I need to get a GoPhone for a short-term use, about a month but could drag out longer than 30 days (maybe 5-6 weeks). Just voice and maybe text. Probably don't have a need for the number or SIM. Have an unlocked Fido phone which should work on AT&T (or TMo) for this purpose.
If I go to an AT&T store, will they give me a free SIM if I put $25 on it? And which would be better, to get the $25/mo plan for 250min and unlimited text, or the 10c/min plan which is 250 and no text (or some texts @ 20c and fewer minutes)? Low-volume use so 250min might well be enough. Also stupid question, does $25 automatically get me 10c/min? My experience is more with TMo where you had to spend $100 to get 10c/min in the old pay-by-the-minute days.
The upside I see to the $25 monthly is getting unlimited text. The upside to the 10c/min is having 90 days to use the $25. Are there any other differences?
Well if you want both low monthly price , 250 minutes (but not unlimited text) and even a little data, Page Plus has the 12, a $12 plan for 250 minutes/250 text and 10 megs of data. On a monthly plan. They allow most clean esn postpaid Verizon phones to be activated on their system with the exception iphones , 4G, and prepaid phones.
Thanks, that sounds good, but we have only the unlocked Fido (GSM) handset. I need to get this set up relatively quickly, so buying an ex-Verizon online would probably take too long. I'll keep it in mind for a future use.
What about AT&T $25 vs. $25? And will AT&T give us a SIM with a $25 activation?
H20 has an interesting new plan that's $25 credit with a 30 day cycle. Minutes and texts are 2.5 cents each. Data is 33 cents a meg and mms is 10 cents each. No waste. But H20 really needs to get their act together first...though it looks like they're making a continual attempt on their facebook page...
For this phone, $100 (to get 10c/min from TMo) isn't justified and while 90 days for $10 is appealing, 33c/min isn't. So AT&T was a much more attractive proposition, if I had understood their pricing correctly.
We went with $25 for 250min for 90 days as there will probably still be minutes left out of that after the first 30 days, so $25 for 30 days (and getting free unlimited texts) wasn't as good a deal.
Really depends on your usage. I just buy a $25 top-up every 90 days and roll over the data (500MB bucket) for $5 every 30 days. All told with discounts and what not I figure it runs about $8 a month. Can't beat it. But I don't talk much at all (I probably use less than 20 voice minutes per month on this phone) and do all text through Google Voice, mostly on WiFi, which costs me nothing extra.
If you want the 10 cents per minute from T-Mobile get a Spot Mobile SIM instead. You get the 10 cent rate up front (SMS 5 cents), no need to spend $100 to get it. Only caveat is that Spot provides NO DATA whatsoever. So if you require data, I guess that's not an option.
And Spot is only 5c/min to Canada? That's pretty competitive with OneSuite at 1.9c from a local US number, considering there's no access number to dial first.
I'll look that one up next time. Though $10 for a SIM card seems high in today's market.
And Spot is only 5c/min to Canada? That's pretty competitive with OneSuite at 1.9c from a local US number, considering there's no access number to dial first.
I'll look that one up next time. Though $10 for a SIM card seems high in today's market.
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Yep, 5 cents per minute to Canada as well on Spot. Just checked their rate chart to confirm, I don't call Canada myself. (Very rarely)
Thanks, I'd probably still use OneSuite for 1.9c because it's second nature, but we've set up a lot of people with US prepaid phones and they all resist the calling-card aspect of OneSuite. They'd probably just pay the 5c/min.
To each their own...I remember OneSuite, used them WAY back in the day. When Calling Cards were "the thing" if you remember those days. I think I'd just pay the 5 cents too.
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