SIM card hell - New SIM card required by Consumer Cellular, but it reduced battery life down by 2/3

[usonian]

7. I used cellular internet (mi-fi) way too long.

Signal (Verizon) would often go to zero.

I gave up and signed up for DSL, which is actually much better. Phone took its chances with cellular away from home. In the foothills, signal was in and out.

Neighbor said he was switching from DSL to cellular internet, 5G. I freaked, cuz the 4G was a joke much of the time.

I switched to spectrum. Same Verizon network. But when I replaced the very old phone with a new one, it picked up 5G, which has been solid by comparison.

Maybe the 4G transmitter was behind a tree and the 5G is on a fire watch tower I can see clearly.

Keeping the DSL. My objection was and is that I pay for landline phone that I don't use, but phone+internet is cheaper than internet alone.

Life is sometimes sick and twisted, but I will save the money. Never got a landline phone.