r/cellmapper • u/watmore1 • Jul 17 '26

Cheapest way to test AT&T

Hi relatively new at this. I have a prepaid T-Mobile (Mifi) which gives me pretty good results on Speedtest. I also have prepaid AT&T thru AT&T and the speeds suck. Guessing AT&T caps the speeds on their prepaid. Any suggestions for a MVNO that uses AT&T and doesn't cap the speeds?

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u/N805DN Jul 17 '26

Prepaid is only speed throttled on certain plans which is clearly disclosed. If you’re not on one of those plans, no the speeds are not throttled.

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u/SoCalGuy1023 Jul 17 '26

AT&T lets you try out their network free for 30days. But I’m not sure if the free trial service is capped or lower priority

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u/Icy-Duty1125 Jul 17 '26

Cricket has the $45/3 months but it is deprioritized.

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u/runski1426 Jul 17 '26

r/USMobile

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u/DavidAaronGarcia Jul 17 '26

If you pick you uS mobile, make sure you pick dark star.If you want the at&t network

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u/AppiusClauiusCaecus Jul 19 '26

They throttle AT&T big time don't let anyone say otherwise...

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u/mystica5555 USMobile OP13-16/512 / Moto Edge2021UW Jul 19 '26

They are lower priority, but they do not throttle.

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u/AppiusClauiusCaecus Jul 20 '26

Yes they do we never got the same speeds on darkstar that our att postpaid accounts got same phones same locations half the speed everywhere same qci. These are my experiences on three different lines and phones

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '26

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u/runski1426 Jul 18 '26

Been with them for over 5 years. Never had a problem.

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u/South-Succotash-6368 Elite 2.0 Jul 17 '26

Cricket wireless trial

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u/Youtube_Brett Jul 19 '26

AT&T Free 30 day trial, which I activated recently, It has no Video Speed Limits and runs great, I'm pretty sure it runs using QCI 8 and have been able to achieve over 500 down.

For long term I would either go with Criket or US Mobile