u/ya3rob

Question to experts:
If Speedfusion bonding is capped (orbit. 4 ports at 400 Mbps, orbit 8 at 1gbps), how can we bond 10 Starlink receivers together?

I’ve been using US Mobile for 4 years now, about 8 months I moved to north Dallas from NJ, and this is where things changed across all three networks, and unfortunately my experience has been pretty bad.
I had Warp, Dark Star on my iPhone, and Light Speed on my Galaxy Z Fold 7, then Z Fold 8. Most of the time, I was getting around 10–15 Mbps. Dark Star was a little better at the Starbucks where I spend most mornings, usually around 25–35 Mbps.
I don’t really care about speed tests for the sake of speed tests. What usually made me run one was when my FaceTime calls with my kids or WhatsApp video calls with my fiancée started struggling.
I’m a telecom engineer and work with wireless technologies like Wi-Fi and FWA, long ago I use to be cellular performance and optimization engineer until 2015, so I understand the difference between peak throughput and real-world average performance. I also know that QCI alone doesn’t determine how good or bad a network will perform. There are a lot more variables involved.
That being said, my real-world experience with US Mobile was consistently poor.
A few weeks ago, I canceled Light Speed on my Z Fold and moved that line to Mint Mobile. The difference was dramatic. I’m now regularly seeing 200–300+ Mbps around Allen, Plano, and Richardson, including many of the exact same places where I struggled before.
Yesterday, I also moved my Warp line to Visible+ Pro, and again, the difference was immediately noticeable, especially outdoors.
Dark Star is the exception in a couple of places. I get decent throughput at my office and at my usual Starbucks, but everywhere else my experience has been horrible.
My takeaway isn’t that US Mobile is universally bad or that speed tests tell the whole story. They don’t. But for me, deprioritized traffic across these networks translated into a noticeably worse real-world experience, especially for video calls and everyday data use.
After switching the same phones, in the same areas, to Mint and Visible+ Pro, the difference has been hard to ignore. That matters a lot more to me than what any QCI chart or theoretical peak speed says.
Thank you all for your input and help.
Especially user u/MrBooMY1 for the help and advice

Hi everyone,
I’m considering moving away from US Mobile. Ever since I moved to Texas last year, I’ve been having pretty significant data performance issues on both Dark Star and Light Speed.
I have two phones, so as a test I moved one of my lines from Light Speed to Mint Mobile. The difference was honestly huge.
In the exact same locations I regularly use my phone, my usual Starbucks, office, etc.:
US Mobile Light Speed: typically under 10–15 Mbps
Mint Mobile: regularly 200+ Mbps
Since both are using T-Mobile’s network, I wasn’t expecting such a dramatic difference.
I’m now considering Visible+ Pro for my other line, but I’m curious about the real-world hotspot experience.
Is the hotspot really hard-capped at 15 Mbps, or do you sometimes see higher speeds?
How consistent is that 15 Mbps limit in practice?
And for anyone in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, how has your overall Visible/Verizon data performance been?
I’m less concerned about seeing crazy Speedtest numbers and more interested in consistent real-world performance, especially hotspot, video calls, VPN/work use, and general data reliability. Most of the time on Warp and DarkStar I get connectivity issues.
Would love to hear from people who have actually used Visible+ Pro as their daily line.

I am sorry in advance but this is a rant.
My ex called me today, panicking. CHIP wrote to her to inform her our kids are no longer eligible under the recent changes which was ordered by Trump. One of them has autism. She made less money this year than last year, and they still cut them off.
We are not middle class anymore. I was out of work for two years. I have over $60K in credit card debt and $200K in medical bills, because I dared to have a pulmonary embolism and a heart attack in the same year while having no insurance!
Then I found out we are not alone. Thousands of kids lost coverage from the same policy changes.
I grew up in the late 70s and 80s. I watched the last years of the Soviet Union. I never had any respect for communism, not after reading what those governments did to their own people. When the USSR fell, I celebrated with everyone else. It felt like the end of a dark chapter of human history.
I keep thinking about that now, and it makes me sick.
This did not start with one man. Clinton, both Bushes, Obama, Biden, Trump. Every one of them handed more power to corrupt people who did not earn it and did not answer for it. Obama had charisma, and he also ordered the killing of an American citizen without a trial. That is a line nobody crossed before him.
Americans were raised to believe freedom was the thing that made this place different. They’ve always been proud about it! And made sure to show it off! Despite the fact that Canadiens or Europeans were no “less” free!
But, now people get detained, disappeared into custody, and killed by federal agents in the streets, and the country shrugs.
The other half is money. Every policy for thirty years has moved wealth up. More taxes on wages, more fees, more tariffs on things ordinary people buy. Small businesses gone. Whole careers in IT and telecom hollowed out by offshoring and visa labor that was never about a talent shortage, it was about payroll, to the point that the AI and big corporates leader are foreign born. The dollar buys less every year.
I do not want to hear that the economy is strong. My kids just lost their doctor.
I used to think what happened to the Soviet Union could not happen here. I do not think that anymore. I started to believe that Trump is the new Gorbachev! And that we are doomed!

