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Visible has announced a "Party Pay" replacement for their customer referral program. Under the new setup, you can get up to three other people to join your "party" and you all save $5/mo per member. Each member gets their own account and their own service, and the members do not need to be connected to each other in any way. There is no contract, and if a member drops out, all that happens is the remaining members bills go up $5/mo until a replacement is found. This appears to be a nice way to save even more on an already low cost $40 "all in" phone plan with hotspot capability. If you've been thinking of getting a Visible account, now might be a good time to go for it.
https://www.visible.com/party-pay
And Technomadia's report:
Does this plan limit data if you use a cell phone as a hotspot?
Does this plan limit data if you use a cell phone as a hotspot?
Visible doesn't limit the amount of data, but the TOS says the hotspot is limited to 5 Mbps. Since they eliminated the speed restriction for the phone data though, most of us have seen higher speeds on the hotspot as well. Will that last? Who knows...
Note that the hotspot only allows a single connection, but that connection can be any of the available WiFi routers that accept many more connections. I'm currently using my Visible phone with a Pepwave router that allows 256 connections. 
There is a long thread on IRV2 about visible. The OP is a tech guy. He has written a document that shows how to use a certain router. Very inexpensive. When using that router the speeds are not limited to 5 mpps.
It isn't the router that limits the speeds. Wired tethering versus WiFi hotspot tethering seems to make a difference though.
I have had Visible since June. I am using the Visible R2 phone and a router connected to the hotspot. I am still getting full speed data even though Visible states that the hotspot speed is limited to 5Mb/s. Impossible to say if this will continue, but is nice while it lasts.
Tom, have you set up or joined a "party" yet to reduce your Visible bill? I found a thread on Reddit where people post party openings that anyone can join.
Thanks Dutch. I have not joined a Party. I think I'll try to round up some people I know first.
On second thought, I decided to jump on board. My next bill will be for $25. You never know when this Party Pay offer will end. Thanks again Dutch.
Although only one device can be connected at any time, you can use a nano router which will allow up to 4 devices. I have two phones, a Kindle, and a computer with no problems.
Cianne, Did you just join the same Visible Party that I am in?
For those that are a bit leery of joining a party with unknown partners, the only information the other party members see is your first name, area code, and last 4 digits of your phone number. Someone would have to try the various exchange numbers in your area code until they got lucky if they attempted to contact you.
Since Visible is a separate company, what do you do with your Verizon data plan?
When I'm satisfied the Visible plan is a good fit for us, I'll drop the $65 Verizon prepaid hotspot plan. Our AT&T Connected Car plan will likely become our primary carrier at that point, with Visible filling in the "holes".
When I'm satisfied the Visible plan is a good fit for us, I'll drop the $65 Verizon prepaid hotspot plan. Our AT&T Connected Car plan will likely become our primary carrier at that point, with Visible filling in the "holes".
So, if I'm understanding you, you currently have 2 Verizon plans, but you'll probably end up with just one Verizon plan -- the Visible one, right?
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