For anyone who has tried switching over, what’s your experience with them been like? Were there any hidden upsides or downsides you weren’t expecting? What about coverage? It’s really hard to ignore them when they keep spamming ads to YouTube, my favorite podcasts, etc.
I switched fairly recently. I was on Ting before, and they appear to be quietly sunsetting that service after Dish Network bought them a few years back. Hoping the same doesn’t happen to Mint. It’s been great so far. Incredible value!
I have been very happy with Mint in the USA but as I note in a reply thread below, it is useless for international travel. Use an ESIM app instead. On my latest trip to Europe it worked for about 5 minutes upon landing and then I got kicked off the network and it never worked again. Simultaneously, my login in the Mint app was invalidated… and I cannot login now via any channel. I use a password manager so it is not user error. I’m back home now but the login issue persists and I have a ticket open for it. I can get only get into my account if I follow this path:
- go to mintmobile.com and hit login
- click send password
- receive one-time verification code by SMS and enter that
- when prompted I enter my one-password from my Authenticator
- when prompted I pick a new password and press enter
Once I do that I drop into my account, authenticated. If I log out again, the new credentials never work.
I have to wonder if I tripped some sort of fraud control in Europe.
Has anyone tried using it with Canadian providers?
I’ve tried travelling to Canada with it and failed to have working data. Your mileage may vary, but I was disappointed.
I’m on a large T mobile family plan and was able to stack on insider as well as free line bonus. Ends up being around same price as Mint’s unlimited tier, but with much better international roaming and in-flight wifi for half of the domestic us airlines. That’s another option if you’re interested in that.