My ex called me today, panicking. CHIP wrote to her to inform her our kids are no longer eligible under the recent changes which was ordered by Trump. One of them has autism. She made less money this year than last year, and they still cut them off.
We are not middle class anymore. I was out of work for two years. I have over $60K in credit card debt and $200K in medical bills, because I dared to have a pulmonary embolism and a heart attack in the same year while having no insurance!
Then I found out we are not alone. Thousands of kids lost coverage from the same policy changes.
I grew up in the late 70s and 80s. I watched the last years of the Soviet Union. I never had any respect for communism, not after reading what those governments did to their own people. When the USSR fell, I celebrated with everyone else. It felt like the end of a dark chapter of human history.
I keep thinking about that now, and it makes me sick.
This did not start with one man. Clinton, both Bushes, Obama, Biden, Trump. Every one of them handed more power to corrupt people who did not earn it and did not answer for it. Obama had charisma, and he also ordered the killing of an American citizen without a trial. That is a line nobody crossed before him.
Americans were raised to believe freedom was the thing that made this place different. They’ve always been proud about it! And made sure to show it off! Despite the fact that Canadiens or Europeans were no “less” free!
But, now people get detained, disappeared into custody, and killed by federal agents in the streets, and the country shrugs.
The other half is money. Every policy for thirty years has moved wealth up. More taxes on wages, more fees, more tariffs on things ordinary people buy. Small businesses gone. Whole careers in IT and telecom hollowed out by offshoring and visa labor that was never about a talent shortage, it was about payroll, to the point that the AI and big corporates leader are foreign born. The dollar buys less every year.
I do not want to hear that the economy is strong. My kids just lost their doctor.
I used to think what happened to the Soviet Union could not happen here. I do not think that anymore. I started to believe that Trump is the new Gorbachev! And that we are doomed!

Hi everyone,
Looking for a reliable dash cam installer who does clean, professional work without charging an arm and a leg. I have a 2023 Subaru Outback Premium.

Any recommendations? Please share the installer’s name, location, and, if possible, what you paid.

Hi folks,
Looking for a reliable dash cam installer who does clean, professional work without charging an arm and a leg. I have a 2023 Subaru Outback Premium.

Any recommendations? Please share the installer’s name, location, and if possible what you paid.

Hey guys,

My 7 yo started borrowing my Z fold 7 to play train games, he already dropped the phone multiple times, but nothing happened to the phone yet 🫣

So I am looking for a reasonably priced cover to protect the phone, any advice?

P.S: Ive seen covers on Amazon priced as high as $100, but going through reviews, i was skeptical to spend that much with bad reviews.

I am looking for books on AI and Wireless tech. Is there a tracker for that?

I’m looking for a good meeting assistant app that can record meetings, transcribe them, summarize the discussion, and pull out action items.

I’ve tried a bunch of the apps I’ve seen advertised on Instagram and Facebook, and honestly, I’ve been pretty disappointed. Most are subscription-only and feel ridiculously expensive for what they do. As a product manager, I also feel like many of them solve just one small part of the problem while charging premium SaaS prices.

I miss the days when you could just buy an app instead of paying another monthly subscription. Maybe I’m just getting tired of every app becoming SaaS.

Can you guys share what you are using? I’m looking for something reliable. The only one I’ve genuinely liked so far is Jamie, but it’s way outside my budget.

I’m looking for a good meeting assistant app that can record meetings, transcribe them, summarize the discussion, and pull out action items.

I’ve tried a bunch of the apps I’ve seen advertised on Instagram and Facebook, and honestly, I’ve been pretty disappointed. Most are subscription-only and feel ridiculously expensive for what they do. As a product manager, I also feel like many of them solve just one small part of the problem while charging premium SaaS prices.

I miss the days when you could just buy an app instead of paying another monthly subscription. Maybe I’m just getting tired of every app becoming SaaS.

Can you guys share what you are using? I’m looking for something reliable. The only one I’ve genuinely liked so far is Jamie, but it’s way outside my budget.

I’m looking for a good meeting assistant app that can record meetings, transcribe them, summarize the discussion, and pull out action items.

I’ve tried a bunch of the apps I’ve seen advertised on Instagram and Facebook, and honestly, I’ve been pretty disappointed. Most are subscription-only and feel ridiculously expensive for what they do. As a product manager, I also feel like many of them solve just one small part of the problem while charging premium SaaS prices.

I miss the days when you could just buy an app instead of paying another monthly subscription. Maybe I’m just getting tired of every app becoming SaaS.

Can you guys share what you are using? I’m looking for something reliable. The only one I’ve genuinely liked so far is Jamie, but it’s way outside my budget.

What’s the best Android phone in the USA you’ve had until now in 2026, and why? Looking for real-world experience, not specs. What makes it stand out from the competition?

I own a Galaxy Z Fold 7! I think it’s overrated, and I am selling it!

I boycotted the World Cup in 2022… and I will boycott it in 2026 because of the peace prize they gave to Trump