Visible (Verizon) one month for $5

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I clicked on the link you provided for Boost and it takes me to a page to see if my "location qualifies". I entered the information and it doesn't do anything. I hope their service works better than their website.

Boost Mobile’s new plan offers $100 for one year of service, with 1GB of data per month

Pre-paid plans for those who are using more Wi-Fi than data.

www.theverge.com

 

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Head's up- while my daughter's Visible plan is working well, when I went to port my number from Verizon over to my "test" Visible $45 plan account earlier, I hit a snag.

Data works, outgoing calls work. Incoming calls either get a busy signal, silence, or "Welcome to Verizon Wireless. The number you have called has been changed or disconnected." Customer Care chat tried to re-provision the e-sim, didn't work. Still in chat with them trying to get it to work now.

Edit: they are escalating to "Tier 2." If they lose my phone number I'm going to be royally pissed.

You and Om Malik. E-SIM and Visible seem to have a few more steps to climb:

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Update for anyone interested: I was successful in porting my number out from Visible to AT&T Prepaid temporarily while I wait for the Boost Mobile sim. Picked up the ATT sim at Dollar General in town. Then I activated a new Visible $45 account on an e-sim with a number they assigned (only paid $25 by using a referral code). Interestingly, that number also cannot receive incoming calls, although that's irrelevant to me since I only care about the data. Visible has a LOT of work to do.

 

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https://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/visible-acknowledges-customer-service-problems

 

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Happy to report that Visible fixed the incoming call issue with an app update. I still won't trust them with my main phone number though. Happy with my $100/year Boost (ATT) plan for that. Visible is providing my data.