I concur though have had two bad experiences in 2 yrs on the road - Floyd, VA; completely cut off and McKinney COE in Acworth, GA was near useless.
If you do go this route, look into the Magenta plan. I'm grandfathered into the 55+ plan that's been replaced with Magent. Unlimited talk, text, data is one price.
https://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phone-plans/magenta