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Consumer Cellular, definitely! 2 brick and mortar stores here, one in Brownwood and one in Lake Sumter. Talk to a real person face to face. Customer Service is top drawer.

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Originally Posted by Caymus (Post 2347100)

AT&T had a big one in 2021 which they tried to deny and never told their customers until a year later.

There has been no major breaches with Verizon other than individual cases at Verizon stores.

Out of all of them Verizon takes security the most serious but I still wouldn't give any cell carrier my social security number ever again.

I also wouldn't try to save a few bucks with ghetto carriers who don't offer proper sim swamp protection.

Verizon offers the most robust sim and number lock security.

Remember you get nothing for nothing in life so personally my one and only phone is not the area in my life that I cheap out.

Also Mint is owed by T-Mobile which is deprioritized and has the worst security and has the highest amount of low level employees who will sell your phone number sim swap.

But everyone says they have no problem with their budget carrier until there is a problem, then good luck.

But for each it’s own.

What are sim swamp and sim swamp protection?

Give Tracfone a look. I get a NEW Samsung Galaxy smart phone every year with limited talk, text and data (1,500 ea.) for one year at $89.95. That's for the whole year not per month. You can refill text or minutes if you start to run out, very cheaply, like $5. Unused talk, text and data carries over into the next year. At the end of the year we go back and buy a NEW phone again. Coverage is the best - you're on the Verison Network. Move your old phone number to Tracfone, no problem. We buy ours through QVC or HSN. Comes with accessories. Arrives in 5 days. Transfer apps and contacts to the new phone wirelessly. Just be patient. Price may be higher or lower now depending on sale prices. My better half insists on keeping her old iPhone on Verison, so we just switched to Tracfone Service and saved a bundle per month. Same number and service coverage as before. Been with Tracfone for years now. Never had a problem or outages. Worth investigating Tracfone.

Just checked: A NEW Samsung A03s phone with 1 yr. service &1500 talk/text/data is selling at $49.95 + tax, free shipping on HSN. May not be the best model but the price is hard to beat.

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T-Mobile service

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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2347042)

Different areas of the villages will have different quality of reception.

We like T Mobile friends of ours North of 466 say reception is terrible

We have T-Mobile, live near the Savannah Center. Service is OK, 2 bars, but we use VoIP (Cellular service) while home.

Consumer Cellular

We have had Consumer Cellular for about a decade. The price is very, very good and their customer Service is excellent.

At&T has a program for Florida seniors, 2 lines with unlimited data for $80.

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Originally Posted by frostola (Post 2347368)

At&T has a program for Florida seniors, 2 lines with unlimited data for $80.

Also check out Cricket Wireless. Owned by AT&T and uses their towers. Allows for WiFi calling anywhere you’re WiFi connected. $25/line/month unlimited
talk-text-data with no contract.

We live near Nancy Lopez, have T Mobile for 2 years, service is great here and all over the place for us

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Originally Posted by dtennent (Post 2347193)

We have stayed with Verizon. Since we travel internationally quite a bit, we pay $10/24 hours when we need to use it outside the USA.

Also, you will need to set your phone up to use your home WiFi if you buy any a home built in the last 10 years or so. The insulation acts as a Faraday cage making reception in the home difficult.

When traveling, get a "ESim card"...

It's loaded via an app. You're entire trip will most likely cost less than the one day charge from Verizon...

T mobile for us, live in the South East corner of TV with good reception, 2 phones with unlimited everything and home Internet for 120 a month.