Every option the agent weighed
Google Fi Wireless — Simply Unlimited (3 lines) Google Fi Wireless · selected
All three hard requirements are supported by available evidence (~$99-$108/mo all-in estimate under $120; month-to-month with no required financing; 24/7 phone support claimed by brand text and a listed number), and both alternatives investigated each fail a hard requirement.
- price 3 lines allin: $90/month base price for 3 lines; est. ~$99-$108/month all-in after typical 10-20% US wireless taxes/fees (exact figure varies by service address, not itemized in any source read) 9to5google.com not the brand’s own page
- term: Prepaid, month-to-month; no annual contract; cancel anytime; device financing (24 monthly installments) is optional and only applies if a device is financed through Fi, not required for the wireless plan itself fi.google.com not the brand’s own page
- support: Brand states '24/7 support from real people'; a customer-service phone number (1-844-825-5234) is listed by a third-party aggregator fi.google.com not the brand’s own page
Unresolved: Exact all-in monthly total including specific local taxes/fees for the household's actual service address; Direct confirmation, read on Google's own domain, that the listed phone number and 24/7 phone availability are accurate (my own fi.google.com fetch attempts were blocked/truncated this session)
Mint Mobile Unlimited (3 lines) Mint Mobile · rejected
No publicly reported Mint Mobile tier satisfies both the ≤$120 all-in budget and the no-annual-commitment term at once: the shortest non-annual term (3 months) prices at $40/line ($120 pretax for 3 lines, over budget once tax is added), while the in-budget rate ($30/line, $90 pretax) requires prepaying a full 12 months.
- price 3 lines allin: 12-month prepaid term: $30/line ($90/mo pretax for 3 lines, ~$99-108 with tax). 3-month (shortest non-annual) term: $40/line ($120/mo pretax for 3 lines, over budget after tax). shopcellplans.com not the brand’s own page
- term: No credit check/early-termination fee, but discounted rates require prepaying in 3, 6, or 12-month blocks; shortest available block is 3 months whistleout.com not the brand’s own page
- support: Phone support available at 800-683-7392, human customer care 7 days/week, 5AM-7PM PST gethuman.com not the brand’s own page
Unresolved: Exact tax/fee add-on for the 3-month term; Whether a true single-month (no prepay block) plan exists
Visible (Base plan, 3 lines) Visible Wireless (Verizon) · rejected
Fails the explicit phone-support requirement: multiple independent sources confirm Visible has no phone customer-support number, only chat/app/social-media support.
- support: No phone support channel; support is via 24/7 chat on website/app, Facebook Messenger, or X; a callback can only be requested after first contacting via chat whistleout.com not the brand’s own page
- price 3 lines allin: Visible Base ~$25/line ($75/mo pretax for 3 lines) or ~$68.76/mo on an annual-billed Base variant per one source; not decisive since support requirement already fails bestphoneplans.net not the brand’s own page
Unresolved: Exact all-in tax/fee figure; Full term details distinguishing the month-to-month vs. annual-billed Base plan variants
Confidence
Tested: part of a frozen experiment with a baseline.
Provenance
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