{"id":323990,"date":"2025-11-29T21:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/5g-technology\/all-the-places-i-used-my-trump-mobile-wireless-service-this-week\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:20:10","slug":"all-the-places-i-used-my-trump-mobile-wireless-service-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=323990","title":{"rendered":"All the places I used my Trump Mobile wireless service this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As I sat down at the bookstore cafe with a cortado and an oat bar, I panicked just a little bit when I turned on my phone\u2019s hotspot. What if my hotspot network gave me away? Would it say ALLISON\u2019S TRUMP PHONE? Would someone smart sitting next to me, sipping matcha, catch sight of it? What would they think of me?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">That\u2019s not what happened, of course. The default network name was \u201cAllison\u2019s S25,\u201d reflecting the Samsung Galaxy phone I was using, not the network. But the experience sums up a weird feeling I can only describe as \u201cicky\u201d as I texted, talked, and scrolled through my day using my Trump Wireless plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Honestly, I was surprised the service even identified itself as Trump and not Liberty Mobile, the MVNO that the Trump Organization\u2019s MVNO service rides on. But there they were, those five letters staring back at me under my SIM settings once I installed the card. They were at the top of the status bar every time I swiped down to check a notification, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">I didn\u2019t really go out of my way to do a bunch of things while testing Trump Mobile that seem antithetical to the whole Trump ethos \u2014 that\u2019s just kinda how it worked out. I used the service to check on a hold at my public library. I used it on public transportation. I used it while shopping at a local grocery oo-op. I used it to find my way to an indie bookstore. It worked just fine. It still felt icky doing this all with that Trump network indicator in the corner of the screen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">I have a number of complaints about the values that the Trump Organization and the Trump name represent. But the wireless service? Fine, I guess. My Galaxy S25 proudly displays a 5G badge most of the time. Trump Mobile runs on T-Mobile, and T-Mobile coverage is quite good here in Seattle, where it happens to be headquartered. In fact, I got better download speeds on the S25 using Trump Mobile than I did using my own Verizon plan on an S25 Plus. I pay <em>way<\/em> more for my Verizon service than the $51.99 that the Trump service costs. Side note: the plan\u2019s official price is $47.45, which is a cute nod to Trump\u2019s presidencies, albeit out of order presumably to charge a couple extra bucks. But when you add tax, you end up at $51.99.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-pullquote qnnwq0\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup qnnwq2 _1xwtict9\">There are little red flags here and there suggesting that maybe Trump Mobile doesn\u2019t have it all together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As it is wont to, the Trump Organization has slapped its name on a product that was already well established \u2014 in this case, T-Mobile wireless service. To be fair, that\u2019s basically how an MVNO works, so it\u2019s not surprising that the network part of the product works quite well. Everything else, though, has been a little hit-and-miss. There was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/825190\/trump-mobile-service-customer-care-sim\">the case of my missing SIM card<\/a>, which was not great. But the problem was resolved by some kind customer service folks, and once I had the card in hand, I was able to get service started on my own, by putting the card in my phone, logging into my account, and typing in some numbers in the right place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">But there are little red flags here and there suggesting that maybe Trump Mobile doesn\u2019t have it all together. The hours given for the customer service line listed on the SIM kit I got differ from what\u2019s on the website, which is different from the actual hours given when you call. The instructions on the SIM packaging tell you to go to TrumpMobile.com\/activate, but that page throws a 404 error. <a href=\"https:\/\/trumpmobile.com\/asset\/demo-video.mp4\">The instructional video<\/a> that tells you how to install a SIM card looks suspiciously AI-generated (and I swear to god that voice-over sounds like Dieter). It all feels slapped together and inconsistent. Icky, indeed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I sat down at the bookstore cafe with a cortado and an oat bar, I panicked just a little bit when I turned on my phone\u2019s hotspot. What if my hotspot network gave me away? Would it say ALLISON\u2019S TRUMP PHONE? Would someone smart sitting next to me, sipping matcha, catch sight of it? 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