Well, I guess it couldn’t last forever. Total Wireless has been a great Verizon alternative with low prices and lots of data. This month Verizon took over and although it’s still not a bad deal, it’s more expensive and has far less data. So far, I haven’t heard anyone point this out. My Total Wireless 4 line family plan with 100GB of data costs $95 with auto refill. The new Total by Verizon 4 line plan costs $36.25 per line with 15GB per line. That’s a total of $145 for 60GB. So, Total by Verizon will cost me $50 more per month for 40GB less data. That’s not a good trade! (Verizon may offer a prepay discount, but I couldn’t tell if it was in their price or not).
I’ve read that Verizon will honor the current Total Wireless customer’s plans for 3 years, but that was from the acquisition date so 2 years from September 2022.
I’m sure Total by Verizon will have good 5G service and maybe better customer service, but I’m sad to see a great deal go away.
Good thought. T-mobile, including Mint Mobile looks like a good deal, but their tower coverage in the past hasn’t come close to Verizon in my area. Maybe that will change. Thanks
Ten years ago I had T-Mobile, but when I moved, it wouldn’t work in my area. So I went to Sprint and had great service. Then they merged with TMobile and my service has gotten worse. Looking at their community, it looks like up until the merger, people were happy with Sprint and T Mobile. But afterwards, people with both noticed a decline in service. They sent me a survey and I told them that it looks like they took the best of Sprint and the best of T Mobile and created a pile of junk.
Verizon bought Tracfone a year ago. They dropped some of the cheapest combos that Tracfone previously had and I suspect price increases are coming next.
We got a deal from Costco on on the Samsung S20 with T-Mobile… no contract.
It has been better here than Straighttalk with Verizon Towers or years ago with AT&T. However it is not as good in rural N GA.
However T-mobile is good about using the WiFi when available.
We are on the Senior plan… 2 Phones Unlimited TT&D about $60 a month including fees.
Anyone having issues with this. I am on the 30 GB share plan with 2 phones on auto pay. Now since the Verizon takeover they send emails all the time and every month send email to join auto pay which I am already enrolled in. Last month they ended service saying I didn’t pay that was so inconvenient as one phone had no service for 2 days. Credit card was in system, and they didn’t do the auto pay. I heard somewhere I should be grandfathered in for 2 years? Not sure I can handle this inconvenience for 2 years!
I am an auto pay with 3 phones and have had no issues. I moved to autopay once they took over since the cards were no longer available at Walmart. I would buy them in another state close by as the taxes were cheaper. Call them and have them try to straighten this out. But, be forewarned that what they do may not fix the problem. Support for them is pretty weak. Total Wireless is great if you don’t have any issues.
Excellent migration offer for Tmobile, Mint and Metro users
Found this super migration offer from Total Wireless paying only $15/month per line for New Customers who Port-In 2 or More Lines from T-Mobile, Mint Mobile or Metro.
I’m ready to jump for it but first wanted to check if the service is good. My wife really need a good service because work on sales and really need good service.
Thanks four your avise.
I did switch 4 lines today, now sorry I did. The website does not work correctly, as it would only take my first phone number and IMEI number. When I went to add the next line, the site doesn’t ask for any additional information about the next phone number. I called Customer Service, and the CSR set up 4 accounts (not the Promo plan, and I told him multiple times) and transferred my numbers from T-Mobile. They are not in the correct plans (2 are in $40/per month and 2 are in $30 per month) and I’m being told now there is nothing they can do about it. I’m trying to figure out how to get this fixed.