Why do the major cellphone service providers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile benefit from owning “cheap” services like Visible, Cricket or Mint?

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Are these services extremely throttled? Are they on separate towers where the service isn’t as great? Please help me understand.

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They use the same towers, but users of the cheaper services are deprioritized compared to the flagship service. If you’re in any area with a large amount of users, a Verizon user will have faster speed that a Visible user, for example.

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