system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Eli5: How do things like walmarts straight talk work? They say it's the same networks but half the price. What, if anything, am I sacrificing if I switch over to it?
gpt
Its what in the industry is called an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) they lease bandwith at certain prices and keep the service bare bones i.e. no roaming, limited service areas, smaller data packages etc. The savings are then passed on to the consumer.