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http://www.prepaidphonenews.com/2011...and-plans.html AT&T GSM 850/1900, LTE Data LTE Bands: 2, 4, 17 Basic and Messaging Phones (No Smartphones, iPhones, etc.) No monthly fee - 10¢/minute, 20¢/text, Data 1¢/5KB of use $2/Day (Only billed fee on days used) - Unlimited Domestic Talk and Text, Data 1¢/5KB when Used or $1/Day for 100MB Smartphone or Basic/Feature Phones $30/month Unlimited Domestic Talk and Text; Data is not included: 1¢/5KB of use, or $5/Month 100 MB $45/month Unlimited Domestic Talk and Text, 1.5GB Data at "3G" speeds, thereafter throttled to 128Kbps $55/Month Unlimited Domestic Talk and Text, Includes Unlimited calls to Mexico; 1¢ per minute for calls to Canada, calls within Mexico and Canada, and from Mexico and Canada to select countries, plus unlimited messaging while roaming in Mexico and Canada. 1 GB Data at "3G" speeds, throttled to 128 Kbps thereafter $60/Month Unlimited Domestic Talk and Text, Includes Unlimited calls to Mexico, Unlimited Texting when in Canada or Mexico, 4 GB Data at "3G" speeds, throttled to 128 Kbps thereafter Verizon CDMA, LTE Data LTE Bands: 2, 4, 13 Pay-as-you-go (Feature/Basic Phones Only) Daily access fees are billed only when device is used $1.99/Day - Unlimited Domestic Airtime, Text Messages are 2¢/message (in or out), Picture Messages are 25¢/message (in or out), Mobile Web access 99¢/24 hour period 99¢/Day Unlimited Verizon to Verizon Calls, Standard Airtime Calls 25¢/Minute, Text Messages 10¢/Message (In or Out), Picture Messages 25¢/Message (In or Out); Mobile Web Access 99¢/24 Hour Period $0.00/Day - Standard Airtime Calls 25¢/Minute, Text Messages 20¢/Message (in or out), Picture Messages 25¢/Message (in or out), Mobile Web access 99¢/24 hour period Can add the following monthly text messaging options: $20/month for Unlimited Messaging to anyone on any network in the U.S. $10/month for Unlimited Mobile to Mobile Messaging with Verizon Wireless customers PLUS 250 additional messages* Feature Phone Monthly Plans $35/Month 500 Standard Airtime Minutes, Unlimited Domestic Texts, Unlimited Texts to Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, 500MB Mobile Web $45/Month Unlimited Standard Airtime Minutes, Unlimited Domestic Texts, Unlimited Texts to Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, 500MB Mobile Web Smartphone $45/month Unlimited Domestic Talk and Text Includes 1GB LTE Data, 500MB included when signed up for monthly autopay. Data Stops once allotment is exhausted. Additional Data for Monthly Smart or Basic Phone Plans $5 for 500MB, $10 for 1GB or $20 for 3GB. Data access stops once data allotment is exhausted, would need to purchase additional data for the month or restart bill cycle for a new 30 Days T-Mobile GSM 1900, LTE Data LTE Bands: 2, 4, 12 $3/month 30 minutes of Airtime or 30 Texts (or a combination) Data can be added: $5/day 500MB High Speed Data (LTE) or $10/week 1GB High Speed Data (LTE) $30/month 100 Minutes Airtime, Unlimited Text, 5GB of High Speed data (LTE, HSDPA+) then throttled to "2G" speeds. Includes International texting at no charge to select countries Must be activated on-line, or purchased from Wal-Mart $35/month Unlimited Airtime, Unlimited Text, No Data Included The following plans include Unlimited Airtime, and Unlimited Text, Speed is throttled to 8 Mb/s regardless if a higher link is available, once data allotment is consumed throttled to "2G" speeds, or a max of 128 Kb/s. Price is listed monthly. $40 - 1 GB Data $50 - 3 GB Data $60 - 5 GB Data Add Unlimited landline, and texting to select countries for $10/month, Calls to mobile carriers in select countries are 20¢ per minute Add Unlimited landline, mobile calling and texting to select countries for $15 per month If the device supports it, these plans also have T-Mobile WiFi calling available at no charge. Sprint CDMA, LTE Data No longer offers branded pre paid services, all plans are sold through Boost subsidary H2O U.S. Cellular CDMA, LTE Data LTE Bands: 5, 12 Plans are listed per month "Ready Connect" (Available at Wal-Mart and Amazon.com, and other stores) $35 - Basic Phone Only - Unlimited Talk, Unlimited Text, Unlimited Mobile Web $45 - Smartphone - Unlimited Talk, Unlimited Text, 1GB Data $55 - Smartphone - Unlimited Talk, Unlimited Text, 2GB Data Maximum of 200MB can be used off network. Data stops when allotment is exhausted, additional buckets can be purchased for $5/250MB, $15/1GB, $25/2GB "Simple Connect" Plans all include Unlimited Talk, Text, and Data, the high speed allotment varies depending on the plan, prices are monthly $40 - Basic Phones Unlimited Data $45 - 1GB Data $55 - 2GB Data $65 - 4GB Data Data is throttled to "1x" speeds thereafter (max of 196 Kb/s) TracFone