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Oregon and the Pacific Northwest
Last Update: May 2024
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May 2024: More coming soon. Long time since I updated this website. Short story, much much much has changed since my last "post." T-Mobile has become a real competitor and promises to provide more in the future. The main thing to report at the moment is the advent of e-sims. I admit being an iPhone user its unbelievably easy to add e-sims. I don't yet have experience in this matter with Android. Feedback welcome. At the moment I'm using Xfinity mobile (reseller/MVNO of verizon) as primary and I separataely purchased a low cost Telo 2Gb data-only plan (presently$6) on Tello.com for my data plan. Couldn't be happier. Fasicinating. I have the phone set to use Xfinity (Verizon) primary, and data as "cellular data" which is Tello (T-Mobile). Wow. Fast in town, but Verizon fall-back for data still availabe out of town. . It gets better, with WiFi assist turned on, my phone when only Tello (T-Mobile) available, says "Xfintiy using Cellular Data" -- BTW cellular data on my phone is Tello, so i get voice (and maybe text) via my 2nd e-sim. Where I live T-Mobile is super-fast in town, so great for data. What I did not expect is T-Mobile is now appearing in rural areas of my market, and yes, even in some areas Verizon and ATT have zero coverage. In 2017 I would of described T-Mobile as an "also ran" but in 2024, I'd describe them as a *real* competitor. Yep, even consider them as my primary carrier. But why bother picking one when I can have both? I mean Verizon (Xfinity in my case) as primary, and Tell (T-mobile) as secondary. Now it must be said that Xfinity is only a good deal for cellular if you are already an Xfinity cable modem customer. If not, you might just go with Tello only and not look back.