• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    5 days ago

    I recently changed from the major carriers to JMP.chat (and now USMobile) because my carrier randomly decided a Pixel5 can’t work on their network. But if I buy a Pixel 5 from them, it works.

    JMP.chat pipes your SMS into XMPP, which is awesome, for $5/mo, including phone calls. I just use USMobile for a data connection now.

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      5 days ago

      Yes, but if a phone isn’t on AT&Ts whitelist you can’t even get a data connection. It’s bs for sure (the phone can use the same bands), but it means you can’t register it with AT&T, and I’m not going back on anything like sprint.