Submitted by devour2004 t3_106s8ff in springfieldMO
Does anybody here in Springfield have experience with Mint Mobile? My wife and I have Verizon, but we were looking to find a more affordable option. What's the coverage like? Are there issues with dropped calls or anything like that?
Yes, if you go anywhere rural coverage is always a concern. I wanted to try Mint but my husband looked at the coverage map and pointed out it didn’t cover most of Texas County, where his family farm/hunting camp is. Would it only affect us one week a year? Yeah, but it’s the week people are running around the woods with guns and knives, so we decided not to switch right now.
Mint Mobile works exceptionally in the local metro area. The only issue I have is issues with my phone specially due to the Pixel 6 having a ton of random issues. I sometimes have to download a new esim because my service just stops working without warning.
As always when you go the prepaid route be prepared to troubleshoot your own issues because calling up the company is a pain in the ass.
Mint runs on T-Mobile, generally T-Mobile works good enough in the Springfield area but the indoor coverage is iffy compared to Verizon or AT&T here due to less overall towers. If you’re planning on going to the boonies as well you probably won’t like Mint/T-Mobile related service.
Just don't go to Nebraska or be outside of any major city out west
As an alternative, we have had cricket for six years now. I buy my own phones and we get two unlimited lines for around 85 bucks.
If you buy a phone from them, you have to keep it on the service for six months before you could transfer it.
How's the coverage of cricket outside of town?
Pretty good for me, drops in the same areas most do. Near the border and out in the boonies. I used it when I drove all over the Midwest. Never had issues.
I have Mint. It runs on the T-Mobile network. I'll never go back to one of the big providers. $15/month for the same service I got on T-Mobile. Just look up your average usage before committing to a plan, I realized mine was only around 6 gigs and have been able to cut back even more.
How is your experience with the T Mobile network? Do you have any dropped calls?
I'm gonna hop in here to echo what the other guy said. Works great inside Springfield, and other towns. Out in the country can be a little hit-or-miss depending on where exactly you go. There are very, very few places where I lose cell service entirely, but there are small spots here and there where data won't work.
Never had a dropped call in town, unless I was in an elevator or something. Once you get further out into the sticks, you'll have trouble getting 4g and such, but I've still been able to send texts and make calls most places we go, for example Stockton Lake, Eureka Springs, Busiek, SE Kansas.
We, us, kids, parents all use mint. It has worked fine for us. Our daughter lives north of town on Ashcroft Estates and we don’t have a good signal but as long as you have Wi-Fi you’re good. If you wanted to keep Verizon but cheaper look at Visible
Yep. I’m on Mint with my wife and it’s worked in everywhere we’ve traveled for the past 5 years.
I use Mint Mobile and have been doing the 3 month plan for 4GB; it roughly comes out to $85 once every three months. In Nixa/Springfield most of the time and it does well/never had any issues with the service; phone is also an iPhone XR if that matters.
I have it now for three years and love it
I used straight talk for years until they banned me from the service after I experienced a SIM swapping scam . I pleaded with their customer service and told them what was happening but they would not listen. I basically had to restart my life with a new phone number I had for years and update everything.
I got mint mobile. I purchased the SIM and service from best buy and so far so good. No complaints or loss of service, no disconnects or anything.
Thank you for the responses. Its been a great help.
Visible is the move.
Used it for years around here. Only bad experience was when I transferred my number out to Google Fi. I lost 6 months of prepaid service I was hoping to have another number assigned to.
I haven't used Mint, but I recommend looking at Red Pocket if you want something more affordable. They have a range of annual prepaid plans from $30 to $360/year, and with most plans, you can choose your network. So, bring your own device, choose the network that you prefer, and choose the plan that works best for you. I've been with them for years.
Mint’s fine, and more importantly, it’s cheap. I work at MSU and sometimes lose signal at work. I also sometimes lose signal at home. It’s fairly rare, but it never happened on Verizon. However, I’m not paying $50+ per month anymore. If you’re not planning on being in the sticks for any reasonable amount of time I’d call it an upgrade.
I had t mobile a few years back, and once you get outside the city it’s spotty(or was) around springfield.
I got Mint for my kid. Texts took forever to go through & sometimes didn't at all. I dropped mint & added him to my Google Fi. I have had Fi for several years & am very happy with it.
No I tried and it did t work in my area after they said it would Then they didn't give a refund because they charged for a restocking fee on the phones.
Have had mint for a couple years now and love it, super affordable, has been very reliable for me living in Springfield, I highly recommend it.
it works anywhere t-mobile works. so if t-mobile is great somewhere ment will be too according to a friend of mine who has/had them now we have consumer which is cheap but not as cheap because they do not outsource there csrs or anything and they sell at target too verses existing totally online. so they are a tiny bit more. I love consumer cellular. I can tell the reps there I am blind without them saying i am sorry. I mean its all good when people say that but I always have to wonder why are they sorry its all I have known.
If you like Verizon but not Verizon prices give Visible a try. Verizon network and I pay 25 bucks a month for unlimited everything.
Ganrokh t1_j3imanl wrote
I'm not on Mint Mobile specifically, but we're on Google Fi, which uses the same T-Mobile towers that Mint does, as well as US Cellular towers. It's been great. My wife and I are in rural areas a lot because we're the only ones of our families to convert to city folk, and the only area we've had service issues is this one stretch of a dirt road south of Joplin. Otherwise, it's been flawless, in town and out.
That said, if you're sticking to a network using only T-Mobile towers, we were on them until ~5 years ago, and the rural connection was pretty spotty. The US Cellular towers bring included in Fi helps immensely rurally. I'm not sure how T-Mo is now, but their buyout of Sprint should help, Sprint used to have a good rural connection here.