- Dec 4, 2012
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I got a 3 month subscription for Mint, to test how well they work. @dpham00 laid out everything quite well. So I will skip right to my Pros and Cons.
This sim card was placed in a Nexus 5X, and tested in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.
Pros:
-The price. This is among the cheapest way to get cellular service. Even the non introductory rate is really reasonable.
-Setup. The Mint site has a pretty good layout for describing how to set the APN. I was up and running with Mint in about 5-10 minutes @dpham00 mentioned not needing to set up any of the APNs on his Pixel. I did have to manually change the APN on the Nexus. Wasn't hard though; they went through every possible line and what needed to be input, even if nothing needed to go in a specific field.
-Coverage area. Had good to high signal where I went. So there wasn't any gaps in coverage.
Cons:
-I did get some slower data speeds. However, they didn't last long, so I tallied that to a network glitch. This might also be echoing what dpham said about net lag. It honestly didn't bother me too much. I know with MVNOs sometimes users get bumped for data priority, and that may have been what happened here. As I recall, it was a weekend day near the lunch hour.
Neutral:
-Call quality: I don't make many voice calls. What I heard sounded fine. No different from AT&T or Sprint when I had them.
That is really all I can think of. I would honestly say give them a shot. Start by getting an independent number at first. This way you aren't porting your number and find out that it doesn't work for you.
This sim card was placed in a Nexus 5X, and tested in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area.
Pros:
-The price. This is among the cheapest way to get cellular service. Even the non introductory rate is really reasonable.
-Setup. The Mint site has a pretty good layout for describing how to set the APN. I was up and running with Mint in about 5-10 minutes @dpham00 mentioned not needing to set up any of the APNs on his Pixel. I did have to manually change the APN on the Nexus. Wasn't hard though; they went through every possible line and what needed to be input, even if nothing needed to go in a specific field.
-Coverage area. Had good to high signal where I went. So there wasn't any gaps in coverage.
Cons:
-I did get some slower data speeds. However, they didn't last long, so I tallied that to a network glitch. This might also be echoing what dpham said about net lag. It honestly didn't bother me too much. I know with MVNOs sometimes users get bumped for data priority, and that may have been what happened here. As I recall, it was a weekend day near the lunch hour.
Neutral:
-Call quality: I don't make many voice calls. What I heard sounded fine. No different from AT&T or Sprint when I had them.
That is really all I can think of. I would honestly say give them a shot. Start by getting an independent number at first. This way you aren't porting your number and find out that it doesn't work for you.
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