Every month your wireless bill lands in the bank account of a company that has taken a side. The only question is which side. On the BWF Woke Index, Verizon earns a perfect 100/100 — the maximum woke score we assign — while Patriot Mobile, America's only Christian conservative wireless provider, sits at just 4/100. That is a 96-point gap between two companies selling the exact same thing: cell service running over the exact same towers. So which is actually less woke, and does switching cost you anything? Let's break it down criterion by criterion.
The Scores at a Glance
The non-woke telecom conversation usually starts and ends with these two names, because they represent the two poles of the industry. Verizon is the establishment giant that checked every box on the progressive corporate checklist. Patriot Mobile is the upstart built explicitly to fund the opposite.
- Verizon — 100/100 (Extremely Woke): a maxed-out score reflecting deep ESG, DEI, and Pride infrastructure.
- Patriot Mobile — 4/100 (Not Woke): a values-first provider that routes a portion of every bill to conservative and Christian causes.
For context, even legacy rivals like AT&T (63/100) and Xfinity (100/100) show that the big carriers cluster hard at the woke end of the spectrum. Patriot Mobile is the outlier — by design.
The Six-Criteria Breakdown
The BWF Woke Index scores every brand across six research-based dimensions. Here is how Verizon and Patriot Mobile compare on each one.
1. ESG Initiatives
Verizon has issued roughly $6 billion in "green bonds" and publishes sprawling environmental, social, and governance reporting — the financial machinery that ties a telecom's capital directly to ESG mandates. Patriot Mobile runs no ESG program at all; its stated pillars are the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the sanctity of life, and support for veterans and first responders. Advantage: Patriot Mobile.
2. DEI Programs
This is the criterion where 2025 changed the picture, and honesty matters here. In May 2025 Verizon formally ended its DEI policies to win FCC approval for its $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications, as reported by NPR. But that rollback came under regulatory pressure, not conviction, and it followed years of building one of the deepest DEI bureaucracies in corporate America. Patriot Mobile never had a DEI department to dismantle in the first place. Advantage: Patriot Mobile.
3. Pride Sponsorships
Verizon has been a marquee Pride sponsor, including a reported $1 million title sponsorship of LA Pride. Patriot Mobile puts its sponsorship dollars behind school-board candidates and pro-life events instead. Advantage: Patriot Mobile.
4. HRC Corporate Equality Index
Verizon has posted perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index — the metric that rewards companies for aligning internal policy with HRC's political agenda. Patriot Mobile does not participate and never has. Advantage: Patriot Mobile.
5. Political Contributions
Verizon ranks among the top 1% of corporate political spenders, with giving that has flowed heavily toward left-leaning causes and candidates over the years. Patriot Mobile inverts the model entirely: it advertises that a portion of every customer's bill funds conservative and Christian organizations. Same monthly payment, opposite destination. Advantage: Patriot Mobile.
6. CEO Action for Diversity
Verizon's leadership signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, the CEO-level commitment that helped standardize DEI across the Fortune 500. Patriot Mobile's leadership signed nothing of the sort. Advantage: Patriot Mobile.
Does Switching Cost You Anything?
Here is the part the big carriers would rather you not know: Patriot Mobile runs on the same major national networks as the giants. You are not trading coverage for conscience — the towers are identical. Porting your number typically takes minutes, and you keep the phone you already own.
The honest trade-offs are real but modest. A smaller provider will not always match Verizon on premium perks, deeply subsidized flagship phones, or the very fastest priority data during network congestion. For most families those are marginal concessions weighed against knowing your bill funds your values instead of working against them.
The Verdict
This one isn't close. Across all six criteria, Patriot Mobile is decisively less woke than Verizon — a 4 against a 100. Verizon's 2025 DEI retreat deserves acknowledgment, but a company does not erase a 100/100 footprint by dropping a single program under government duress while its Pride history, green-bond ESG stack, perfect HRC scores, and heavy political giving all remain intact. If you want your money to stop subsidizing the progressive corporate agenda, your wireless plan is one of the easiest switches you can make. Browse more non-woke telecom options and read the full profiles before you port your number.