[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Packer Fan

Interesting conversation, but the thing that struck me is that you people are still paying the crazy high phone rates of the major carriers. I have not been on a major carrier in years, and have 4 lines in the family averaging about $18 a month for mostly unlimited service on Mint, Tello, and US Mobile. I do pay yearly, which is a huge savings, but MVNOs are way cheaper and run on the big carriers networks. Mint has a special going now for $180 for a year of unlimited if you port your number in. You need an unlocked phone of course, but I would never buy a locked phone anyway.
As far as 2FA, If Verizon is locking you, just get a Google voice number to use for that. We use google voice for ONLY that so my wife and I can both access all our accounts, because the texts come to both phones since we have it set up that way. Also works with an esim when overseas because it runs off data, not phone or SMS.

I have Xfinity Mobile, which uses the Verizon network. For $21 per month, I get unlimited calls and texts and 1GB of mobile data. Most people have unlimited data, but I have never exceeded the 1GB limit because WIFI is available almost everywhere.