GSM 850/1900 or CDMA Annual Cards (Good for 365 Days from Activation) $199.99 1500 Minutes $159.99 1000 Minutes $119.99 800 Minutes (Plus double minutes on future refills) $99.99 400 Minutes $19.99 Package adds double airtime to all future refills Pay-As-You-Go $79.99 450 Minutes for 90 Days $39.99 200 Minutes for 90 Days $19.99 60 Minutes for 90 Days $9.99 30 Minutes for 30 Days (online only) Web Access for Android Phones $50/2GB $20/750MB $10/300MB Red Pocket (Link) 512MB - $5 1GB - $10 3GB - $30 5GB - $50 Uses T-Mobile's 4G/LTE network All plans except 512MB are throttled after exceeding data usage. SIM cards can be purchased inexpensively through Amazon and ebay Cricket Wireless GSM 850/1900, LTE Data AT&T Wireless Subsidy Plans are monthly, and include Unlimited Talk and Texting, Included data varies; LTE speeds are throttled to 8Mb/s, HSDPA+ is throttled to 4Mb/s, $5 discount available when on autopay $25 - NO Data Access $40 - 2.5GB $50 - 5GB Adds Unlimited Calling and Texting to Mexico, plus 35 additional countries $60 - 10GB Adds Unlimited Calling and Texting to Mexico, plus 35 additional countries $60 - 20 GB (Promotional Plan) Adds Unlimited Calling and Texting to Mexico, plus 35 additional countries MetroPCS GSM 1900, LTE Data T-Mobile Subsidy Plans are monthly and include Unlimited Talk and Text. Included Data Varies, once package data is exceeded speed is throttled to "2G" speeds (128Kb/s max), prices include add fees and taxes $40 - 2GB Data (promotional) $50 - 4GB Data (promotional) $60 - Unlimited Data $50 Unlimited Data plan is available when purchasing a device from MetroPCS, BYOD is not available on that plan Add-ons $10/month Mexico Calling: Unlimited Calling to Landlines, 1000 minutes to mobile phones, Unlimited texting to mobile phones, 200 minutes and 200 texts when traveling in Mexico $10/month World Calling - Select countries include unlimited calls to landlines, Unlimited texting, 200 minutes to mobile phones; 200 voice roaming voice minutes, Send 200 text messages, unlimited incoming text messages Net10 GSM 850/1900, LTE Data Pay as you go $100 - 1500 Minutes, 180 Days $60 - 900 Minutes, 90 Days $45 - 600 Minutes, 60 Days $30 - 300 Minutes, 60 Days $20 - 200 Minutes, 30 Days Monthly No Data Plans (Good for 30 Days) $25 - 1000 Minutes $30 - 500 Minutes $15 - 200 Minutes Monthly Unlimited Plans - Price is monthly. Includes unlimited Talk and Text, Amount of high speed data varies per plan and is then throttled to 64 kbps thereafter $35 - No Data $40 - 500 MB (additional 250 MB with autopay) $50 - 3GB $60 - 3.5GB (additional 1GB with autopay) $75 - 5GB (additional 1GB with autopay) Virgin Mobile CDMA Sprint Subsidy Monthly Basic Phone Plans "PayLo", Text Messages are 25 $40 Unlimited Talk, Unlimited Text, 50MB of Data $30 1500 Minutes of Talk, 1500 Text (in and out), 30MB data $20 400 Minutes, 15¢ per text, 25¢ per picture message, $1.50/MB for Data Unlimited Plans $20 300 Minutes and Text $35 Unlimited Talk and Text, 250 MB 3G/4G data throttled thereafter $35 Unlimited Text, 300 Minutes 2.5GB 3G/4G data, throttled thereafter $45 Unlimited Talk and Text, Unlimited International Text, 100 International Voice minutes, 1 GB 3G/4G data throttled thereafter, $55 Unlimited Talk and Text, Unlimited International Text, 100 International Voice minutes, 3 GB 3G/4G data throttled thereafter Data Share Plans Plans are monthly and include Unlimited Text, Voice minutes vary by plan, data allotment is 2.5 GB of 3G/4G data and is throttled after the included data is exhausted, $20 starter kit is required and available only at Wal-Mart $35 - 300 Minutes $45 - Unlimited Talk Additional data $10/Month - 1 GB $15/Month - 2 GB $25/Month - 4 GB $35/Month - 6 GB $65/Month - 12 GB $85/Month - 20 GB $2 One time 100MB DATA $5 One time 500MB DATA $5 VOICE EXTENDED COVERAGE 60 MINUTES (ROAMING) $2.50 DATA EXTENDED COVERAGE 10MB (ROAMING) $5 DATA EXTENDED COVERAGE 20MB (ROAMING) $10 DATA EXTENDED COVERAGE 40MB (ROAMING) $2 100 MINUTES OF TALK (Good for 30 Days) $5 300 MINUTES OF TALK (Good for 30 Days) Ultra Mobile GSM 850/1900 UMTS 1700/1900 LTE 1700 LTE Bands 2, 4, 12 Roams off T-Mobile with theoretical full access to the T-Mobile network, but network coverage is slightly reduced as is 4GLTE coverage All plans include: Unlimited domestic calling Unlimited domestic SMS/MMS Unlimited global SMS/MMS Standard features: 3-way calling, caller ID, voicemail, 411 Plans range from $19-49/month and generally include free international calling (landline/cell) and local access numbers for friends/family to call. SIM card costs $1. See Ultra.me for more info. You can purchase SIM and plan through 3rd parties such as EZKonnect or even Amazon for a discount. |
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