Every option the agent weighed
Unlimited Essentials (3 lines) Google Fi Wireless · unresolved
Price and (third-party-corroborated) phone support look compatible with requirements, but the required no-contract/no-device-financing term could not be confirmed from a trustworthy source within the action budget.
- price all in: $80/month base for 3 lines (official), plus taxes/fees reported as extra, typically 10-20% -> estimated all-in ~$88-$96/month; exact figure depends on service ZIP and was not obtained as a single live quote support.google.com not the brand’s own page
- human phone support: Phone number 1-844-825-5234 reported by independent third-party contact aggregators; a human can reportedly be reached via the automated menu google-fi.pissedconsumer.com not the brand’s own page
Unresolved: term_months
Visible Basic Plan (3 lines) Visible (Verizon) · rejected
Independent sources agree Visible has no dedicated phone-support line, only chat/app/social channels — fails the required human-phone-support criterion.
- price all in: $25/line x 3 = $75 base; sources conflict on whether taxes/fees are additional (~$127 est.) or already included, so exact all-in figure is uncertain no source not the brand’s own page
- term months: Reported as month-to-month, no annual contract no source not the brand’s own page
- human phone support: No dedicated customer-service phone number; support is via app/web chat and social media only whistleout.com not the brand’s own page
Unresolved: price_all_in (exact all-in figure and whether true 3-line group billing applies)
Unlimited Starter (3 lines) US Mobile · selected
Reported price, term, and phone-support facts all meet the three required criteria with comfortable budget margin; not yet confirmed by directly reading usmobile.com itself.
- price all in: $25/line x 3 lines = $75/month, reported as taxes and fees included no source not the brand’s own page
- term months: No contract, no credit check required (month-to-month) no source not the brand’s own page
- human phone support: Phone support available 9am-9pm Eastern with live agents, plus 24/7 chat/email no source not the brand’s own page
Unlimited (3/6/12-month prepaid plans) Mint Mobile · deferred
Attractive intro price but built on upfront 3/6/12-month prepayment rather than clean monthly billing, and taxes/fees are extra — fit with the strict month-to-month requirement and the true all-in total are unresolved.
- human phone support: Phone support via 611 or 1-800-683-7392, live agents 7 days/week 5AM-7PM PST no source not the brand’s own page
Unresolved: price_all_in (taxes/fees extra, exact total not established); term_months (upfront multi-month prepay vs. true month-to-month is ambiguous)
Confidence
Tested: part of a frozen experiment with a baseline.
Provenance
Every journey run on the live web. Every source, belief and decision published. Scorer version 4; model cost 0.65 USD.