# A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/a-new-anonymous-phone-carrier-lets-you-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/33561
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**Created:** 2025-12-04T18:27:53Z
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## Post 13 by @anon94117004 — 2025-12-04T21:45:44Z

My thoughts:

- It is still a MVNO so all that juicy location and traffic data will be available to the actual carriers and governments.
- That pricing is a complete rip off.
  - Calyx themself literally [offers](https://calyxinstitute.org/membership/internet) a $500/year truly unlimited SIM, meanwhile Phrelli’s $1,020/year plan is capped to 40GB a month.
  - Visible has a stellar $25/month plan that is also truly unlimited, but hotspot is capped at 5Mbps. They take fake address & name without issue.

- And the continued silence on the coup of Calyx is highly concerning.

My advice:

- Use Wi-Fi where possible.
- Always use Mullvad or Tor.
- If you do use a SIM card give them minimal information and keep it in airplane mode when possible.
- Use a VOIP service for phone number that is detached from SIM.
- Also please be aware that many hotspot devices are highly insecure and often years behind security patches.
  - For example the popular GL.iNet MUDI received a firmware [update](https://dl.gl-inet.com/router/e750/beta) on 2025-09-30, but is still running a Linux kernel [from](https://lwn.net/Articles/926874/) 2023-03-22.

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