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The video primarily focuses on the comparison and performance analysis of Visible's new mobile plans introduced by Everton. Visible offers two plans: a rebranded basic plan and the enhanced Visible Plus plan. The basic plan includes unlimited talk, text, data with capped speeds, and international calls to Mexico and Canada. The Visible Plus plan offers additional perks such as 5G Ultra Wideband, 50GB of prioritized data, and data roaming in Canada and Mexico, making it a better choice for international communication and improved data speeds.
The speaker highlights issues related to network congestion and de-prioritization, especially on Verizon's network. They suggest using the Open Signal app to measure network performance and report improvements with a VPN, specifically NordVPN, to counteract throttling. The segment includes critical observations of misleading practices regarding throttling, even in supposedly unthrottled areas, and calls for user feedback on their experiences with Visible’s services. Overall, the video provides insights into choosing between the basic and Plus plans based on users' specific needs and usage scenarios.
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In this part of the video, Everton discusses his experience with Visible’s new mobile plans. He explains that Visible introduced two plans: the basic visible plan, which is essentially a rebranding of their old plan, and the enhanced Visible Plus plan that offers additional perks. He emphasizes that for international communication needs, Visible Plus is a better option as it includes more international features, while the basic plan lacks these.
Both plans now operate directly on Verizon’s towers instead of through a cloud server, resulting in significantly improved ping times and a more responsive network. The basic visible plan offers unlimited talk, text, and data with 5G and 4G LTE capped at 200 Mbps, spam protection, and unlimited calls to Mexico and Canada, which should suffice for typical use cases.
Visible Plus includes everything from the basic plan, but with added benefits such as 5G Ultra Wideband for faster speeds beyond the 200 Mbps cap, 50 GB of prioritized data, and data roaming in Canada and Mexico. Everton plans to dive deeper into the performance and practical use of these plans in the following segments.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the impact of network congestion on data speeds, highlighting that with Verizon and its MVNO Visible, users can experience significant slow downs when the network is busy due to de-prioritization. The speaker contrasts this with T-Mobile, which has more bandwidth in the area. To measure network performance, the app Open Signal is recommended. While Verizon offers good rural coverage and spam protection, the Visible Plus plan stands out by providing 50GB of prioritized data for $45 per month, which significantly improves the data experience by reducing the likelihood of de-prioritization. However, after exceeding the 50GB limit, users may still experience decent speeds despite potential throttling. The speaker also notes some buffering issues with video streaming and a particularly slow experience when downloading shows in certain situations, pointing out that using a VPN seemed to alleviate the throttling issue.
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In this segment, the speaker discusses their experience with throttled internet speeds when using Ultra Wideband services, despite being in an area where such throttling should not occur. They conducted an experiment to test this issue and shared the results, criticizing the company for misleading practices. The speaker advocates using a VPN service, specifically NordVPN, to bypass throttling and improve service quality. They found the network generally responsive but emphasize their preference for the Visible Plus plan. Links to both NordVPN and Visible are provided in the description. The segment concludes with a request for viewers’ feedback on their experiences with these services.