It is a different carrier's network.
Not Verizons
@PaganMother
It is a great deal. $25/mo is cheap. But, I have tried AT&T and T- Mobile. Neither worked at all in the area where my house is. Very Rural.
Only Verizon works🤷♀️
I am glad I called before signing up
@MallyDaKatt I'm currently using Airwireless, it goes through any tower networks in the area. The indoors signal is spotty as hell, but I get 3 bars outside which is really good for how rural I live.
@PaganMother
Yeah, if it can use Verizons cell towers, it does not surprise you get really good reception. When I tried AT&T and T Mobile I had no bars showing. With Verizon usually get 3 bars inside and 4 outside. But Verizon put up a cell tower about 4 miles from home.
@MallyDaKatt Verizon recently purchased several smaller carriers that had used that cellphone towers in my region in the US, one of those carriers was TracFone. They've been gobbling up any service network that had access to their towers, creating a monopoly for rural areas.