
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international texting from the United
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States international calling is coming
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soon and if you're familiar with us
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mobile you know they use coming soon a
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lot announcing features long before they
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are actually offered to customers do you
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feel comfort able with ChatOn support
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I'll cut to the chase visible Customer
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Support options are limited compared to
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other Wireless providers and that
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includes US Mobile I only recommend
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visible to people who are comfortable
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with a digital only experience with the
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service all customer support
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interactions start through the app or
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website in nearly all cases you're going
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to chat with a support agent there is no
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phone number to call for help a plus for
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US Mobile it does offer phone support
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Plus customer service by live chat as
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well as email now for some final
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thoughts visible and US Mobile's $25
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month unlimited plans both offer service
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on Verizon's Network and it's a
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significant savings over Verizon's
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postpaid plans either way you're going
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to save money you can check out my full
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reviews of visible and US Mobile I'll
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drop those links in the description
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below and if you sign up for either
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service using one of my affiliate links
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it will help support my channel thanks a
